shortliner Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Usual trick - looking for something else, and came across this http://www.trainweb.org/lfnwfan/html/veryshortlines.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Thanks, Jack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Cheers, Jack! Interesting to note how many used the term Railway rather than Railroad. steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 13, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13, 2012 In 1963, I was given a book called The Railway Lover's Companion. It includes more than one contribution a propos North America, and within them mentions of short lines are by no means rare. I would like to add to the sum of knowledge "New York Central, Hudson River and Fort Orange" which extended one whole mile from Castleton on the NYC to a paper mill. This is one of several lines noted in the adventures of Rogers E M Whitaker, a keen railfan and, by day, an editor of the New Yorker magazine, copies of which were always prized by my father, and which are currently arriving weekly, as Deb had a subscription. I believe he may also have been the author of a book "All Aboard" by E. M Frimbo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted September 14, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 14, 2012 Reminded me of the response of the short line owner who tried to trade passes with a class one, which responded, roughly, "we are 3000 miles long and you are only 10". The short line retorted "We may not be as long but we just as wide". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 I know the terms Railway and Railroad are used fairly interchangeably in New Jersey...as is Station and Depot with Station being predominant on the Raritan Valley line. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 What, no Ballard Terminal or Meeker Southern..?? not impressed.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
highpeak Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 No Belfast and Moosehead Lake either I'm not sure whether you want to draw distinctions between short lines and terminal railroads, but since he did include some jointly-owned terminal companies, it's a shame he didn't include Portland Terminal (PTM), if only because not many roads like that operated Hudsons (ex MEC # 702). OK, OK, it was used as a steam generator in winter, but still... Scattered in there are roads that became more widely known in the 70s because of their participation in the IPD boxcar deal. I remember seeing a lot of Minnesota, Dakota and Western cars in Maine, stencilled for return to Rumford, ME. This seemed odd until somebody mentioned that the MD&W and the paper mill in Rumford were both owned by the same outfit (Boise Cascade) and it made sense to use the cars in company service. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
signalmaintainer Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 What, no Ballard Terminal or Meeker Southern..?? not impressed.... Well, as the man said, the list he presented isn't exhaustive, but I too noted their absence! All those SW1s sure get one's imagination working, and with two HO scale SW1s upstairs currently mothballed. ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Well, as the man said, the list he presented isn't exhaustive, but I too noted their absence! Yes, accepted - there isn't a "tongue-in-cheek" smiley to go with my first post... to catalogue every 'short' Short Line is an immense task, no doubt, never mind listing every single one that ever was.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
signalmaintainer Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 It would become quite the tome, no doubt, and certainly an interesting read. One of my favorite little books is the one Kalmbach published almost 30 years ago outlining US shortlines. Some are gone, some are sill extant, and all have a certain charm. The Meeker Southern and the Ballard Terminal happily are still going concerns -- I paused along the side of road on my way home very recently to watch the MSR just the other day. P. S. -- A tongue-in-cheek smiley would be quite useful, now that you mention it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 This was the only one I could find But whether it can be added to the emoticon list I don't know Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 P. S. -- A tongue-in-cheek smiley would be quite useful, now that you mention it! My guess is that it might easily be confused for a rude one... or is that just me...?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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