Your top five favorite railroads (just for the record)

[Piedsou]

In no particular order:

Class 1's:
Southern Railway
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Western Maryland
Pennsylvania
Chesapeake and Ohio

Shortlines:

East Broad Top
Washington and Old Dominion
Wellsville, Addison and Galeton
Coudersport and Port Allegheny
Washington, Brandywine and Pt. Lookout

[Anonymous]

1. St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)[:D]

2. Rock Island[:)]

3. The Muskogee Company roads (O.K. I know that this is cheating since they ran three different roads, the Midland Valley, the Kansas, Oklahoma, and Gulf, and the Oklahoma City, Ada, and Atoka, but the three roads all operated as one system.)[:D]

4. Texas and Pacific[C):-)]

5. I love Miss Katy. (MK&T)[:I]

If I could add a sixth road, it would be the ATSF. Sadly, all of my favorites are fallen flags. Some other roads that have intrigued me include the Clinchfield, the D&RGW, the Espee, and the NP, also all fallen flags. Among the modern roads:

1. CN (I saw the remains of CN's former Big Shops is Stratford, ON, this summer, while I was on vacation at the Stratford Festival of Canada.)[:D]

2. BNSF (Only because they bought my favorite road, the Frisco)

3. KCS

4. CR and IC (I lived in Iowa City for four years.)[:)]

5. IAIS (Iowa Interstate) (see #4)

[C):-)]

[joegreen]

1.BNSF
2.IC&E
3.MRL
4.NS
5.UP

[oskar]

1.CSX
2.NS
3.FEC
4.UP
5.BNSF

fallen flag list
1.Chessie
2.Seaboard
3.Southern
4.SP
5.DRG&W


kevin

[chad thomas]

Southern Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Saint Louis Southwestern
Pacific Electric
did I mention Southern Pacific

[CSXrules4eva]

1 Chesapeake & Ohio
2.Conrail
3.CSX Transportation
4.Tri Cities & Southeren (A friend of mine's railroad)
5.Union Pacific

[Scoobie9669]

1) ATSF

2) UP

3) SP

4) BNSF

5) KCS

[JDV5th]

1. UP
2. NYC
3. CSX
4. Algoma Central
5. Clyde Park and Southern (my brothers backyard railway, inch and 1/2 scale)

[Anonymous]

Here are my five choices:

1) BNSF
2) Illinois Central Gulf
3) Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern
4) Northern Pacific
5) Union Pacific

[swg] Honorable Mention: Norfolk Southern and CB&Q

[steve14]

Monon, because my dad worked there and John Barriger ran it
C&EI, because I started there
SOO/MILW/CP, because I worked there for so long
UP, before the mergers when I worked there
Santa Fe, before the merger because I rode it to school

[Anonymous]

New York Central
Lackawanna
Pennsylvania
Wabash
Soo Line

[Anonymous]

since im from chicago,
C&NW
CRI&P
CMSP&P
IC
CB&Q
CE&I

[MichaelSol]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73

1. C.P. Rail
2. Milwaukee Road
3. BC Rail

Always enjoyed seeing the many BC Rail cars on the Milwaukee Road. Handsome design. Judging by the traffic, MILW must have carried most of BCR's transcontinental business.

Best regards, Michael Sol

[Tulyar15]

Wisconsin Central - cos it was Ed Burkhardt's road
Avon Valley Railway - cos I work on it
Welsh Highland Railway (both of them!)
Nederlands Spoorwagen (Dutch Railways)
FEVE (narrow gauge road in northern Spain)

[Anonymous]

1. Burlington Northern
2. Atchison Topeka-Santa Fe
3. Union Pacific
4. Missouri Pacific
5. Southern Pacific

[robscaboose]

New York Central
ATSF
IC
Leigh Valley
NKP

[emmar]

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?

[Anonymous]

1. PE
2. PE
3. PE
4. PE
5. PE

Virlon

[markn]

B&O
C&O
N&W
PRR
NYC

[CANADIANPACIFIC2816]

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.

Ray Loftesness II
CANADIAN PACIFIC2816

[tpd0418]

1. ACL
2. Southern
3. ATSF
4. Rock Island
5. SAL

...but any railroad will do!
PD

[Anonymous]

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. [:)]

[halifaxcn]

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

Regards

[JoeKoh]

1 B&O
2 chessie
3 nkp
4 northern pacific
5N&W
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

Reading Company
Upper Merion & Plymouth
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines

[ajmiller]

Lehigh & New England
Lehigh Valley
Northampton & Bath
Reading & Northern
Nittany & Bald Eagle

[Anonymous]

1. Gainesville Midland
2. N&W
3. Southern
4. Fiddletown and Copperopolis
5. Canandaigua Southern

Old Timer

[AndyE]

My top five:

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

[Hawkeye251]

1. Seattle and North Coast Railroad
2. Burlington Northern Santa Fe
3. The Milwaukee Road
4. Maryland Midland
5. Alaska Railroad