What is Your Favorite Regional Railroad

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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[:(]I’m havbing trouble deciding what my favorite Regional Railroad is so I’m asking for your oppinos

THANKS

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Well all I got runs on the old wabash line through Defiance.Its the maumee & Western rr. They try to do the best with what they have.
stay safe
joe

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[8D]My favorite regional road was([:(])the Chicago Missouri & Western,because I rode the Texas Eagle between St Louis and Chicago for the first time on this line,when it was still the C.M.&.W.[:D]

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Arkansas and Missouri…LOTS OF ALCOS!!!

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Vermont Railway

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I second that.

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Being that I only live in one region I guess I have to say the Brandywine Valley Railroad.

They run from CSX in Elsmer, De to Coatsville in PA. They haul scrap metal for a steel mill. The line is nice, lots of sharp curves and some beautiful hills and valleys.

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I say Reading and Northern. They run in northeast Pennsylvania, for those who don’t know. The owner is a railfan and he lets you do almost whatever you want without getting arrested.

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I think the Wisconsin Central was the best. It was basically the same way. You could almost do anything on thier property without having troubles…by far one of the most friendly railroads I knew.

Dave

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I cast my vote for the Bessemer & Lake Erie but the Reading Northern & Ohio Central are a close second & third.

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Well in this area, north central Illinois, I’m kinda fond of the Iowa Interstate which runs on old Rock Island trackage. There is also Illinois Railnet which runs on the old Ottawa/Streator line of the Burlington.

A bit to the south I “discovered” the TP&W, or “Tip Up”, as it’s called locally. It’s closer to the Peoria area which is about 60 miles southwest of where I am (Peru, IL). When I first discovered the line, I was a little sorry I hadn’t sooner because at one point in it’s history, it was jointly owned by the Santa Fe and Pennsy and was used as a transfer route to bypass cars around the busy Chicago area. I thought that incarnation of the line in that era would have made an interesting layout.

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Wisconsin & Southern - best paint scheme of all regionals.

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The Duluth Missabe & Iron Range. Seeing a train of ore jennies, behind a pair of old SD9s, steaming in the cool morning air (because the iron ore is so hot), was love at first sight.

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I can think of 3 that come tomind.

  1. IAIS is always interesting because of their loco varieties.

  2. Finger Lakes RR in Geneva, NY only because It uses the NYC RR paint scheme.

  3. Adirondack Scenic RR at Utica, NY because of its use of passenger equipment from the 50’s. Ah, sweet memories.

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Maryland Midland? Its in Maryland (Above Frederick) and its blue & orange.
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