A fun post.....SECOND favorite railroad(s).......What's yours?

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I’ model the New York Central, specifically the Boston & Albany…1944-1955

With that being said the other railroad(s) I find most intriguing are the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern. Some mighty fine locomotives and spectacular scenery.

Those are my close second. Absolutely wonderful railroads.

What’s your close but second favorites?

Martin

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  1. Great Northern

  2. New York Central

  3. Northern Pacific

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Second would be the Buffalo and Pittsburgh. Here are the twins pulling the govenor’s executive car last year.

I don’t know what my first pcik would be.

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My SECOND favorite railroad is the Japan National Railway (surprise!)

My Favorite railroad is a tie:

  • Kiso Forest Railway - 762mm gauge, went from a collection of miniature teakettles to a collection of (mostly) four wheel diesels that shade-tree mechanics would love, pulling an assortment of cars rolling on 12 inch diameter wheels!
  • Kurobe Railway - 762mm gauge, electric power, primarily a tourist operation in a scenic gorge, with 41 tunnels and 25 bridges (which seem all out of proportion to the weight of the trains until you realize that the line was built to move turbines, generators and similarly massive pieces of hardware for a major hydroelectric development project involving several power plants, several dams and some unusual engineering.)

My second favorite railroad is my primary modeling prototype. I’d like to include the two favorites, but haven’t quite figured out how to accomplish the feat.

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

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Lets see My favorite RR is Burlington Northern, but i do have other favorites too. Here are my close seconds.

  1. Illinois Central

  2. Santa Fe

  3. Norfolk Southern

  4. CSX

  5. Southern Pacific

Well thats it there’s alot of roads i like but these 5 roads are my second fav. roads and i hope to have them all on my BN layout some how.

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Hahaha!

We have similiar tastes!

You Milwaukee guys got some pretty big Hudsons!

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B&P huh?

Nice paint job. What’s their history?

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Here’s a small question…Why Japan??? (:P)

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1st choice would be 40’s 50’s era GN

So…2nd would be umm… 40’s 50’s era Milwaukee

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Interesting mix, why the IC?

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ATSF first and the SP second

Ch

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  1. New York Central
  2. Erie

My layout is NYC specifically but I eventually would like to have an Erie crossing somewhere along the route.

Tom

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DRGW: Grew up on knowing this RR, and Family ties to it.

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Love the look of a Santa Fe in War Bonnet paint. But got tired of it. So I went Monon black and gold only so far. Then I got hooked on Conrail, that blue is sharp. But UP is local and the Big Boys just do something for me, but yet the Reo Grand with the Black and yellow SD-7. I could go on but why waste your time.

I have not picked a time or rail road but having funny buying driffrent engines and rolling stock. If I had to pick it would be Monon, they ran through where I grew up, Carmel Ind.

Cuda Ken

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My 2nd favorite railroad is SEPTA. All others are tied for 1st place.

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1: CSX Transportation

2: RJ Corman

3: Paducah & Louisville

4: Ft. Campbell Rail (US Government)

…And all of these are within 30 miles of my location!

-Brandon

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Good question. Probably Southern Pacific.

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My second favorites would be:

WW&F

B&O

PRR

EBT

Enjoy

Paul

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2-CSX

(1 is CP Rail)

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interesting…Gee whiz…Gosh…My other roads that I like is:

Old 1960 era.

1.NYC

2.N&W

3.PRR

Modern

1.CR

2.CSX

3.BN

4.BNSF

Short lines

1.GWI

2.RailAmerica

3.Guliford.