QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd QUOTE: Originally posted by dmoore74 QUOTE: BNSF is actually the amalgamation of three RR names: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific, and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, with some other mergers thrown in, I think. 440cuin Actually Burlington Northern was an amalgation of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific, Great Northern and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle. The original name proposed was Great Northern Pacific & Burlington. I'm sure all the sign painters would have loved that one. It's kinda funny how "Burlington" got top billing over Chicago and Quincy in CB&Q. Sort of like "Santa Fe", I suppose. Chicago is still THE RR city (at least for frt) - and nobody has it in their name, tho' we do have Burlington, Norfolk and Santa Fe represented....
QUOTE: Originally posted by dmoore74 QUOTE: BNSF is actually the amalgamation of three RR names: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific, and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, with some other mergers thrown in, I think. 440cuin Actually Burlington Northern was an amalgation of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific, Great Northern and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle. The original name proposed was Great Northern Pacific & Burlington. I'm sure all the sign painters would have loved that one.
QUOTE: BNSF is actually the amalgamation of three RR names: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific, and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, with some other mergers thrown in, I think. 440cuin
QUOTE: Originally posted by fuzzybroken re: SCL -- maybe Atlantic Air Line (AAL) would have been better? re: CSX (actually "CSXT"!) -- seems I read somewhere that CSX assured people when they first used the name that it was "temporary", and a better name would be forthcoming... here's hoping... re: UP -- Canada (which evidently also includes Wisconsin... [:(!]) has the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, I always thought that Union Pacific represented the United States the same way. Till they overthrew the C&NW, now we don't like 'em... [:o)] re: BNSF -- I agree they could use a better name. Heck, just go with "Santa Fe", and bring back the warbonnets!!! Santa Fe is a longer-lived name anyways. What would have resulted from the CN-BNSF merger that never happened??? [2c], -Mark http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken
QUOTE: Just think about reactions if these two roads would have merged: Illinois Central Union Pacific. This name might also be too much to paint on the side of locomotives. The shortned version would have to do
Dan
QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68 [2c] Agreed, Union Pacific , being the one remaining unchanged name, deserves to stay, other sentiments notwithstanding. Many railroads, large and small, never reached one or the other of the places in their name, even though the promoters certainly wanted investors to believe they eventually would. With today's wide ranging systems, a "place to place" name just doesn't cut it. You need a regional name. If the rumors of UP+CSX ever come to fruition, you're talking coast-to-coast (the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad?) I've tried to think of a name for CSX, still drawing a blank. NS wasn't too far off until they took on CR. BNSF is actually the amalgamation of three RR names: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific, and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, with some other mergers thrown in, I think.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by : Locomutt How's" EAGLE RIDGE RAILWAY" sound?
QUOTE: Originally posted by Espeefoamer CSX should have gone with Chessie Seaboard.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98 the names of the compaines are not inteded for railfan injoyment.... and the argument that they should be named to show where they go is just stupid.... csx engineer
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QUOTE: Originally posted by mvlandsw CSX or NS could use Atlantic & Western
QUOTE: Originally posted by 440cuin BNSF is probably the dumdest, Great North Central Pacific would do, or Western American Railroad. I like the name Union Pacific, it could be anything big and American. Canadian National is niether national nor Canadian but should keep the name for its heritage sake, or what would you call it? the Canadian & Mississippi RR?!?! or the Mississippi & Canadian?!?! In the past the dumbest name was Pacific Great Eastern, it was niether great nor eastern nor even reached the Pacific. Also the Frisco <SL&SF> didn't even go to San Fransisco, in fact it went east and soutwest of Saint Louis! Dumb names, great railroads.
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