What railroad(s) did we grow up by? Same as the other thread except i wanted to see it is numbers.
But of course!
Growing up in the late 50’s, all I saw were lightening stripes! I remember seeing the trains when we went over to my Uncles house and had to cross the Main line going through the area. Back then we would see lots of E and F units going through. As a kid, I couldn’t tell them apart! But they were impressive.
Part of my mis-spent early adulthood was spent in the South West were at that time Santa Fe was still running strong.
Heck, I like BOTH railroads so I have pieces of both. I guess I should model Chicago!
Chris
Southern Pacific! So naturally, my prime modeling interest is Rio Grande. Hey, makes sense to ME![}:)][}:)]
Tom
Southern, L&N, GM&O
Their flags still fly high on the Blue Creek and Warrior Railway System.
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Grand Rapids & Holland (1871) → Chicago & Michigan Lake Shore (1871 to 1878)–> Chicago & West Michigan (1878 -1899) → Pere Marquette (1899 - 1947) → Chesapeake & Ohio (1947- 1972) → Chessie System (1972 - 1986) → CSX (1986 - present)
Of course, I’m not that old, so anything before Chessie System was before my time.
You may need to redo your poll as the PRR, NYC, and PC, all Conrail predecessors, have been gone for over 30 years but have their own listing but all of the CSX predecessors are combined including Conrail. At the time of PC, CSX consisted of several famous independent railroads, including, but not limited to the C&O, Western Maryland, L&N, ACL, etc… There should be some consistency here.
BN/CRIP near Houston Texas for me. Just south of Tomball Texas.
Mark
I’m growing up by CSX, NS, and the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroads.
GM&O, then ICG to IC…
Cn down the middle of my street with CP &TH&B close by. TB
Southern Pacific, which changed to Union Pacific. And BNSF.
I grew up in the shops of the local short line, Central Railroad of Indianapolis, based in Kokomo, IN . Shops were in the old NKP freight depot. That is were I learned the ins and outs of EMD diesels and how to run them. Cheers Mike
The poll format doesn’t work when you have muliple railroads. No vote. Sorry.
The Long Island Railroad, outside of New York City. “The Route of the Dashing Commuter.” My real love at the time was the New York Subway system. I still remember my favorite birthday - my Dad took me for a whole day just to ride the subway trains. Back then, you could ride all day for 15 cents. We rode in the first car and looked out the front, and sometimes in the last car looking out the back.
I grew up with CPR tracks in my backyard
GN,NP, Milwaukee Road, UP CN and CP
I was born in Chicago and lived there until I was 12. Roads I saw almost every day included C&NW, Rock, Milwaukee, Soo, CTA, PC, IC, GM&O, BN, and ATSF.
We then moved to northern IL, where the choices were Soo, EJ&E, and the C&NW.
I went to college in PA which was nothing but Conrail.
Funny, but I don’t model a single one of these roads.
All my life I’ve been surrounded by CP and CN. More CP, though, since it’s the railroad that runs through my town.
Polls of this type are probably better left open ended without the poll list as it is impossible to list all of the railroads people grew up near. Presonally, I grew up near MoPac’s Sedalia sub in West Central Missouri in the 70’s–one of those unlisted railroads. I watched the transition to yellow and grey in the merger years of '83-'85 when I was in high school.
Ron
I grew up south of St Paul, MN. The Milw ‘I & M’ line was about 3 mlles west of me, and the CGW & CRI&P was about a 2 mile ride on my bike to the east. If I spent a nickel to ride my bike across the Rock Island toll bridge, I could see the CB&Q and Milw mainlines.
I remember going to Iowa to visit relatives, and seeing IC steam in the winter time. Vacations north to the Iron Range meant watching DM&IR steam(late 50’s) - pretty impressive for a 9-10 year old kid!
Jim Bernier - Modeling Milw branch lines in the SW Wisconsin in the 50’s
Grew up in New Jersey seeing Penn Central and then Conrail every day. Being born in 1959, I really can’t remember seeing the PRR engines.
Its a shame not seeing the big blue Conrail engines hardly anymore.
Jim