ACY Bath & Hammondsport was "The Champaign Route" because the road served N. Y. wine country. Their 2-6-0 no. 11 in now owned by the Everett RR in PA.
Bath & Hammondsport was "The Champaign Route" because the road served N. Y. wine country. Their 2-6-0 no. 11 in now owned by the Everett RR in PA.
Viewing the B&H's tracks at Bath (where I stay when racing at Watkins Glen) - hope Champaign likes 10 MPH track.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
"Spans The World" - - - Canadian Pacific
http://gallery.12mm.ru/albums/userpics/10010/CP-252370.jpg
Note. this car and car to left still have stirrup at right angles to track so Trainmen can climb to brake wheel or roof if car next to a loading platform or other reason.
Employees would board an approaching car using these stirrups and fatalities resulted.
Most were later cut off save for some cars found in MoW service.
Thank You.
Mid 20th Century Rock Island - The Route of Planned Progress
COTTON BELT RUNS A
Blue Streak
The Dixie Line- NC&STL
The Rebel Route - GM&O
Go Great-Go Great Nothern
Route Superior for Superior Service
Did the bluebonnets run just in Texas?
Johnny
One of the better ones: "Linking 13 Great States with the Nation" (and a boxcar graphic to match).
The 'vomit bonnet' is BNSF 9647:
Don't confuse this with the ATSF freight scheme from which some of the design elements on the nose were taken, which came IIRC in two blue-and-yellow variants -- yellowbonnets and bluebonnets.
My own photos from flickr will not post correctly.
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Ulrich Grand Truck - "The Good Track Road".. GM&O "The route of courteous Service".
Grand Truck - "The Good Track Road"..
GM&O "The route of courteous Service".
Close:
It was the Grand Trunk Western
'the Good Track road'
https://www.flickr.com/photos/101431753@N02/14334528395/in/photostream/
"Golden Chariot Route" - Mohawk and Malone (later the NYC Adirondack Division).
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
There was a line in Eastern North Carolina called "The Mullet Line" for the fish that they carried. Maybe somebody can refresh my memory as to the name of the RR.
Tom
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In addition to the "Standard Railroad of the World", add "Serving the Nation" for the PRR.
"Route Rock"
I like Union Pacific's "WE WILL DELIVER". But when?
how about cheap & nothing wasted?
cnw
"The Gut & Liver Line"
(Minneapolis & Rainy River RR)
These are the times that try men's souls In the course of our nation's history The people of Boston have rallied bravely Whenever the rights of men have been threatened
Today a new crisis has arisen The Metropolitan Transit Authority, better known as the MTA Is attempting to levy a burdensome tax on the population In the form of a subway fare increase Citizens, hear me out, this could happen to you
Well, let me tell you of the story of a man named Charlie On a tragic and fateful day He put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family Went to ride on the MTA
Well, did he ever return? No he never returned and his fate is still unlearned He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston And he's the man who never returned
Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Square station And he changed for Jamaica Plain When he got there the conductor told him, "One more nickel" Charlie couldn't get off of that train
But did he ever return? No he never returned and his fate is still unlearned He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston He's the man who never returned
Now, all night long Charlie rides through the station Crying, "What will become of me? How can I afford to see my sister in Chelsea Or my cousin in Roxbury?"
Charlie's wife goes down to the Sculley Square station Every day at quarter past two And through the open window she hands Charlie a sandwich As the train comes rumbling through
But did he ever return? No he never returned and his fate is still unlearned He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston He's the man who never returned Pick it Davey, kind of hurts my fingers
Now, ye citizens of Boston Don't you think it's a scandal How the people have to pay and pay? Fight the fare increase, vote for George O'Brian Get poor Charlie off the MTA
Or else he'll never return No he'll never return and his fate is still unlearned He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston He's the man who never returned
He's the man who never returned He's the man who never returned He's the man who never returned Ain't you, Charlie?
Songwriters HAWES, BESS / STEINER, JACQUELINE
Published by Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
For some reason I'll never understand, this one has always stuck in my mind:
Be Specific: Ship Union Pacific
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
cabforwardwas there a slogan for (northern pac., gr. northern?), with the ram standing on a mountaintop?
Responding to cabforward: The Northern Pacific had a red and black monad as its herald; the Great Northern had a rocky mountain goat on a peak as its herald.
Yes, it was in Boston that a man had to keep riding, and picking a meal up from his wife as his train went by--because he did not have the nickel to pay the increase in fare that went into effect after he boarded the train. "No, he'll never return."
Bob SchuknechtRoute of the Black Bear
what was the r.r. that had a bright yellow face on the front of their freight locos? the scheme was blue & yellow.. crews called it the "vomit bonnet"..
Though there were probably many Interurban and Trolley lines that had this moniker... I learned it associated with CRANDIC...
Vomit Comet
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
cabforward Were there slogans for the Pennsylvania?
Did I miss the page with "Standard Railroad of the World"? I'd have thought someone would list that almost immediately.
Was it Lucius Beebe or E.M. Frimbo who proposed the competitive slogan for D&RGW to use against Rocky Mountain Scareways -- "Through the mountains, not into them"?
The BIG Little Railroad! The Jersey Central.
I think the D&RGW's full slogan was, "Through the Rockies, Not Around Them."
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