Here is my list, this is for locomotives, not freight cars
Class 1’s
Norfolk Southern
Conrail
BNSF
Santa Fe (both schemes)
Burlington Northern
CSX
Richmond Fredricksburg & Potomac
Union Pacific
Cotton Belt
Southern Pacific
Rio Grande
Chicago & North Western
CP Rail (almost every scheme)
St Lawrence & Hudson
Soo Line
Canadian National
Wisconsin Central
Illinois Central
Leasors:
FURX
CEFX
HLCX
GCFX
Regionals:
Reading & Northern
New York Susquehanna & Western
I&M Rail Link
Iowa Chicago & Eastern
Dakota Minnesota & Eastern
Providence & Worcester
Bangor & Arostook
New England Central
Guilford
Short Lines:
Delaware-Lackawanna
Black River & Western
New Hope & Ivyland
North Shore
Nittany & Bald Eagle
Lycoming Valley
RJ Corman Allentown Lines
RJ Corman Pennsylvania Lines
Mohawk Adirondack & Northern
Morristown & Erie
Erie Mining
Lancaster & Northern
East Penn
New York & Atlantic
Claredon & Pittsford
Vermont Railway
Vermont Rail System
Carbon & Schulkill
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern
Blue Mountain & Reading (both RBMN and BM&R were merged into the Reading & Northern)
Conemaugh & Black Lick
Philidelphia Bethlehem & New England
Northampton Switching Railroad
Tourist Railroads:
Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley
Adirondack Scenic
Western Maryland Scenic
Strasburg
Steamtown
Delaware & Ulster
Gettysburg Scenic
East Penn Scenic
Railtours
Passenger:
Amtrak
New Jersey Transit
Septa
Long Island Railroad
MBTA
MTA
MARC
METRO
Shore Line East
Well let’s see…going back to when I was a kid I saw MoPac, Frisco, GM&O. In later years BN, UP, WP, D&RG, Pennsy, PC, B&O, ATSF, SP, SLSW, Katy, Plus numerous short lines and leased units.
I have seen KCS, TFM, UP, Cottonbelt, Guilford, BNSF, ATSF, BN, CN, CR, NS, CSX, Alaska, CNW, CP, SOO, STLH, DW&P, GT, IC, WC, Ontario Northern, BC Rail, SP, QGRY, CEFX, FURX, GATX, HATX, LLPX, GEC Alstom, Algoma Centreal, ex Pennsylvania F units on a CN train, D&H 10 years ago, VIA, Amtrak, Guilford B&M, GEXR, Hamilton Raillink, Trillium Railways, EMD, and Montana Raillink. Saw them either in Ontario or in Buffalo.
as far as locomotives i’ve only seen. UP, NS, CSX, SOO Line, BNSF, if you count the BN green BNSF loco i saw sunday then its 6.
i know you said no freight cars but i’ve seen some weird ones around here. Cotton Belt, KCS, British Columbia Railway, Conrail, Grant Trunk, Winchester & Western Railroad.
I seen locomotives from:
Fallen Flags
C&O,B&O,Erie,Wabash,NKP,E-L,PRR ,AC&Y,NYC,N&W,Southern, L&N,DT&L,D&TSL,Santa Fe,UP,NH,CRR,ACL,SAL,SCL,NH,RDG,PRSL,GN,CB&Q,MP,GM&O PC and Chessie.
From todays
BNSF,UP,IC,CP,CN,R.J.Corman,Ashland RY,NS,CSX,WC,I&O,NOW,FURX,CEFX,HLCX,OC and TTI
All I have seen so far:
Canadian Pacific
Union Pacific
CSX
Chessie System
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (RIP)
Nickel Plate Road (what’s the official name?)
Ford Motor Co. industrial swithcers
Amtrak
VIA Rail
Canadian National
Nacionales De Mexico
Hmmm…
UP
BNSF
NS
CR
SOO
CSX
B&O
C&O
ATSF (both schemes, and even an SF/SP Kodachrome)
BN
Sea Board Air Line
FEC
KCS
Rio Grande
SP
Cotton Belt
FURX
Oakway
CP
CN
Grand Rapids Eastern
Mid Michigan Rail
Grand Trunk
Pere Marquette
South Shore Line
Amtrak
METRA
Wisconson Central
Wisconson Southern
EMD
GE
Nickel Plate Road
HLCX
CNW
IC
Chessie System
VIA Rail
Coopersville & Marne
Central Vermont
Penn Central
ATSF
SP
UP
GN
SP&S
CMStP&P
SAL
ACL
L&N
D&RGW (Std & Narrow)
WP
C&NW
Post merger era:
BN
BNSF
UP
SP
ATSF
Conrail
NS
CSX
Regional/shortline:
Guilford
Green Mountain
Vermont
SJVR
Arizona & California
Northwestern Pacific
Farmrail
McCloud River RR
Yreka Western
OC&E
Amador Central
Also, the usual commute/passenger suspects like Amtrak, MetroLink, Cal Train, MBTA, Metro-North, METRA
Preserved:
Niles Canyon
Nevada Northern
Roaring Camp
Sierra (Railtown 1897)
Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington
Belfast & Moosehead Lake
Conway Scenic
Valley Railroad
Georgetown Loop
Foreign:
Mexico:
NDeM
FCP
S-BC
Canada:
CN
CP
BCR
New Zealand:
NZGR (now NZTrans or some such nonsense)
UK (includes preserved lines):
British Rail
Bluebell
Mid-Hants
Severn Valley
North Yorkshire Moors
Strathspey
West Somerset
Kent & East Sussex
Welsh Highland
Ffestiniog
Llangollen
Gloucestshire & Warwickshire
South Devon
Wow, none of you older guys mentioned the second transcontinental, the Northern Pacific or NP. If you saw the GN, you likely saw the N.P. too. At 54 I think I’ve forgotten more than I can remember!
CN
CP
Devco
Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia CBNS
Burlington Northern with CBNS over right
Rail Lease
Via
Terra Rail (CN Newfoundland Railway)
Guilfords
LMS
British Rail
New Brunswick Southern