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The ARF Lounge General topics and chat Click here to visit the ARF Chat Room. Always feel free to set up your own time(s) to chat with other members. Moderator ARF Admin |
60 | 335 | Thu May 15, 2008 8:12 am Chase55671  |
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The ARF Dispatcher Important forum news and announcements Interested in moderating? Moderator ARF Admin |
26 | 78 | Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:13 pm Alco83 |
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Forum Suggestions For any feedback and suggestions Moderator ARF Admin |
4 | 23 | Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:09 pm Alco83 |
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Welcome Aboard! Feel free to introduce yourself here whether you are new or a current member! Moderator ARF Admin |
27 | 149 | Fri May 09, 2008 6:12 pm Richard59 |
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American-Rails.com General questions, comments, and news about the website. Have a suggestion, concern, and/or comment? Please feel free to mention it here! Moderator ARF Admin |
8 | 166 | Wed May 14, 2008 9:41 pm Alco83 |
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Preservation Topics and news on preservation throughout the country Moderator nctrainmaster |
35 | 129 | Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:19 pm Alco83 |
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Railroad Art Pertaining to all types of railroad artistry, from paintings, drawings, etc. Moderator railartist |
10 | 45 | Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:10 am Richard59 |
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Railroad Photography Highlighting and discussing rail photography. Also, be sure and visit here for helpful photography tips and feedback. This week's banner photo. Have a photo you would like featured on our homepage? Click here to find out how! Moderator ConrailKid |
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Photography Polls & Contests Check in here to vote for your favorite railroad photograph! The May Photo Banner Contest will be available during the first week of June. Please be sure and check back then to vote for your favorite! Moderator ARF Admin |
11 | 111 | Mon May 12, 2008 10:09 pm nctrainmaster |
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Heads Up! Know the whereabouts of a particular train movement(s) and would like to let others know? If so, post it here! Please Note: Since train movements are old news quite quickly, topics not posted to after seven days are automatically deleted. Moderator Marylandcontributor |
1 | 7 | Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:24 pm Chase55671 |
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Your Railroad Blog Interested in writing about your railroad outings and/or experiences on a regular basis? If so, include it all in a blog here! Moderator ARF Admin |
9 | 106 | Mon May 05, 2008 5:13 pm TonytheTiger |
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The Interchange Interested in buying, selling, or trading modeling railroad items, photos, and/or any other railroad memorabilia? If so, this is the place! Moderator ARF Admin |
13 | 24 | Thu May 01, 2008 10:30 pm extra7000south |
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Test Forum To test images, avatars, GIFs, etc. Moderator ARF Admin |
3 | 22 | Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:41 pm Martin B |
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BNSF Railway
Today's BNSF RailwayModerator shadowr434 |
13 | 72 | Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:56 pm funwithtrains |
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Canadian National
Today's CN SystemModerators Alco83, trainman111 |
14 | 55 | Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:57 am Alco83 |
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Canadian Pacific
Today's CP system, including the DM&EModerators Alco83, trainman111 |
29 | 51 | Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:47 pm kilroy |
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CSX Transportation
Today's CSX SystemModerator EM-1 |
45 | 926 | Thu May 15, 2008 3:35 pm kilroy |
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Kansas City Southern
Today's KCS SystemModerator randycarnley |
14 | 38 | Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:48 am Alco83 |
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Norfolk Southern
Today's NS SystemModerators Alco83, Trainboy92 |
40 | 191 | Fri May 09, 2008 8:43 pm dtiman |
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Union Pacific
Today's UP SystemModerator nssd70 |
24 | 109 | Tue May 13, 2008 2:52 am WP2009 |
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| Tourist Railroads and Museums | |
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Tourist Railroads and Museums General discussion regarding tourist railroads and museums not covered Moderators Alco83, Trainboy92 |
45 | 242 | Sun May 04, 2008 12:42 am WP2009 |
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Cass Scenic Railroad
The Cass Scenic Railroad, operating historic Shays in the heart of the West Virginia mountainsModerators Alco83, Spooler734 |
7 | 26 | Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:44 am Alco83 |
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Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad The Potomac Eagle, located in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia; also including the state-owned freight hauler, South Branch Valley Railroad (SBVR) Moderator bandit426 |
5 | 17 | Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:40 pm bandit426 |
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Strasburg Railroad
The Strasburg Railroad, operating in the heart of the Pennsylvania Amish CountryModerators Alco83, Spooler734 |
8 | 15 | Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:53 pm kilroy |
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Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, operating on portions of the Western Maryland Railway's main line near Cumberland, MarylandModerators Alco83, Spooler734 |
10 | 45 | Thu May 01, 2008 8:50 am Spooler734 |
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Regionals and Shortlines General discussion regarding regionals and shortlines not covered Moderator extra7000south |
38 | 152 | Tue May 13, 2008 11:10 am Alco83 |
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Florida East Coast Railway
The historic FECModerator Richard59 |
8 | 26 | Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:27 am Richard59 |
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Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad
The LAL family of shortlines including the B&H and WNYP
Moderator railwatcher |
37 | 273 | Tue May 06, 2008 10:48 pm railwatcher |
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Ohio Central System
The Ohio Central and subsidiariesModerator River Run |
10 | 24 | Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:07 am River Run |
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Southeastern Shortlines Covering shortlines throughout the southeastern states including Texas and the Gulf Coast regions Moderator extra7000south |
9 | 46 | Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:40 pm randycarnley |
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| State and Regional Operations | |
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State and Regional Operations General discussion regarding state and regional operations not covered Moderator extra7000south |
27 | 55 | Wed May 07, 2008 12:58 pm Alco83 |
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New Jersey New Jersey railroading Moderator Wanderer |
24 | 75 | Thu May 15, 2008 10:07 am Alco83 |
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New York New York railroading Moderator Matt Langworthy |
77 | 382 | Wed May 14, 2008 8:06 pm Matt Langworthy |
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North Carolina North Carolina railroading Moderator Richard59 |
18 | 49 | Tue May 13, 2008 11:11 am Alco83 |
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Ohio Ohio railroading Moderator dtiman |
32 | 231 | Wed May 14, 2008 12:24 pm Alco83 |
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West Virginia West Virginia railroading Moderator C&OFan7484 |
41 | 304 | Tue May 13, 2008 7:43 pm Chase55671 |
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General Fallen Flags General discussion regarding all other fallen flag railroads not covered below Moderator CSXT163 |
13 | 46 | Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:30 pm Alco83 |
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Baltimore & Ohio
The venerable B&O, our country's first common carrier, merged into CSX in 1987Moderator EM-1 |
33 | 201 | Thu May 15, 2008 9:21 am EM-1 |
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Central Railroad of New Jersey
The Jersey Central, a New Jersey institution, would become part of Conrail in 1976Moderators RAH, 57Plymouth |
22 | 149 | Thu May 15, 2008 3:41 pm kilroy |
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Chesapeake & Ohio
The C&O, creator of the legendary Chessie the sleeping kitten. The railroad disappeared into CSX in 1987.Moderator C&OM1500 |
15 | 79 | Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:05 pm ChessieSystem |
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Chessie System
Included the C&O, B&O, and WM. Created in 1972 the holding company was dissolved into CSX in the 1980s.Moderator EM-1 |
13 | 260 | Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:31 am dtiman |
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Chicago & North Western
The C&NW, serving America's Heartland for nearly 140 years until its merger into UP in 1995Moderator cnwrailfan |
6 | 20 | Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:13 pm cnwrailfan |
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Conrail
The Consolidated Rail Corporation, a product of the struggling northeast rail industry in the 1970s, divided among CSX and NS in 1999Moderator CSXT163 |
6 | 34 | Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:42 am River Run |
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Delaware & Hudson
The legendary D&H, our country's oldest transportation company and while technically still a corporation on paper, no longer carries on independentlyModerator Matt Langworthy |
13 | 86 | Mon May 12, 2008 7:53 pm Matt Langworthy |
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Erie Lackawanna
The EL, created between the mergers of the Erie Railroad and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western it eventually became part of Conrail in 1976Moderators RAH, Matt Langworthy |
31 | 166 | Thu May 15, 2008 1:33 pm Alco83 |
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Lehigh Valley
The LV, "The Route of the Black Diamond," would fall into the Conrail fold in 1976Moderators RAH, Scot Lawrence |
21 | 146 | Sat May 10, 2008 11:08 pm Alco83 |
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Louisville & Nashville 
The Dixie Line would fall under The Family Lines banner in the 1970s and merged into the CSX system in the 1980s.Moderators Alco83, Trainboy92 |
4 | 13 | Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:12 am Richard59 |
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Milwaukee Road
The CMStP&P, the legendary road of the Hiawathas and electrified Pacific ExtensionModerator nctrainmaster |
14 | 32 | Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:19 pm Alco83 |
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New York Central
The NYC, merged with the PRR in the late 1960s to form the ill-fated Penn Central CorporationModerator Scot Lawrence |
3 | 18 | Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:43 pm Alco83 |
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Nickel Plate Road
The NKP, a Midwestern road which was merged into the N&W in 1964Moderator River Run |
6 | 14 | Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:09 am River Run |
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Norfolk & Western
The N&W, a coal-hauling money-maker, merged with the Southern Railway in 1982 to form today's Norfolk Southern systemModerators Alco83, Spooler734 |
9 | 19 | Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:47 pm Alco83 |
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Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsy, would go on to merge with the NYC in the late 1960s to form the ill-fated Penn Central CorporationModerator Scot Lawrence |
7 | 16 | Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:47 pm kilroy |
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Penn Central
The ill-fated Penn Central Corporation involving the marriage of the NYC and PRR. The company declared bankruptcy in the early 1970s and the resulting fallout of the northeastern rail market resulted in the formation of Conrail in 1976.Moderator C&OFan7484 |
8 | 40 | Sun May 11, 2008 9:35 am Alco83 |
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Reading Lines
The Reading Railroad, famous for its "Bee Line Service" logo would fall into the Conrail fold in 1976Moderators spikemic, Tooling17039 |
19 | 46 | Thu May 08, 2008 11:50 pm Tooling17039 |
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Seaboard System The Seaboard System, including all predecessor roads; ACL, SAL, L&N, Clinchfield, etc. Dissolved into CSX in 1982.Moderators Alco83, Chase55671 |
13 | 90 | Sat May 03, 2008 9:46 am Chase55671 |
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Soo Line
The Soo Line was a Northern Plains/Midwest railroad that is most remembered for purchasing the remnants of the Milwaukee Road in 1985 until it became a part of the Canadian Pacific in 1990. Moderator nctrainmaster |
3 | 14 | Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:29 am nctrainmaster |
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Southern Pacific
The Espee, a juggernaut until the 1970s, it was purhcased by Rio Grande Industries in 1988 and eventually merged into UP in 1996Moderator CSXT163 |
7 | 12 | Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:13 pm Alco83 |
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Southern Railway
The Southern was a true gem of the railroad industry, earning handsome profits until its merger with the N&W in 1982 to form today's Norfolk Southern systemModerator extra7000south |
9 | 41 | Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:19 pm Richard59 |
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Western Maryland
The "Wild Mary" was never a large railroad but its legend lives on in the hills of Maryland and West VirginiaModerator EM-1 |
20 | 154 | Wed May 14, 2008 5:15 pm Tsgtbob |
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| Passenger Rail | |
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Passenger Trains and Operations General discussion regarding passenger trains Moderator Needed! |
18 | 21 | Tue May 06, 2008 9:51 am Alco83 |
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Amtrak
Today's Amtrak systemModerator shadowr434 |
44 | 160 | Tue May 13, 2008 9:14 pm Espee9180 |
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Transit and Commuter General discussion regarding transit and commuter operations Moderator Needed! |
22 | 184 | Thu May 08, 2008 1:31 pm Alco83 |
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NYC Area Commuter Operations New York City area commuter operations Moderator Needed! |
11 | 52 | Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:55 pm kilroy |
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Traction and Trolleys Trolley and streetcar operations (including light rail) Moderator Needed! |
14 | 15 | Thu May 08, 2008 1:31 pm Alco83 |
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| Locomotives and Rolling Stock | |
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Diesel Locomotives General diesel locomotive discussions Moderators GP30Lvr, supertrain24 |
28 | 153 | Tue May 06, 2008 12:09 pm Alco83 |
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Electric Locomotives General electric locomotive discussions Moderator cnwrailfan |
3 | 11 | Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:39 pm kilroy |
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Rolling Stock General rolling stock discussions Moderator CSXT163 |
13 | 50 | Thu May 01, 2008 1:30 pm Alco83 |
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Steam Locomotives General steam locomotive discussions Moderator BnO_Hendo |
25 | 81 | Fri May 02, 2008 6:30 pm Alco83 |
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Maintenance-Of-Way Equipment MOW equipment discussions Moderator EM-1 |
10 | 52 | Sun May 11, 2008 9:15 pm cribbercat |
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| Physical Plant | |
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Infrastructure and Physical Plant General discussion regarding railroad infrastructure and physical plant Moderator randycarnley |
6 | 9 | Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:43 pm WP2009 |
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Signals Discussions regarding various signals and their operations Moderator CSXT163 |
8 | 79 | Wed May 07, 2008 10:47 am Chase55671 |
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Stations and Depots Topics related to railroad stations and depots Moderator randycarnley |
18 | 62 | Thu May 15, 2008 3:38 pm Alco83 |
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| Model Railroading | |
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Model Railroading General discussion about model railroading Moderator ghslaw31 |
39 | 225 | Thu May 15, 2008 4:17 pm EM-1 |
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HO Scale Modeling in HO scale Moderator EM-1 |
46 | 653 | Thu May 15, 2008 9:27 am EM-1 |
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G Scale Modeling in G scale Moderator Scot Lawrence |
1 | 12 | Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:01 pm EM-1 |
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O Scale Modeling in O scale Moderator C&OM1500 |
9 | 43 | Wed May 14, 2008 8:27 pm Martin B |
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N Scale Modeling in N scale Moderator BnO_Hendo |
15 | 55 | Fri May 09, 2008 7:57 pm co_riff |
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| Miscellaneous/Special Interest | |
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Railroad Marine Operations Any and all topics related to railroad water/marine operations Moderators RAH, Nova55 |
6 | 21 | Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:53 am Richard59 |
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Railroad/Modeling Organizations Generally covering topics and conversation related to model railroad clubs, the NRHA, NTRAK, live steam modeling, etc. Moderator extra7000south |
5 | 23 | Wed May 14, 2008 9:09 pm Martin B |
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Railroad Radio Pertaining to the discussion and understanding of scanners and radio equipment for railfan use. Moderator extra7000south |
10 | 32 | Tue May 13, 2008 9:01 pm TexasB&Ofan |
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