This thread is the sister to the one I started in Late March about Favorite Fallen Flag Railroads. I like Union Pacific because their engines and passenger fleet(especially the Big Boys and the challengers). I have more engines in 3 rail that are UP then anything. So what is your favorite railroads that is still active today?
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I'll bite. I like steam so the Western Maryland Scenic is my favorite. For common carrier, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. Its right over the hill from my home.
Curt
Union Pacific
Gotta love the pony.
White Pass & Yukon, it is sort of active.
Since the merger and disappearance of the D&RGW, just historical steam roads, like
the Durango & Silverton, Cumbres and Toltec, Cass, the FFestiniog, etc. However,
I am not modeling narrow gauge, but hope to get around to a branch, but may not.
Favorite class I is CSX.
Favorite short line is Ohio Central.
CSX and A&O shortline!!
I can't help but like BNSF, I see their trains regularly. I am partial to most of the fallen flag lines that made up BNSF, particularly BN, ATSF, GN, NP and CBQ. I have modeled all these in N scale.
Ironically, I avoid BNSF in O scale, as I am striving to keep my O scale collection pre-1970.
I would have to say Amtrak & VIA Rail, because I can catch these trains within 20 miles of my train room. Man Cave........
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I like the HSB Steam Railroad in East Germany,Steam every day to four different locations.
Mikey
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Brand New Santa Fe
Norfolk Southern "Pocahontas Division"
I like CSX simply because they still use older locomotives that BNSF and U.P. do not.
The Buffalo and Pittsburgh railroad. They deliver coal just about every day to the Homer City power plant.
My favorite active roads:
- PHL (Pacific Harbor Line). Branch line that services the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
- ATSF and CNW. Being the self-appointed Information Minister of the Isle of Denial, ATSF and CNW live on.
- Kansas City Southern is starting to grow on me, which is not a good thing because they happen to use diesels I like with a striking paint scheme.
I would go with Florida East Coast railroad (FEC) and up north the Reading & Northern a regional railroad near Hamburg PA.
Lee Fritz
Norfolk Southern!
Norfolk Southern!
A little FYI; Norfolk Southern even runs to Miami FL at least once a week over FEC tracks.
Lee Fritz
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No outstanding favorite RR but I like the NS, CSX, B&P because they are there and I take their picture. At one time the B&LE was my favorite until CN bought them. I have loads of video of Conrail around western Pa. Conway was a busy, busy place. Watched the B&P being hatched from CSX running rent-a -wrecks on spaghetti rails, working on their motley collection of engines outside in the winter, and followed P&LE coal trains on the Mon line rocking back and forth on the crooked track. All a lot better now. I m impressed with the NS physical plant plus the people seem pretty nice.
BNSF: Been Nuthin' Since Frisco
My favorites are all tourist roads: Frisco Silver Dollar Line; Midland Central; and St. Louis, Iron Mountian, and Southern.
BNSF
Any RR that had a steam engine years ago and now they have Diesels running...what's not to like? They are all trains, right?
The UP because of it's excursion program.
FEC and looking forward to All Aboard Florida
Long Island Railroad. Oldest line today operating under their own name. Mostly passenger service. Still has control towers.
Tim,
My favorite active RR is the Small Union RR right here in East Pittsburgh/Turtle Creek, unfortunately I have not been able to find the original Green & White trimmed Switcher Engine & Caboose to add to my layouts. I am thinking real hard on adding the more modern Blue & White that is available however.
PCRR/Dave
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The road on which I have traveled nearly 451,000 miles: Metra.
Kansas City Southern is starting to grow on me, which is not a good thing because they happen to use diesels I like with a striking paint scheme.
If I can ever afford to have another road name KCS will be it. I also really like the color scheme and I live in the KC area. And I like their diesels as well. I live near two sets of BNSF tracks, though. Don't see many KCS around here. Gotta drive into KC to see those. I worked in their main offices in downtown KC, MO in the late '80s, but as an outside contractor just working on the building. Nothing RR related. I believe they may have moved to another building since then.
Anyway, good choice!
I like Providence and Worcester, and the ConnDOT MetroNorth (And I ride MTA subways everyday a couple of times).
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Canadian National
I live in the home of Canadian Pacific, now called ONLY CP.
So that is my favorite. I have a personal friend in the Chief Bridge Engineer of this railway. He lives very close by.
@ Silver Lake Those P&W B40-8Ws look really sharp. I'm glad they got the ex- NYS&W B40s too. I was in the cab of the 4006 when we hit a Euclid broadside in a quarry in Sussex Co. back in 88'.
Wow, Of Course there are Favorites, but in Real Life, its CSX and UP All the way...
In Model Railroading, Its ABA Sante Fe Red and Silver.......Thanks for asking.
FEC and looking forward to All Aboard Florida
I would love to see one of the major companies make a model of the new All Abord Florida train.
K-Line made an O scale model of the Tri-Rial train here in southeast Florida.
Lee Fritz