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| Topic Started: August 5 2011, 10:17 AM (394 Views) | |
| trainman17 | August 5 2011, 10:17 AM Post #1 |
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If you could own any existing railroad, which one? If you could make up one of your own, what would you call it? What locomotives would you use? What type of services would it be for? What gauge? |
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| NYSW3636 | August 6 2011, 12:27 PM Post #2 |
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Sidney Northern SG For engines i would use GP40TC's P42DC's P04DC's and B32-8W's And 2 LRC'S For freight SD40-2's ES44AC 14 D9-C44W And 2 M420W's Freight + Passenger |
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| thallium | August 6 2011, 07:16 PM Post #3 |
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ROCK AND ROLLBOT !!!
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CSX. It makes money. |
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| trainman17 | August 6 2011, 07:27 PM Post #4 |
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The real railroad for me would be either Norfolk Southern or BNSF. My own railroad- Name: Wabash Valley Gauge: Standard Used locomotives: 2 Ex. UP GP38-2s , 1 Dash 8 (Ex. ATSF), the abandoned TP&W GP20 in my town (rebuilt), 2 Ex. CSX Dash 7s, 2 Ex. Amtrak F40PHs, 1 Ex. EJ&E SD38. New locomotives: 2 GE ES44AC's & 2 EMD SD70ACe's. Service: Freight Edited by trainman17, August 10 2011, 03:16 PM.
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| RZTaylorJr | August 6 2011, 07:37 PM Post #5 |
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What about the railroad at Sudor island. Those dudes are chugging all day long making dat money lol |
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| trainman17 | August 10 2011, 03:12 PM Post #6 |
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First of all, it's Sodor not Sudor. Second, if it were real, I'd be investing in it. I like the ideas I've seen so far. It just shows that we all have great railroading imaginations/dreams.in our minds. Keep them coming!!
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| gerr | August 10 2011, 08:41 PM Post #7 |
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Thall, BNSF and UP are the ones making bank right now. hahaha! and the same with CN. |
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| trainman17 | August 10 2011, 10:09 PM Post #8 |
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CN just takes over U.S. railroads, THAT'S why they're a big railroad! Besides, gerr's right, Thall. UP & BNSF are the top 2 U.S.railroads. CSX is 4th behind them & the Thoroughbred of Transportation: Norfolk Southern!! |
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| KON | August 19 2011, 09:51 PM Post #9 |
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one of these days im gonna skin a GP9 and use KonRail as the company |
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| Silverstar91 | August 20 2011, 11:29 AM Post #10 |
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Its all about amtrak, New jersey transit and or septa i would say vre too the commuters is where the buissness is at plus i would like to stop all these models that there trying to replace the aem7 with and hhp8 if we have to i would atleast choose one that dosent look like a piece of crap
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| PerRock | August 20 2011, 09:15 PM Post #11 |
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I think First Group is doing pretty well, that or DB or JR. peter |
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| Skiggs | August 21 2011, 03:45 AM Post #12 |
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I'd buy up UP and BNSF, because they're making money and covering a large area of operation. Then, I'd strip away those titles, paint schemes, and all, and merge them into one company, with a new (old) Name: Southern Pacific, and we'd go back to the old color schemes, The Daylight and Black Widow schemes. And if a locomotive didn't have one, we'd create them. Also, SP 4449 would be given a home and put to as regular a service as we could reasonably allow while keeping her in good shape. Because I'm an SP fanboy, that's why. My own personal railroad? It'd probably be one set to operate in a national park, narrow guage, probably around 3 ft, all running in live steam. I'd pick either yosemite or yellowstone for it's location if I could. Because for some reason that just seems like it would be awesome. A tourist railway of course, but hey, it's be me, steam trains, and making people happy with them all the time, with making a little money from it after maintinence and running costs. Sounds like a good idea to me
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| trainman17 | August 21 2011, 01:12 PM Post #13 |
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Creative idea there, Skiggs. |
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| Skiggs | August 21 2011, 07:28 PM Post #14 |
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Is it realistic? Probably not in the slightest, but I don't care, that's how I'd want to do it So, glad to hear someone thinks it's creative
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| trainman17 | August 22 2011, 06:47 AM Post #15 |
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I said it's creative out of fear of being banned for not saying it was. (JK JK)
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I like the ideas I've seen so far. It just shows that we all have great railroading imaginations/dreams.in our minds. Keep them coming!!
So, glad to hear someone thinks it's creative
9:47 AM Jul 11