In your opinion what are the top three most popular railroads mentioned on a regular basis on this forum?
Dave, LBR
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In your opinion what are the top three most popular railroads mentioned on a regular basis on this forum?
Dave, LBR
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In your opinion what are the top three most popular railroads mentioned on a regular basis on this forum?
Dave, LBR
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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