Does anyone know of any shortline or regional railroads that have an animal or something related to an animal in their names. One that always strikes me as funny is the California Skunk Line Railroad. There must be more than that though. Hoping to hear some funny railroad names.
Skunk train in reality is California Western RR (CWR)…
Aberdeen & Rockfish RR
Bighorn Divide & Wyoming RR
Buffalo & Pittsburg RR
Elk River RR
Lowville & Beaver River RR
Nittany & Bald Eagle RR
Otter Tail Valley RY
Pigeon River RR
South Buffalo RY
Turtle Creek & Lebanon RY…at that’s stretching things…
Great Western/Omnitrax used to have a big jackrabbit logo a la chessie on the long hoods of its engines…
…better off looking for mascots such as the Crab Orchard & Egyptian RR’s Pig Hoggers…[swg][swg][swg]
From a 1957 Official Guide:
Beaver, Meade & Englewood
Belfast & Moosehead Lake (sort of on the edge)
Buffalo Creek & Gauley
Buffalo Creek
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific
Interestingly, only three of the RR’s MC listed are in the '57 guide: A&R, L&BR, and SB
BM&E died as an MKT branchline in the early 1970’s … the yard at the east end at Woodward, OK became NOKL (now part of RailAmerica)…the extreme west mile or so is now an elevator spur (Equity Elevator) at Keyes, Oklahoma (panhandle)