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Schuylkill Valley wrote:yes try this one.No, don't try that one unless you want a bunch of pop-ups on your computer. I did a search and came up empty--sorry........
http://www.angelfire.com/sc2/nstrains/
Len
Santa Fe Sucks wrote:That seems so arcane and unnecessary. I like the BNSF system much better.100% agree. The western roads have it all figured out, none of that old numbers crap. Another example of why BNSF is the best of the bunch.
leosv wrote:On NS, yes southbounds are generally odd numbers, but it's usually the opposite for coal trains. Southbound is even and loaded, northound is odd and empty. A letter with 2 digits are usually your locals. The 200's are pigs and they are ALWAYS hot.Aren't all of NS's trains eastbound or westbound? I believe so. Eastbounds are even-numbered, westbounds are odd-numbered. 000s are passenger trains (Amtrak and circus trains). 100s and 300s are manifests, 200s are automotive or intermodel, 500s are grainers or other unit trains, 600s and 800s are coal trains and 900s are special movements like light engine moves, geometry trains or OCSs.
RailRoader93 wrote:I think the Conrail symbols were the best. Four letters long. Two for the origin and two for the destination. BNSF has two many letters.Santa Fe Sucks wrote:That seems so arcane and unnecessary. I like the BNSF system much better.100% agree. The western roads have it all figured out, none of that old numbers crap. Another example of why BNSF is the best of the bunch.