Nostalgia & History > Railroads of the past... a salute to many fallen flags

I was fortunate enough to be on the property of every railroad in this video. My favorites were B&O, EL, WM, SP, and Rio Grande.

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That was excellent! Now do it again with all passenger trains where they existed.

Great fun! Many thanks. wag216

You left out NYC, PRR, NP, GN, SP&S, T&P, C&EI, DT&I and surely some more.

Well done and sad!

tomstp Wrote:
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> You left out NYC, PRR, NP, GN, SP&S, T&P, C&EI,
> DT&I and surely some more.

The video introduction says: "The Ones I Saw..."

AWESOME !!!! I wish I knew how to do that.

Sadly, the Chicago & North Western image contained within this video is "backwards".

great shot of the RF&P with the Washington Monument
in the background.

Very well done... looking forward to a sequel. (Better than Starwars.)

YY

PRR is in there but I did forget to actually put Conrail itself in. LOL! I did see DT&I, but I only put railroads where I actually went on the property and took pictures. Unfortunately I never got on the other roads you mentioned.

Scanning the thousands of negatives that I have in the past year, there will probably be some more that are backwards. Better than C&NW itself...it is dead!

I think we need a little clarification here. The Soo Line shot, while on what is now CN, is
not correct. Soo went to CP. If you are talking about the location of the shot, then it would
be Orginial WC, to Soo, to new WC, to CN. The Milwaukee shot should read; To Soo, to CP. If,
in fact, it is abandonded trackage, you should note that. Rather than "Abandoned" for the Rock
Island, I would say Dismembered as the trackage you picture is in service, I believe CSX
ownership with IAIS rights.

Interesting shots, thanks for posting.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

Correct on the CP. Forty years later, I'm just drawing on a now faltering memory, LOL! Whatever it was, and wherever these were taken, I have to say that I am happy to have been an active railfan when I was. Too sterile and impersonal for me these days. Never cared much for shortlines or regionals when there was a multitude of Class 1 railroads to choose from.

Well done with one exception , CP took over the SOO not CN