Rails of the West

I love western railroads so much that I started my own forum.

I HEART WESTERN RAILROADS!

Anyone interested can click on the link in my signature.

My favorite railroads are,
1.SOUTHERN PACIFIC,
2.SANTA FE.

Foamer I like those two plus BN, WP, and Rio Grande.

I also like Cotton Belt, its not quite out west, but close.

Foamer SP and SF are among my all-time favorites, but UP will always be my rr of choice.

Union Pacific and the BNSF.
Allan.

My all time most loved is the MKTY (KATY). I like a lot of them but she is the top. ATSF is cool to and the T&P, any one that has Texas in the name.[2c]

Ride the rails, save gas.

We have forums at Western Rail devoted specifically to those railraods. Also if you know about or like a western short line or narrow guage line, then you can request it on the appropriate request forums. However, we only take requests from members.

There is one railroad you have excluded. The Milwaukee Road. I know, I know! You’re going to say “that railroad no longer exsists” but you have to look at it this way. It was a huge western railroad and it made history.

James

James its not a western road…
that was an expansion… that is like saying that bn is a western road.

Ok I’m sorry. It’s just, almost 5000 miles of the railroad was out west and thats where most of the business came from.
So I do consider that a part of western railroad.

right…

Is the Milwaukee Road a western road? The “extension” was built in the 1910’s and ran for over fifty years. I would say that establishes the Milwaukee Road to as much claim as a western railroad as any corporation.

But…BN IS a western road! You can’t get much more western than that!

BN operated into Oregon and Washington. I call that a western railroad.

I like western RR’s
BNSF
ATSF
IC
C&NW
CGW

OK so tell me this… so is CP a western Road? They operate to the west. Amtrak? You need to look at the over all goal of the railroad.

Most real railfans probably do like western railroads. After all, thats were railroading got its start and still is one of the most popular railroading areas. Go Union Pacific and Denver/Rio Grande!!

If that ain’t a western railroad, which it is, then I ain’t a Texan, which a I am.