Reply to "Your Favorite Railroads and..... Why"

PRRronbhOGR Forum Member

Am a original Baby Boomer born, raised and matured in a town with the second largest steel production back in the day. Town was served by 5-class one roads.

Pennsy, New York Central, B&O, Erie and "The Little Giant" the P&LE. Plus about a dozen of there subs. And Dad was from Conway Pa road/drove by the Conway Yard about once a month visiting family.

So the Pennsy is first. The P&LE terminated in town and hauled mega-tons of steel and steel product between Pittsburgh and home. And they had the somewhat infamous Berk A-2's. Road the B&O round trip to DC and later round trip to Chicago at night in the Dome Car (the only Dome east of the Mississippi River). The Erie was ever present serving the mills but most of all I road it to Cleveland to see the Indians play. The Erie dumped a load of molten metal at a road crossing in town once. Parents road the New York Central round trip to NYC.

Ron

4/9/191:27 PM

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