Favorite Railroad name?

It's N&W for me!

I feel like I'm rooting for the ghost teams. Well, at least one is still around and doing real good.

Southern Pacific Lines

Western Pacific

Tidewater Southern

M & E T Co.

 

God Bless,

"Pappy"

Well, all is not NYC, Pennsy, or ATSF.  The Uintah is in a deseret area that is not easy

to traverse if you want to follow its remains.  Before the interstate system, in the 1950's, to get from Louisville across the Ohio River into Indiana going west, you had to

rumble across a big iron bridge shared and owned by the K&IT RR, one I actually

know little about.

Reading & Northern

NYC

PRR

My favorite...

#2...

#3...

  I have a few that I like to pay homage to because they have all been worked on by my family and I at one time or another: Seaboard,Virginian,Southern,C&O,DT&I,N&W,Chessie,CSX and NS.

 

 Do I really have a favorite....eehh hard to decide  .

 

 I think I tend to favor the Chessie a little though.I know my late father really enjoyed being an employee during those years of operation.And I always enjoyed the colors and Chessie herald.

 

 Guess I could include the two short lines my layout is based from,The Eastern Kentucky and the Scioto Valley railroads.

Somehow as part of the insanity of this world.  The Montour, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, and Western Maryland Railroad have laid the foot print for a wonderful national treasure, that along with the C&O.....   Canal path allows for a bike trail, Pittsburgh to Washington DC.   Great Allegheny Passage. 

All the flavors of the Rio Grande

Union Pacific

That's enough for me.

Spokane, Portland & Seattle,  I've got a couple of box cars now I need a SP&S diesel to pull them

I tend to prefer the longer un-abbreviated names such as the 'Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway' as opposed to 'Santa Fe', or worse, 'BNSF', which just screams modernism and cost-cutting. An exception would be 'Nickel Plate Road' over its formal name.

 

However, I think my favorite name (not railroad) is the 'Reading, Blue Mountain, and Northern', partly due to having spent a significant amount of time on the Appalachian Trail and ended a 26-mile day of hiking to find myself in Port Clinton and the rail yard at dusk... Will never forget that experience, and the 'Blue Mountain' part is very significant to my mind.

I am a modern man myself but my favorite lines, or big 3 systems, are:

 

   For Freight: Norfolk Southern

 

 

   For Passenger: Amtrak

 

 

   For Transit: MTA (NYCT)

 

 

All, excellent choices.

 

Do you have a subway on your layout if I may ask? The reason I do, is I happen to think subways, particularly NY subways are cool.

 

Pete

I have three railroads that I like. Philadelphia & Reading Railway & Mining Company, Reading Company & Reading Lines, Reading & Northern RR(a regional railroad in eastern Pennsylvania that is doing very well and growing, and over 26 years old).

 

Lee Fritz

I think you posted that picture before Lee. Glad you did because it reminded me that I wanted to tell you that the locomotive in the picture is extraordinary and quite beautiful. My compliments sir.

 

 

Pete

Penn Central

 

Any railroad that uses speed lettering!

Thanks Tom. Who doesn't like speed lettering? Looks great and that UP SD70 is always a favorite of mine. I don't have one, but perhaps one day I shall.

 

Love the pictures.

 

Pete

• Pennsylvania
• New York Central
• London & North Eastern
• Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits

In my opinion, I believe virtually EVERYONE has misinterpreted the original posters question, i.e. NOT your favorite railroad that you try to model or collect for.

 

His ORIGINAL QUESTION was "Favorite railroad name?" 

Hot Water, I guess if I have to decide on one this Christmas, I'll go with C&O, had better steam engines. Hated their passenger colors though, but he didn't asked that did He.

I like PRR and NYC.....  I also like ATSF (BNSF) and UP...

 

Alan

Let's see my favorite railroad NAME is Southern Pacific. I also happen to model it. Matt

Matt, lets see your cabforward. Don

Pete,

 

Your compliment should be directed to ReadingFan, as he posted the photo and not me. I do have a Reading Lines T-1, an MTH version in PS-2. 

Just bought some new to me MTH  six car hopper set; Reading Lines MTH # 20-90069

 

Lee Fritz

Dang!  I forgot one, in the narrow gauge category, the road with the stone water

tower bases that I have adopted as my standard:  The Denver, South Park, and Pacific.

(also has the still standing stone roundhouse SW of Denver)

I am surprised there aren't many "Wild Mary" fans out there !!

SOO LINE

 

 

Rio Grande tops my list but eastern fav's include LIRR, NYC and PRR

Even though I don't model it I have always thought the coolest name for a railroad was The Nickel Plate Road. It's a very unique name. I like Raritan River too. Most railroads are named after a state or city. Being named after a river is not as common as a city or state.

NEW YORK CENTRAL

 

Followed by Milwaukee Road

 

Both had great Rail road fonts & Logos !

 

 

 Pennsylvania due to the shear variety of locos and then any of the other great art deco design railroads.

James

Chessie System, Baltimore and Ohio, Western Maryland, CSX, and the P&LE all equal.

Pennsylvania, Penn Central, Chessie System, Conrail, Santa Fe, New York Central, Reading, and Norfolk Southern. 

Iola & Northern - Green Bay & Western Lines

P & R   Philadelphia & Reading

The "Ma & Pa" is another great "name".

Texas and Pacific Railroad

 

csx is number one,norfolk southern is number 2

I will always have a soft spot for what I think of as my hometown railroad the Richmond, Fredricksburg and Potomac.