What railroads are in you hometown
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IsambardKingdomBrunel
Joined June 2001
Privatised plastic railway, with plastic trains run by non railway plastic bureaucrats.
johnslavik
Trainz Of ATL
well...
i live in atlanta, so there is a huge NS intermodal, small amtrak station which recieves two trains a day, and the MARTA, or metropolitan atlanta rapid transit authority.
i live in atlanta, so there is a huge NS intermodal, small amtrak station which recieves two trains a day, and the MARTA, or metropolitan atlanta rapid transit authority.
canadiancreed
New member
Used to live about five miles away from the main CN and CP lines between Toronto and Kingston. Now live in a province that hasnt' had rail of any kind since the late 80's
Eaglefan9727
Member
Live about 2 miles away from the Pan Am second division that goes through Westminster/Gardner, Ma area.
Jacobchgo19
Whos that guy?
BNSF
(with in close distance i live near these)
IHB
CSX
NS
UP
BNSF (CHILLISUB)
CP
EJE(CN)
IC(CN)
RED=Mainly all of chicagos roads!!
(with in close distance i live near these)
IHB
CSX
NS
UP
BNSF (CHILLISUB)
CP
EJE(CN)
IC(CN)
RED=Mainly all of chicagos roads!!
bushwickrr
New member
Stockton, CA
Union Pacific
BNSF
Stockton Terminal & Eastern
Central California Traction
Altamont Commuter Express
Amtrak
Union Pacific
BNSF
Stockton Terminal & Eastern
Central California Traction
Altamont Commuter Express
Amtrak
rigsofrodsfan2011
New member
webster groves, nothing but coal,and ES44ACs,somtimes a hlcx leaser.not much.
Many! Let me count them...
I've lived in many regions of the U.S. during my lifetime. Many RR names blur into one another, many names were on cars, not engines, but the regions and times I lived there, dictate what I would have seen...
Eastern, central Iowa, Wichita Kansas, Orono, Bangor, Augusta Maine, San Diego, and now back in Iowa, but in Des Moines.
So-
Eastern Iowa, 1964 - 1969; 1973 - 1976- Gilbertville/Waterloo, Monticello: Illinois Central, Rock Island, Milwaukee Road? (Orange and black); CB&Q cars, if not fully functioning road; perhaps C&NW. Near the first house I remember living in there was an old, very rusty orange and black switcher in a shed, set back in the woods near our neighbors house. I remember scouting that when I was all of 3 or 4 yrs old.
Gilman, 1969 - 1973 (approx)- and area including Marshalltown: Not sure, but probably C&NW or CB&Q, during early 70's; mid to late 60's for CB&Q.
Wichita, 1976-1977 - Probably ATSF, and a few others. I remember seeing lots of DRG&W but where I saw that, I don't remember.
Ames Iowa - 1977 - 1983: C&NW (straight behind our housing, approx once every 20 minutes to half hour or so.
Orono, Bangor, Augusta Maine, 1983 - 1989: Bangor & Aroostook RR; whatever else there was.
San Diego California, 1989 - 2007: UP, BNSF, San Diego & Imperial Valley (short line between Mexican border and San Diego), San Diego Trolley, Amtrak, Coaster, one other passenger RR.
Des Moines, 2010 - present: Not sure which RR's, haven't paid much attention. Plenty of trainage though.
I'll have to get some pictures now.
I've lived in many regions of the U.S. during my lifetime. Many RR names blur into one another, many names were on cars, not engines, but the regions and times I lived there, dictate what I would have seen...
Eastern, central Iowa, Wichita Kansas, Orono, Bangor, Augusta Maine, San Diego, and now back in Iowa, but in Des Moines.
So-
Eastern Iowa, 1964 - 1969; 1973 - 1976- Gilbertville/Waterloo, Monticello: Illinois Central, Rock Island, Milwaukee Road? (Orange and black); CB&Q cars, if not fully functioning road; perhaps C&NW. Near the first house I remember living in there was an old, very rusty orange and black switcher in a shed, set back in the woods near our neighbors house. I remember scouting that when I was all of 3 or 4 yrs old.
Gilman, 1969 - 1973 (approx)- and area including Marshalltown: Not sure, but probably C&NW or CB&Q, during early 70's; mid to late 60's for CB&Q.
Wichita, 1976-1977 - Probably ATSF, and a few others. I remember seeing lots of DRG&W but where I saw that, I don't remember.
Ames Iowa - 1977 - 1983: C&NW (straight behind our housing, approx once every 20 minutes to half hour or so.
Orono, Bangor, Augusta Maine, 1983 - 1989: Bangor & Aroostook RR; whatever else there was.
San Diego California, 1989 - 2007: UP, BNSF, San Diego & Imperial Valley (short line between Mexican border and San Diego), San Diego Trolley, Amtrak, Coaster, one other passenger RR.
Des Moines, 2010 - present: Not sure which RR's, haven't paid much attention. Plenty of trainage though.
I'll have to get some pictures now.
Home town: Totnes, Devon, U.K.
My home town is on the London - Penzance mainline, which was all British Rail as I grew up. Since privatization, passenger trains have been run by Great Western (now First Great Western with it's hideous livery), Virgin Trains, and a host of local regional networks. Freight services running through since privatization seemed to be mostly E.W.S. (English, Welsh & Scottish). Sometimes the royal train would pull up with dignitaries or H.M. heading off to Dartmouth Royal Naval College.
We were also very lucky to have Great Western Railway trains running into the mainline station for a while (operated by the lovely South Devon Railway), this was before they built the new Totnes/Littlehempston Riverside station just across the River Dart. Thanks to them such greats at the Flying Scotsman would sometimes grace us with the songs of their whistles as they rolled through for visits.
Current Town: Albany, N.Y.
Living between the gigantic Selkirk Yard and the Port of Albany, we get all sorts rolling by. On the western side of the Hudson River we get freighters run by CSX, Boston-Maine/Pan Am, sometimes a Union Pacific... you name it, we'll sometimes get it.
On the eastern side there's the Amtrak line up from N.Y.C. with it's silvery beasts blasting their horns late into the night (not always the most welcome of sounds!)
I also spent a lot of time living in London, England, it was always a real pleasure to get off the train at Victoria station and realise you were on the same platform as the Orient Express... I always swore that one day I'd just cross over and see where I could book a ticket to, it'd have been the best excuse for an absence my bosses would've heard in a long time.
For a train addict such as myself, I've been spoiled completely rotten - wonder where the addiction came from?
Peace,
Robertd81
My home town is on the London - Penzance mainline, which was all British Rail as I grew up. Since privatization, passenger trains have been run by Great Western (now First Great Western with it's hideous livery), Virgin Trains, and a host of local regional networks. Freight services running through since privatization seemed to be mostly E.W.S. (English, Welsh & Scottish). Sometimes the royal train would pull up with dignitaries or H.M. heading off to Dartmouth Royal Naval College.
We were also very lucky to have Great Western Railway trains running into the mainline station for a while (operated by the lovely South Devon Railway), this was before they built the new Totnes/Littlehempston Riverside station just across the River Dart. Thanks to them such greats at the Flying Scotsman would sometimes grace us with the songs of their whistles as they rolled through for visits.
Current Town: Albany, N.Y.
Living between the gigantic Selkirk Yard and the Port of Albany, we get all sorts rolling by. On the western side of the Hudson River we get freighters run by CSX, Boston-Maine/Pan Am, sometimes a Union Pacific... you name it, we'll sometimes get it.
On the eastern side there's the Amtrak line up from N.Y.C. with it's silvery beasts blasting their horns late into the night (not always the most welcome of sounds!)
I also spent a lot of time living in London, England, it was always a real pleasure to get off the train at Victoria station and realise you were on the same platform as the Orient Express... I always swore that one day I'd just cross over and see where I could book a ticket to, it'd have been the best excuse for an absence my bosses would've heard in a long time.
For a train addict such as myself, I've been spoiled completely rotten - wonder where the addiction came from?
Peace,
Robertd81
frawleysean1
Monorail Enthusiast
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