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Your top five favorite railroads (just for the record)

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Your top five favorite railroads (just for the record)
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 28, 2005 5:12 PM
Mine:

1. SP&S
2. Milwaukee
3. GN
4. NP
5. Santa Fe

That should clear up some confusion apparent on other threads.
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Posted by espeefoamer on Sunday, August 28, 2005 5:37 PM
1.SP
2.ATSF
3.PRR
4.NH
5.CRI&P
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Posted by railfan619 on Sunday, August 28, 2005 5:39 PM
1. CN&W
2.UP
3.SOO LINE
4.MILWAUKEE ROAD
5.WISC AND SOUTHREN

Those are my 5 favorite railroads but there are still more that I do like but I get to those another time okay [:D][:D]
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Posted by TrainFreak409 on Sunday, August 28, 2005 5:57 PM
Let's see...

1) PENNSYLVANIA
2) Baltimore and Ohio
3) Western Maryland
4) Chesapeake and Ohio
5) CSX

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Posted by nanaimo73 on Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:19 PM
1. C.P. Rail
2. Milwaukee Road
3. BC Rail
4. Union Pacific
5. WP&Y
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:20 PM
1.Clinchfield
2.Chessie System
3.Corinth and Counce
4.CSX
5.ET&WNC


Not necessarily in that order.

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Posted by pat390 on Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:22 PM
1 Grand Trunk Western
2. Nickel Plate Road
3. CN
4. NS
5. CSX
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:31 PM
1. C&NW
2. DM&IR
3. WC
4. SOO
5. EJ&E
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:37 PM
1. BNSF Railway.
2. Burlington Northern Railroad.
3. CNW Railway.
4. Santa Fe.
5. CSXT.
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Posted by DrummingTrainfan on Sunday, August 28, 2005 7:01 PM
5: UP (only becuase they pay for my food and shelter etc)
4: Santa Fe
3: Amtrak
2:Alaska RR
1: Metra
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Posted by AlcoRS11Nut on Sunday, August 28, 2005 7:07 PM
5. WC
4. MP
3. UP
2. any RR w/ an ALCo on the roster
1. GBW
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Posted by locomutt on Sunday, August 28, 2005 7:12 PM
1. C & O,B & O, WM
2. Chessie
3.L & N,Clinchfield
4.P & L
5.CSX

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Posted by bnsfkline on Sunday, August 28, 2005 7:49 PM
1.) BNSF Railway Co.
2.) Nacionales De Mexico-Ferromex-TFM-Ferrosur
3.) Alton and Southern Railway
4.) Terminal Railroad Assoc. of St. Louis
5.) Manufactures Railway (Anhiser Busch)
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 28, 2005 7:58 PM
I'm more into personalities than livery's

1. The Jay Gould Lines
2. The Van Swearingen lines
3. The James J Hill lines
4. The Perlman Era NYC
5. That Cyrus K. Holliday outfit
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Posted by Kurn on Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:10 PM
1.B&O
2.Erie(andEL)
3.Jersey Central
4.Nickle Plate
5.NYC

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:18 PM
Mine are :

1. Union Pacific
2.Montana Rail Link
3. Burlington Northern
4. Canadian National
5. Southern Pacific

I've got a few more, but these are my absolute favorites.

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Posted by Hawkeye251 on Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:20 PM
1. Seattle and North Coast Railroad
2. Burlington Northern Santa Fe
3. The Milwaukee Road
4. Maryland Midland
5. Alaska Railroad
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Posted by AndyE on Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:22 PM

My top five:

1. Erie-Lackawanna
2. Pennsylvania
3. Chicago & Great Western
4. Denver & Rio Grande Western
5. Baltimore & Ohio

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:16 PM
1. Gainesville Midland
2. N&W
3. Southern
4. Fiddletown and Copperopolis
5. Canandaigua Southern

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Posted by ajmiller on Monday, August 29, 2005 1:23 AM
Lehigh & New England
Lehigh Valley
Northampton & Bath
Reading & Northern
Nittany & Bald Eagle
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 29, 2005 6:13 AM
Reading Company
Upper Merion & Plymouth
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines
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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, August 29, 2005 7:38 AM
1 B&O
2 chessie
3 nkp
4 northern pacific
5N&W
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Posted by halifaxcn on Monday, August 29, 2005 11:46 AM
My top 5 are:
1.) Maine Central
2.) Chicago North Western
3.) St. Lawrence & Atlantic
4.) Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia
5.) Canadian National & Canadian Pacific in the Canadian Maritimes

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 29, 2005 12:48 PM
You know people's likes and dislikes change over time. What I liked as a young railfan isn't exactly the same as what I like now.

But since my mother worked for Frisco for 36 years, FRISCO will always be my number 1. [:)]
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Posted by tpd0418 on Monday, August 29, 2005 4:29 PM
1. ACL
2. Southern
3. ATSF
4. Rock Island
5. SAL

...but any railroad will do!
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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Saturday, September 3, 2005 8:02 PM
1. BURLINGTON ROUTE
2. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
3. D&RGW (especially the narrow guage)
4. GREAT NORTHERN
5. ALASKA RAILROAD

And if you were to ask me to name a 6th, BLACK HILLS CENTRAL.

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Posted by markn on Saturday, September 3, 2005 8:05 PM
B&O
C&O
N&W
PRR
NYC
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 3, 2005 10:27 PM
1. PE
2. PE
3. PE
4. PE
5. PE

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Posted by emmar on Saturday, September 3, 2005 10:44 PM
These are probably my top five. I have trouble picking just five though.
GN
Milwaukee Road
Kettle Valley RR
Glendale ry
UP

Iguess i should pose this question, Is it your top five railroads overall or the top five existing railroads?
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Posted by robscaboose on Sunday, September 4, 2005 12:32 AM
New York Central
ATSF
IC
Leigh Valley
NKP

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