Mine are the Cotton Belt, Rock Island, FRISCO,Southern, MoPac, Katy, and T&P
Wheres the Pennsy, Lehigh Valley, Central New Jersey, Chicago Northwestern,. the Reading. Mine would be the Pennsy.
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo
I voted for the NYC, but it would be a toss-up between the Central and the Pennsy for me.
You Forgot 2 of the best Railroads Of ALL
[bMOPAC][/b]and WABASH[:I]
Pennsy
Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis, Louisville and Nashville,
Tennessee Central.
Harry
I voted for B&O as it was and is the nearest to where I live and I remember it well from the early 50’s on, however, I also grew up near the Pennsy and would have voted for it if it were on the list provided. A number of great and interesting fallen flags RRs missing from the list: NYNH&H, ACL, SAL., L&N, IC, N&W, DLW, Erie, NKP, Frisco, T&P, B&M, in additon to those Mr Sanchez offered.
I voted for NYC, but the town I grew up in had PRR, Reading, EL, and D&H.
I miss them all.
I grew up living near GTW and WAB. I wish GTW could have kept MILW. Now I live near L&N. Miss them all. At least all these roads can live again on the tracks of my layout. Have fun model railroading!
I voted Rio Grande but my favorite would be the Frisco follwed by the Katy and Rock Island.
i voted Rio Grande but i have not read that much on the others
I voted for C&O even though the lines I loved were ex Pere Marquette. I spent many hours with the local signal maintainer in the depot in Mt. Morris , MI where I grew up. He was very kind to me and never seemed to tire of my endless questions. The car ferry operations in Ludington, MI were such an interesting part of Michigam History.
I really miss the Santa Fe. It has always been my favorite. I think the red and silver
warbonnet paint scheme is a classic. Somehow seeing a warbonnet with BSNF on it seems like sacriledge.
Pennsylvania Railroad
Green Bay & Western [:(]
Defininitly the B&O,although my personal favorite paint scheme of all time was Chessie System.
The Southern Railway. They had beautifully detailed locomotives, good looking paint schemes, particularly on their passenger steam locomotives, and they ran through some of the most beautiful and yet challenging parts of the country.
I voted for New York Central but I really miss Pennsy!
What? No Nickel Plate Road or Wabash? What’s this world coming to?
N&W means Nickel Plate and Wabash not Norfolk and Western.
As told to me by an employee of the N&W." We taught the NKP how to run coal trains".
My response–“No the NKP showed you all how to coal trains fast!”