Which do you prefer to run, mixed freights or unit trains?
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Both!
Mixed.
Mixed, I don't like uniformity 
Both!
Peter
Both!
Whatever is there to run
Both
Both for sure.
Unit trains. Especially box cars and flats with trailers.
Well, I think of unit trains as a modern phenomenon, but I don't think that is true as
long trains of coal hoppers used to come out of Appalachia (and probably still do).
And certainly long trains of reefers used to run west to east. Several locations on the Colorado narrow gauge were known for "stock rushes", when long trains of stock cars would be moved. With short trains on a short line, four or five hoppers hauled from under a coal bunker would constitute a "unit train" in this world, but most of mine would be mixed.
Both.
I see a trend developing here.
My railroad needs both.
Which child do you love more?
Both
Originally Posted by SantaFeJim:
Which child do you love more?
Just maybe the best reply I have ever read!
When presented with a choice for model trains, it's gotta be both!
I even like mail and express cars in my passenger trains.
Definitely unit trains.
Originally Posted by Traindiesel:
When presented with a choice for model trains, it's gotta be both!
I even like mail and express cars in my passenger trains.
Me to Brian. I've slipped in a milk car or two in with my passenger consist.
