POLL: Which Railroads?

I see Pennsylvania, NYC, & Santa Fe quite often even though I like C&O

 

Real trains --- PRR, NYC, ???not sure

 

Toy trains --- Lionel, MTH, ???not sure

 

Thx   

 

Joe S

Baseball hots dogs apple pie and cheverolet

 

Pennsylvania RR, N.Y.Central, Santa Fe!!!

I'd agree with Pennsylvania and NYC, but I think Union Pacific is third, as it deals with all the different eras that people model (not to mention the new Vision Big Boy)

Pennsy

Union Pacific

Santa Fe

 

(Next 3)

New York Central

N&W

New Haven

Pennsy

UP 

Santa Fe

SP

NYC

N&W

PRR

NYC

UP

PU PRR NYC, so sorry UP.

On this forum PRR, NYC, UP.  My top three are Milwaukee Road, Jersey Central & Susquehanna.

Top 3 is difficult. I lean more so for a Top 4. Two from the east and two from the west.

 

East:

New York Central

Pennsylvania RR

 

West:

Santa Fe

Union Pacific

Since I'm from the east I'm probably pre-conditioned to say that the Pennsylvania RR would be the first while the New York Central would be a very close second.  The Union Pacific would be third in my view but in reality it just might be number one.

L.I. Train - isn't that "Chevrolet". not "Cheverolet"?

 

'Course, doesn't really matter, as it's Mopar or No Car, anyway.

Pennsy, New York Central, and Santa Fe.  Union Pacific would be a very close fourth.

I operate Gulf, Mobile & Ohio and the Chicago & Alton. Love the color scheme and remember watching them traveling on SB I-55 from Chicago to St. Louis. BTW both cities offer great train watching!  Also like BNSF and BN especially the merger era. You can mix GN, NP, and Seattle RRs! Saw alot of Burlington in my youth and lived close to Milwaukee Rd main line! First and last encounter with a Milwaukee Road "cinder dick" complete with Irish Accent!!!!!

 

Dave,

Are you doing this because you like to see people excited? Or, are you one that likes to feel testosterone in the air? Either way here's my picks:

West                       Mid-West                       Eastern

Santa Fe                 D & RG W                     Norfolk Southern

Nor. Pacific             BNSF                           New York Central

Sou. Pacific             Union Pacific               Pennsylvania RR

Wes. Pacific            KC Southern                Milwaukee Road

 

My Goodness, Dave.. I'll allow you to pick the final three. It's going to be a very hard choice to make. I think that you deserve to be squeezed real tight.

           

 

                                                                       

New York Central

Pennsylvania

Union Pacific

Santa Fe

 

Arguably these are the big 4 (no pun intended to the CCC&SL line).

 

In my home town in Jersey, most of my friends are New York Central, Pennsy, Jersey Central, NJ Transit, Norfolk Southern, Conrail and CSX fans.

Check it out.................

PRR

Santa Fe

NYC

Wow! A lot to choose from for the most mentioned. Not sure but probably the LEAST mentioned before all the mergers is my favorite:

Louisville & Nashville 

 

Brent

 

Right RR's, but IHMO this is the correct order.

 

 

 

 

On that note Brent I would say Boston & Maine which is one of my favorite but most seen on the forum I would have to go with 

PRR

NYC

UP or SF 

Suspect Pennsy, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, New York Central and Santa Fe show up most frequently here because they show up most frequently everywhere! All are big railroads which covered large geography and touched the most people. Now a huge railroad in terms of mileage that doesn't get anywhere near as much attention in the steam/diesel Era was the Canadian National..........but Canada had a very thin population, spread over enormous geography.

 

 

 

 

 

I like the grouping

 

But I have to extend it to four. 

I bet the order varies slightly over periods really.

But PRR or SF I feel get the most attention. PRR more for history, SF more for visual.

NYC- Its New York, 'nuff said.

 UP-??.....lets see.. Because it just wont go away?

 

 

Poor Amtrak gets no love......

Where are you going with this Dave?  I hope you're not forsaking all the rest of us for the BIG FOUR

 

Not my favorites, but I'd still say PRR, UP. ATSF, NYC, in that order.  This forum is heavily populated with folks from Pennsylvania, New York, and California.

 

You can even view a map of where the OGR members are located:

 

https://ogrforum.com/members?sort=VIEW_AS_MAP

 

Now if you want to start another poll of the least represented RRs...SAL, ACL, L&N, CofG are my picks.

Having been born on the East Coast but living on the West Coast for the past 40 years I would say here on the forum 

UP

PRR

SF

 

 

 

Dave,

 

Per your request, IMO the 3 most frequently mentioned RR's on the forum are the Pennsylvania, Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe, and a tie between the New York Central and Union Pacific. 

 

 

Santa Fe

PRR

Union Pacific

I feel special.

 

UP

SF

PRR

PRR

UP

LVRR

UP

Santa Fe

PRR

 

Art

Pennsy, New York Central, Union Pacicic.

In my time here since joining last year, the three RR's that I see pop up the most in the forums are:

 

1. Pennsylvania Railroad

2. Santa Fe

3. Toss up between New York Central and Union Pacific.

 

The one I hardly see anything about on here is Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ). Other than Eric's video review of the Burlington Atlas O Phase II F3 units several months ago, I hardly see the railroad mentioned here. 

PRR

UP

CSX

My favorite railroads are Conrail, PRR, CSX.

I think there are 4 favorites:

Pennsylvania

NY Central

Union Pacific

Santa Fe

That most recent posting by Pat Kn lists the four that seem to be most popular WITH

OTHERS.  Since so much rolling stock with those roadnames are made, that explains

why I don't buy much.

PRR, UP, and NYC.....Greg

ATSF, PRR, NYC on this forum.  UP a close fourth.

 

Me, I like ATSF, B&O, tie between NH and DL&W for top three.