railroad name challenge

[trmwf]

Here is a challenge for some of you younger guys and anybody else who wants to participate. I just sat down here and thought of 40 names of railroads that used to exist in the 1950's & 60's. Without any research or cheating of any kind see how many you can come up with then maybe we will figure out how to comopile a list to see which ones we forgot. Mike PS: how is my spelling this time Dad?

[trmwf]

The Spirit Lake Transfer sounds like a really neat chance to use one of those car ferries huh?? Mike

[ginzokid]

Today is "H" day.... Halifax & Southwestern Hannibal & St. Joseph Harlem Extension Harrisburg & Lancaster Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mountjoy & Lancaster Hartford & Connecticut Valley Hartford & Connecticut Western Hartford & New Haven Hartford, Providence & Fishkill Hawaii Hawaii Consolidated Helena & Northwestern Hereford Herkimer, Newport & Poland High Point, Thomasville & Denton Hocking Valley Hoosac Tunnel & Wilmington Housatonic Houston & Great Northern Houston Belt & Terminal Hudson & Manhattan Hudson River Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain Huron & Eastern Short list again today. Pete

[ginzokid]

Here I am starting out with sore fingers from all the posts this morning. The "Qs... Quanah, Acme & Pacific Quebec Central Quebec, Montreal & Southern Queen & Crescent Route Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City And the "R"s... Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line Raleigh & Gaston Raleigh & Pamlico Sound Raritan River Reading Red River Valley & Western Reid Newfoundland Co. Rensselaer & Saratoga Richmond & Allegheny Richmond & Danville Richmond & Petersburg Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine & Beattyville Richmond (and West Point) Terminal Rio Grande Rio Grande Junction Rio Grande, Sierra Madre & Pacific Rio Grande Southern Rio Grande Western Rio Mayo Rochester & Pittsburgh Rochester & Southern Rochester & State Line Rochester, Lockport & Niagara Falls Rock Island Rock Island & La Salle Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Rondout & Oswego Rutland Rutland & Burlington Rutland & Canadian Rutland & Washington There you are for today. Ole Bloody Stumps

[ginzokid]

It's the "I"s today folks.... Illinois Central Illinois Central Gulf Illinois-Missouri Terminal Illinois Southern Illinois Terminal Illinois Traction Imperial Mexican Indiana Indiana Block Coal Indiana, Columbus & Eastern Indiana Harbor Belt Indiana Hi-Rail Indianapolis & Bellefontaine Indianapolis & Louisville Indianapolis & St. Louis Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago Indianapolis Southern Indiana Stone Intercolonial International & Great Northern Interstate Transfer Iowa Iowa Interstate Iowa Central Iron Mountain How about the "J"s ..... Jackson & Eastern Jacksonville & Havana Jacksonville Southeastern Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Jefferson Southwestern Jerseyville & Eastern Joliet & Chicago And also the "K"s.... Kahului Kanawha & Michigan Kanawha & West Virginia Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Kansas City, Leavenworth & Atchison Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Kansas City, Osceola & Southern Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Kansas City, St. Louis & Chicago Kansas City Southern Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Kansas Pacific Kauai Kennebec & Portland Kennebec Central Kentucky & Indiana Kentucky Central Keokuk & Des Moines Kiamichi Kingfield & Dead River Knox & Lincoln Knoxville Southern Koolau Kyle Railways That's enough for today. Nubs :^O

[ginzokid]

Lets do the "P"s .... Pachuca & Tampico Pacific & Artic Pacific Electric Paducah & Louisville Paducah, Tennessee & Alabama Pamlico, Oriental & Western Panhandle Pasadena & Pacific Paterson & Hudson River Paterson & Ramapo Peabody Short Line Pearl & Leaf Rivers Pembina Valley Penn Central Pennsylvania Pennsylvania & New York Canal & Railroad Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie & Boston Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Penobscot & Kennebec Peoria & Eastern Peoria & Oquawka Eastern Extension Pere Marquette Petaluma & Haystack Petaluma & Santa Rosa Petersburg Philadelphia & Erie Philadelphia & Reading Philadelphia & Trenton Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown Philadelphia, Reading & New England Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Phillips & Rangeley Piedmont Piedmont & Northern Piedmont Traction Pioneer Valley Pittsburg, Akron & Western Pittsburg & Connellsville Pittsburg & Lake Erie Pittsburg & Shawmut Pittsburg & Steubenville Pittsburg & Western Pittsburg & West Virginia Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Plattsburgh & Montreal Pleasant Bay Port Authority Trans-Hudson Port Huron & Northwestern Portland & Kennebec Portland & Ogdensburg Portland & Rumford Falls Portland & Seattle Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Portland Terminal (Maine) Port Royal & Augusta Portsmouth & Seattle Potsdam & Watertown Poughkeepsie Bridge & Railroad Providence & Worcester That's all for today. Pete

[ginzokid]

Today is "L" day... Lackawanna Lackawanna & Western La Crosse & Milwaukee Lahaina, Kaanapali & Pacific Lake Erie & Detroit River Lake Erie & Western Lake Erie, Wabash & St. Louis Lake Shore Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Lake Superior & Mississippi Lamoille County Lamoille Valley Las Vegas & Tonopah Leavenworth, Atchison & Northwestern Lebanon Valley Lehigh & Hudson River Lehigh & Mahanoy Lehigh & New England Lehigh & Susquehanna Lehigh Coal & Navigation Lehigh Valley Lexington & Frankfort Lima & Toledo Linville River Litchfield & Madison Little Miami Logan Rapid Transit Logansport, Peoria & Burlington Long Island Lorain & West Virginia Los Angeles Los Angeles & Pasadena Los Angeles Inter-Urban Los Angeles Pacific Louisiana & Arkansas Louisiana & Missouri River Louisiana Midland Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co. Louisville & Frankfort Louisville & Nashville Louisville & Wadley Louisville, Cincinnati & Lexington Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Consolidated Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Louisville Southern Lynchburg & Danville Pete 🙂

[spottzz]

Pete, What happened to Port Huron and Detroit or did I miss that like the "search" button? Bill

[ginzokid]

Don't have that one in my listings. Are you sure it is a "fallen Flag"? In other words, is it still running? The only Port Huron I have is the Port Huron & Northwestern. Pete

[nascarpetlover]

When I lived in Michigan for a couple of years I believe there was a short line that ran along or around Lake Huron some where around Bay City (120 or so miles north of Detroit). Not sure if this could be the one or that one was a tourist fan railroad. Winters there were the pits. Lou glad to be make home in the Show Me State (of mind)

[ginzokid]

Time for the "O"s... Oahu Railway & Land Co. Oakland & Antioch Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Oakland Terminal Oconee & Western Ogden, Logan & Idaho Ogden Rapid Transit Ogdensburg Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Authority Ohio & Indiana Ohio & Mississippi Ohio & Pennsylvania Ohio Central Ohio Electric Ohio River & Charleston Ohio Southern Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Oklahoma City-Shawnee Interurban Oklahoma, Kansas & Texas Old Colony Omaha & South Western Ontario Northland Oregon & California Orange, Alexandria & Manassas Gap Orange & Alexandria Oregon Electric Oregon Railway & Navigaton Co. Oregon Short Line Oregon Traction Oregon Trunk Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. Osage Oswego & Syracuse Owensboro & Nashville Only two more letters to go. Pete

[trmwf]

Pete, By the way, where are you finding all these? I really enjoy looking at them and trying to figure out whom proceeded whom like the Orange & Alexandria or the Orange, Alexandria & Manassas Gap. Does your sorce list any particulars like that or does it just give the names? Mike

[ginzokid]

Yes my sources give all that stuff to some extent. There is one that is more complete, and if you guys will play my little game for two more days, I'll tell you my sources. Just humor the old guy. Pete

[ginzokid]

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM..."M"s...... Mackinaw & Marquette Macon & Augusta Macon, Dublin & Savannah Madrid Mad River & Lake Erie Maine Central Manchester Manchester & Lawrence Manistee & Northeastern Manistique & Lake Superior Manitoba Great Northern Marietta & North Gerogia Maryland & Delaware Mason City & Fort Dodge Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Massachusetts Central Maysville & Big Sandy Memphis & Ohio Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Memphis, Paducah & Northern Meridian & Memphis Metropolitan Transit Development Board (San Diego) Mexican Central Mexican National Mexican Railway (Ferrocarril Mexicano) Mexico-North Western Michigan Central Michigan Interstate Michigan Northern Michigan Southern Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Middletown & Unionville Middletown, Unionville & Water Gap Midland Midland of Manitoba Midland Terminal Midland Valley MidSouth Rail Corporation Millen & Southwestern Milwaukee & Mississippi Milwaukee & Northern Milwaukee & Praire du Chien Milwaukee & St. Paul Milwaukee & Waukesha Milwaukee Road (Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific) Mineral Range Minneapolis & St Cloud Minneapolis & St Louis Minneapolis & Industrial Time for a quick break

[ginzokid]

I'm Back.. more "M"s... Minnesota & International Minnesota & Northwestern Minnesota & Pacific Minnesota, Dakota & Pacific Minnesota Western Mississippi & Missouri Mississippi & Tennessee Mississippi & Wabash Mississippi Central Railroad Mississippi Central Railway Mississippi River & Bonne Terre Missouri & Arkansas Missouri & North Arkansas Missouri-Illinios Missouri, Kansas & Texas Missouri-Kansas-Texas Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Missouri Pacific Mobile & Ohio Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Mohawk & Hudson Mohawk & Malone Mohawk Valley Monon Monson Montana Montana Central Montana Rail Link Montgomery Montgomery & Eufala Montgomery & Mobile Montgomery & West Point Montpelier & Barre Montpelier & Wells River Morris & Essex Mount Hope Mineral Mount Savage Mount Washington Cog Railway Muscle Shoals, Birmingham & Pensacola Muskogee Company That's it foe those. One more letter to go. I have to get a life.... Stumps

[ginzokid]

Here goes the last letter in the name game. The "N"s..... Napierville Junction Nashua & Lowell Nashville & Ashland City Nashville & Chattanooga Nashville & Decatur Nashville & Eastern Nashville & Northwestern Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Natchez & Eastern Natchez Trace National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak) National Railways of Mexico National Transcontinental Naugatuk Nevada & California Nevada-California-Oregon Nevada Central Nevada County Narrow Gauge Nevada Northern New Albany & Salem Newfoundland New Haven New Haven & New London New Haven & Northampton New Jersey & New York New Jersey Midland New Jersey Southern New London Northern New Mexico & Arizona New Orleans & Northwestern New Orleans Great Northern New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern New Orleans, Jackson & Northern New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago New Orleans, Mobile & Texas New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Newport News & Mississippi Valley Newton & Northwestern New York & Boston New York & Canada New York & Erie New York & Greenwood Lake New York & Harlem New York & Long Branch New York & New England New York & New Haven New York & Northern New York & Oswego Midland New York Central New York Central & Hudson River New York, Chicago & St. Louis (Nickel Plate) New York Connecting New York, Kingston & Syracuse New York, Lake Erie & Western New York, New Haven & Hartford New York, Ontario & Western New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk New York, Providence & Boston New York, Susquehanna & Western New York, Westchester & Boston New York, West Shore & Buffalo Niagara Junction Norfolk & Carolina Norfolk & Petersburg Norfolk & Southern Norfolk & Western Norfolk County Norfolk, Franklin & Danville Norfolk Southern Norfolk, Virginia Beach & Southern North Carolina Northeastern North Eastern Northeast Oklahoma Northern Northern Alberta Northern Central Northern Cross Northern Electric Northern Indiana Northern Michigan Northern of New Jersey Northern Ohio Northern Pacific North Missouri North Pacific Coast North Pennsylvania North Shore (California) Northwestern Pacific That's all folks. Now the promised sources. I used three guides by Kalmback Publications: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads; Guide to North American Steam Locomotives and Diesel Locomotives, The First 50 Years. Also Railroads; The Great Americam Adventure by The National Geographic Society; long out of print. The first three books are very informative with histories of all these RRs, rosters, mergers, equipment, etc. Have questions about a specific RR? These books are the place to go. Also, I could briefly help you with info too since I already have the books. But go easy on me. Some of these RRs have extensive listings. Pete AKA Stumpy