Due to some unknown reason(seriously i have no idea the real reason!) The previous topic is gone. I only got down what I said for the quick update(3 B&O,1 conrail and 1 U.P.). I know this might agitate some of you but sadly stuff like this happens. the rules are same: What is your favorite road name from the list?
1.Conrail
2.Norfolk southern
3.CSX
4.Soo Line
5.Baltimore & Ohio
6.Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
7.A.T.S.F.(Santa Fe)
8.B.N.S.F
9.Southern Pacific
10.Union Pacific
New rule:If you have a problem and are offended, please don't notify this! Email me and I'll take care of it. This is stressing for me and I understand you have feelings. Again this is for school so sadly gotta start back again and this is due on this Wednesday so...that's it and sorry this has to be restarted :-[,
Of the above list, the C & O. Stephen
C&O (of those above)
Baltimore and Ohio
Conrail (wasn't it obvious? ;D)
Timothy
UP. BNSF (before merger)
1. Union Pacific
2.Santa Fe
Wonder why the topic was deleted I saw nothing even remotely offensive.
Jeff
UP
Quote from: mudzuks on May 31, 2009, 01:44:28 PM
1. Union Pacific
2.Santa Fe
Wonder why the topic was deleted I saw nothing even remotely offensive.
Jeff
Who knows, Yampa Bob thought it was because of his U.p. joke, "I saw U.P. on a box car today." That was seriously funny! :D I don't know why someone would be offended by that. So now i have the New rule:If you have a problem and are offended, please don't notify this! Email me and I'll take care of it. So hopefully this will work out. Summer vacation for me is next Wednesday and i will be less stressed out. So quick update:3 Conrail, remember someone saying N.S., 4 B&O, 2 C&O, 3 U.P.,.... total of 13...thanks and hope to see more!
1. Soo Line
2. Norfolk & Western
3. Norfolk Southern
4. Illinois Central
5. Canadian National
6. Grand Trunk Western
7. Burlington Northern
8. BNSF
9. ATSF
10. CSX
There you are for me.
Joshua
UP cause they were there in 1969
Bob, UP? Is that a favorite?
Quote from: pdlethbridge on May 31, 2009, 08:13:05 PM
Bob, UP? Is that a favorite?
Yeah for the reason stated
who made the administrater delete it i wrote the longest thing on here i'd ever wrote and iwas into it now i dont feel like taking 15 min to do that
conrail is number one for me. i grew up around the penn central's decay, and the turnaround conrail made of that failed railroad under stanley crane was simply amazing.
a close second is b&o/c&o. during the time of my acquaintance with them, they were the same company, so it is difficult to seperate the two. they ran through some of the most beautiful scenery in the east...
Quote from: adari on May 31, 2009, 09:19:45 PM
who made the administrater delete it i wrote the longest thing on here I'd ever wrote and iwas into it now i dont feel like taking 15 min to do that
I know, I'm also mad about that. I feel like i wasted peoples' time with that one sense it got deleted. I am terribly sorry about that and hopefully we will find out who or what caused it. That reply you wrote like some others was excellent and i loved reading them. Sorry this happened and feel bad for the people that did not get to read those replies :(.
A.T.S.F.
They have beautiful depots - with no identification on the structure it's architecture tells you it's an A.T.S.F.
Rick
#2 NS
The Soo Line (because it is the only Canadian road on the list.)
Jim
Quote from: Jim Banner on June 01, 2009, 01:02:54 AM
The Soo Line (because it is the only Canadian road on the list.)
Jim
Yeah, sorry about that. :-[ I was going to put down Canadian national or Canadian pacific but i put down CSX...what was I thinking? ???
Update: I got 4 from school. I asked my friend Mike to look at the photos and he left them in his locker! I got them after lunch so I only got 4 people. :( So the total is...20? So i will do some walking. Apparently, the info/votes are due Tues. You may keep this topic going but you will not be counted if you don't reply by tomorrow morning at 7:50. Sorry but i just learned that today. :( Sorry but i will figure something out ;).
A.T.S.F.
OK, note to self, Stop looking on bachmann.com when the hobby shop's open! I went to dollar tree and I only got 3 people. :( Now I am giving the list to my mom to take to work. Hopefully that will do, Anyway thanks and keep up the good work. :) ;) :D ;D
Union Pacific : it operates across the road . John II.
UP, with brilliant War Bonnets, 33,000+ miles of trackage, etc.
NS is second because I watch the choo choo's every day in Altoona, PA.
SOO Line is next, in deference to Jim Banner!
Best Wishes,
Jack
Quote from: jward on May 31, 2009, 09:27:02 PM
a close second is b&o/c&o. during the time of my acquaintance with them, they were the same company, so it is difficult to seperate the two. they ran through some of the most beautiful scenery in the east...
I'll go with the B&O.
I had a late friend who grew up near Baltimore, served (obviously) by the B&O and the PRR. He always used to tell me that his grandma always said, "Nice people ride the B&O." If a room was messy, she'd say, "This room looks like Pennsylvania Station." :D
I'd have to go with the B&O, because great granddad worked as a brakeman for them. Alas, all those railroads run/ran on rails 20.5" too far apart for me to call any of them a true "favorite." ;)
Later,
K
Out of the list mine would have to be the Southern Pacific, although I would have to go with this statement. Narrow Gauge Rules!
Quote from: Kevin Strong on June 02, 2009, 01:18:30 PM
Alas, all those railroads run/ran on rails 20.5" too far apart for me to call any of them a true "favorite." ;)
Well, sense the school part is over and I'm keeping this up for fun, I would like to tell you guys the original list. CSX was not planned... Wheeling and Lake Erie was the original. I also would have excepted Rio Grande with that(they got most of their units ex. Rio Grandes) Then I thought..."Wait, W&LE runs in Ohio and Pennsylvanian.... It's a short line too... the rest are main lines... CSX will be less popular but people will know..." It only got one vote! So sorry but hope you enjoy. ;D ;D ;D
Besides the B&M I would have say the East Broad Top
I am sorry that you original request disappeared especially as it was for a school project.
I am a big fan of the C&O which should be obvious.
And as C&O controlled the B&O and Western Maryland to form Chessie System it has a place in there also.
CSX even incorporates the Clinchfield into the mix so I guess I have to say in terms of modern day railroads it would be CSX.
Tom
while short lines and smaller railroads are lesser known, they are some of the most fascinating.
who doesn't like the rio grande, western maryland or clinchfield? mountains, heavy coal trains mixed with high priority trains, on a single track railroad. all 3 beg to be modelled. plus, they were small enough to actually model....
short lines, some of the one i saw in the 1970s and 1980s were the modern equivalent of the run down narrow guage lines of the 1930s. they were standard guage, yes, but who wouldn't love watching old worn out locomotives creeping along through the weeds on track that hadn't been rebuilt in many years? plus they were usually friendly folks. you could just show up at the enginehouse and often get a cab ride....
Jeffrey,
I'm with ya, buddy! I used to ride the old line from Cape May to Philly, silver cars, probably diesel-electric, I believe. That was in the early '70's.
Having grown up near Conway, there used to be a small refinery in Freedom that used switchers. As you said, one time in the late 1950's the engineer waved my Dad and us two boys into the cab. We got the ride of our lives!
In the 1980's my brother got to ride with the big wigs on the one millionth ton of coal to traverse the Horseshoe Curve. I wonder if he did not enjoy the switcher better!
As always, if any of our rail friends are in Altoona, call me for a day of rail fanning and coffee and TastyCakes!
Best Wishes,
Jack
Quote from: jsmvmd on June 03, 2009, 10:33:35 AM
As always, if any of our rail friends are in Altoona, call me for a day of rail fanning and coffee and TastyCakes!
Spoken like a true Pennsylvanian. ... ;)
I actually want to get a house up in Pennsylvania when I get older.
Joshua
Quote from: Jim Banner on June 01, 2009, 01:02:54 AM
The Soo Line (because it is the only Canadian road on the list.)
Jim
How could you overlook CN Rail? CN rail lines run the farthest distance in North America.
http://www.cn.ca/en/shipping-maps.htm
Have you an idea how much trackage CN now has in the USA?
I was planning that too but did not write it down. So yeah, sorry. :(
The CN runs through Buffalo on its way to Corning and beyond. It crosses a bridge in Letchworth park that is awesome.
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u134/pdleth/letchworthinfall.jpg)
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u134/pdleth/letch2.jpg)
It's called the grand canyon of the east.
Letchworth State Park is 17 miles long and encompasses over 14, 350 acres. The Genesee River runs through the middle of the park and over three magnificent waterfalls. The highest of which is 107 feet high. The cliffs, created by the river are 600 feet high.
jack,
i have a few horseshoe curve stories of my own.....
my friend and i used to hang out at the station in downtown pittsburgh, where the helpers were based out of. we knew most of the crews, and often were invited for cab rides as they pushed eastbound trains to pack, just outside blairsville. there they'd cut off and run light back to pittsburgh.
occasionally, they'd change the plans and we'd push straight through to altoona, around the horseshoe curve. when this happened, the crew would often jitney back to pittsburgh, with 2 unauthorized passengers. one night, for some reason they decided to send the helper crew to a hotel and that left us stranded. since the broadway limited was due, we walked to the passenger station in altoona to buy tickets.
inside the station we ran into a crew we knew from pittsburgh. they'd been "borrowed" for amtrak duty. in those days amtrak used conrail crews, they hadn't taken over the crews yet. to make a long story short, we were told to wait across the tracks until amtrak came in, then climb aboard the second unit. we rode an f40ph just like the one bachmann makes, all the way back to pittsburgh.
as for shortlines, if you grew up near conway you undoubtedly knew about the montour rr just down the river in coraopolis. they were good for cab rides. so was the cambria & indiana near ebensburg.
OK note to everyone who helped (old or new subject) I got my math grade up from a B to an A-......THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D Thanks to all of you i got 2 A's. I am very happy and hope everyone who volunteered is proud of them selves :).
P.S. WHAT THE?! IT'S PURPLE?! I guess I've been doing my homework.... :D
Norfolk Southern for me
Quote from: Pacific Northern on June 03, 2009, 04:29:41 PM
Quote from: Jim Banner on June 01, 2009, 01:02:54 AM
Jim
...
Have you an idea how much trackage CN now has in the USA?
Canadian National is the largest railroad in North America. it's mainlines run from the tundras of Canada to the Gulf.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/CanadianNationalRailwayNetworkMap.png)
Okay, let's get off of CN, they run right in my town, they run
WAY too many SD70ACes around here...
Cheers,
Joshua