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Your top five favorite railroads (just for the record)

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Anonymous
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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.

I Wi***hat the BN never went under[:(]
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Kurn
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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

If there are no dogs in heaven,then I want to go where they go.

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Anonymous
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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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bnsfkline
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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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locomutt
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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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AlcoRS11Nut
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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
I love the smell of ALCo smoke in the Morning. "Long live the 251!!!" I miss the GBW and my favorite uncle is Uncle Pete. Uncle Pete eats Space Noodles for breakfast.
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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
GIFs from http://www.trainweb.org/mccann/offer.htm -Erik, the displaced CNW, Bears, White Sox, Northern Illnois Huskies, Amtrak and Metra fan.
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Anonymous
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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.
Allan.
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Anonymous
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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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pat390
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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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Anonymous
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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.

uspscsx
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nanaimo73
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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
Dale
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TrainFreak409
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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

Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern

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railfan619
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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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espeefoamer
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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
Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.
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Anonymous
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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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