The Southern Pacific was my favorite.
Maine Central
I wi***he CN would allow the Grand Trunk Western to still exist, other than on paper.
I love the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Milwaukee Road. I remember growing up in the 90’s and seeing the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific.
B & O as I used to watch the old F and E units go by across the street from my grandmother’s house. The B & O went north and south and the New York Central (which took over the old Big 4 (Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and St. Louis), went east and west. I remember seeing my one and only sighting of a steam locomotive on the B & O, though I don’t remember the year.
I would have to say that the two I miss the most are the D&H and the SP railroads.
James.
Mine would be the Norfolk and Western and the other railroads that became part of it, Wabash, Nickel Plate, Wheeling and Lake Erie, etc. How could you not include it?
For me it can only be one. The Illinois Central Railroad! It was the first land grant railroad.The railroad help the farmer with information on how to better their crop output and how to get their produce to market quicker. The railroad never filed
bankruptey. In the 70’s I C became a lean machine to better serve it’s customers.
and dervisied to help keep the railroad solvent. But despite all the firsts that were acheived it fell victim to investers and was sold to the highest bidder in a proxy war.
C. R. Harris
Would have to say Northern Pacific.
Baltimore and Ohio
Rutland Railroad which I am a member of the Historical Society (RRHS)
I grew up in the mountains or Western NC and rode the Southern many times. Hard to believe they no longer are there. NS has not quit operating through Saluda and the famous hill. Also, I miss the ET&WNC narrow gauge train that operated from Johnson City TN to Boone NC. It has been gone a long time.
The Milwaukee Road. From Chicago to the coast, what a great study in railroading. Electrics in the mountains, the Hiawathas, commuters in the city, and what about that
classic flick “Danger Lights.”
The Best and Only, Baltimore and Ohio, is my favorite fallen flag. It was the coal trains, the classic passenger trains and those wagontop boxes and cabooses. It was classy blue and gold. It was mountain tonnage with those big mallets. It was those Mikados. It was historic. And mainly it was my fathers employer.
i voted for the burlingto Route, because that’s the road that I am modeling here in Scotland. I decided that there were too many Samta Fe and UP layouts already. no offence to any SF & UP guys out there!
Frisco was my fav as a kid, and still is. Also like NYC, SF, SP. Would always like to hear from RR fans
the cheswick and harmar. this little road connected the bessemer and lake erie with the pennsy,pc,conrail,ns conemaugh line and also fed a power plant
What about the rootin’, tootin’ Monon? She’s the Hoosier Line! The Wabash and Nickel Plate were also great!
The Milwaukee Road. She sure was a class act !
Lackawanna. What can top the Phoebe Snow barreling across the Tunkhannock Viaduct!