Which one do you like the best and why?
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There are more CSX Berks that have survived than just about any other steamers for a Class 1 system. This says something.
Currently CSX. CSX seems to have been investing in their infrastructure and honoring its history with the B&O OCS.
I had mainly been an NS fan due to their great ancestry and how they honored them with the heritage units. The Bob Claytor era NS and pre Conrail split were my favorite NS years. Second to none in the east in safety and track quality. Now, not so much.
My answer to that varies depending on when. But right now, its CSX.
for me it Norfolk Southern but the old original Norfolk Southern that ran from norfolk to charlotte
i live about a mile from the main line here in Greenville NC used now by carolina coastal and sometimes csx
The original NS even had an electric district for a a short while and also a train called the midnight express
and the original NS even had berkshires.
Csx seems to be more interested in being a railroad
@John McEnerney posted:There are more CSX Berks that have survived than just about any other steamers for a Class 1 system. This says something.
What is a "CSX Berk"? There wasn't even a "CSX" back in the steam days, thus CSX could not have had ANY "Berks", and thus did not save any. The NKP and C&O saved and donated, a number of 2-8-4 steam locomotives, way back in the 1950s.
CSX berk = C&O Kanawha
Not that I am a fan of either, but if I had to pick, I'd go with NS for the excursions they did with NKP 765. Seeing 765 on Horseshoe Curve is a memory I will cherish for the rest of my days. The heritage diesel program was also nice.
Andy
Have several friends that model the C&O / B&O / CSX. So for me, it is CSX and its predecessors. NH Joe
N & W
Born in Bluefield, moved to Suffolk, school in Blacksburg. All on or near N & W main line.
C & O and Virginian are well represented on the layout.
CSX. Since I live in the northeast it's what I'm used seeing most.
Norfolk Southern for me since I see a lot of Norfolk Southern in my area.
I dig Norfolk Southerns paint scheme, no doubt about it. But CSX has more interesting operations near me so I'm really split. I guess I would go with CSX.
It's tie for me.. I work with CSX and NS and both do a good job moving intermodal loads. 
@Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:Csx seems to be more interested in being a railroad
Traditionally it was the reverse. Not sure what has happened to NS over the past few years.
Neither, and the NS "R" line is about 350 feet from my back door.
Used to be NS, now that CSX has purchased pan am I'm leaning more to CSX. They are the closest class I to where I live and are more visible locally. They are investing quite a bit in the former pan am system, it's great to see them getting the track back in shape.
