1 NORFOLK SOUTHERN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 Wisconsin central/fallen flags
3 CSX
Class 1: BNSF
Fallen Flag: BN
Regional: MRL
I don't have a favorite anymore. My favorite big railroad growing up was Penn Central (don't laugh). Being a locomotive buff, they always had plenty of spares hanging around West Detroit to photograph. Then it was Conrail, since then-nothing. My favorite smaller railroads were the USS roads--B&LE, DM&IR, EJ&E and Union. I also liked the Wisconsin Central. From the above list you might surmise that I hate CN--I do. The only road that holds any fascination for me today is Reading & Northern. I'm mainly an armchair railfan anymore, since the megaroads don't interest me and the very small shortlines bore me. My favorite locomotives, which might be obvious from my list above, were the non-turbocharged EMD SD's--the 7-9-18-28-38.
My favorite class 1 still in operation is Union Pacific
My favorite fallen flag railroad is the Chicago and North Western
My favorite regional is Iowa Interstate
My favorite railroad is the BNSF. I think that they are the best run Class 1 in north america. That is why I model them as well.
Class I's: AC&Y, B&O, PRR, NKP & old W&LE, NYC, in no particular order.
Shortlines: H&BTM, EBT, BC&G, BFC, in no particular order.
Passenger: B&O
Note: They're all fallen flags.
Tom
In my reply I did not name my favorite shortline or passenger railroad
My favorite shortline is the M&ET and the SP passenter trains (The Daylight and the Lark)
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