Railroad thread
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Thank you. I decided that for the southern roads the POD is that the IC holds on to the CofG going into the 1950s so I thought what that decision would affect and went from there. Not too dissimilar to OTL but it's enough.
The next phase is dealing with the north-south mergers. Then I'm moving on to the Western roads and the systems I see as most realistic.
It works for me.
I think this is a great setup, because it makes the Southern and Family Lines as good and also provides Illinois Central a position as a bit of a spoiler role, particularly on traffic headed from the Midwest to Florida or Georgia and vice-versa. It also means all of the Western routes can interchange traffic with all three of them at Chicago, Memphis, St. Louis and New Orleans depending on where the loads are going. I did notice that this also swallows up all of the small lines, though it doesn't include the RF&P - owned by the Pennsy here as Andrew Boyd proposed?The next question for these: do they get sucked into someone else? Your Southern is pretty much an end-to-end merger with the N&W, the Family Lines and Chessie is only really duplicating in Virginia and parts of Kentucky and CN is pretty much end-to-end with the Illinois Central. A lot of the futures of these lines would depend on the ICC or whatever agency replaces it as OTL.
I can't wait for what @Republic of Michigan does for most of the western lines.
I only noticed just now, but who gets the SAL west of Tallahassee? The part from there to Jacksonville goes to IC, so might I suggest the IC get that too?.
Personally, this would more likely be Penn Southern if such a merger happens.
It works for me.
The next question for these: do they get sucked into someone else? Your Southern is pretty much an end-to-end merger with the N&W, the Family Lines and Chessie is only really duplicating in Virginia and parts of Kentucky and CN is pretty much end-to-end with the Illinois Central. A lot of the futures of these lines would depend on the ICC or whatever agency replaces it as OTL.
Well, the RF&P is still part of the PRR. You'll see this in the combined map. I didn't include a lot of the smaller lines because I wanted to focus only on the major trunk lines. For example, I didn't include the Interstate Railroad in here because it was so tiny that it would barely be noticeable. As for Andrew mentioning the SAL line west of Tallahassee, that's also a part of the same. Yes, it could go to the IC, and it probably would, but it wouldn't be beneficial to the operations as a whole and wouldn't be regarded.
As for the north south mergers, I'm thinking NYC-IC, B&O-SOU, PRR-SCL. If you look back at my comment some time ago, you'll see why. And in this map which just has all the lines separately, you'll also see why I chose these groupings.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...X&ll=38.11505684691329,-86.02985105489267&z=6
Now mind you, these are the systems before the mergers take place, so some lines, line the N&W and C&O lines that connect to the Clinchfield are not included yet.
@Republic of Michigan
Any specific plans for the western roads? I will say that I do think something should be done to make sure BN is not strong enough to curb-stomp the Milwaukee.
Any specific plans for the western roads? I will say that I do think something should be done to make sure BN is not strong enough to curb-stomp the Milwaukee.
Well, I was still going to stick with my idea of a divided Rock Island that gets merged into UP and BN gets the Frisco. Still trying to flesh everything out though.
@Andrew Boyd @TheMann @WaterproofPotatoes @Lucas Any of you guys have a recommendation for the name of the railroad made from the New York, Baltimore & Ohio (The Erie Lackawanna with a Nickle Plate that controls the Pere Marquette and the Baltimore & Ohio which has the Reading and CNJ) and the Southern which controls the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, Monon and Florida East Coast? Maybe New York, Ohio & Gulf? I already have the Central System name staying and the Pennsylvania & Western and Seaboard System will be called Keystone System or Keystone Transportation.
@Republic of Michigan @Andrew Boyd
For New York and Baltimore & Ohio, here´s some ideas:
- Eastern Central
- New Ohio Central
- Central Ohio System
- Baltimore & New Central
For Southern:
- Southern Gulf Lines
- Gulf Coast Railroad
- Southern Transport Lines
- Family Gulf Lines - Inspired on Family Lines System
- Seaboard Southern
For New York and Baltimore & Ohio, here´s some ideas:
- Eastern Central
- New Ohio Central
- Central Ohio System
- Baltimore & New Central
For Southern:
- Southern Gulf Lines
- Gulf Coast Railroad
- Southern Transport Lines
- Family Gulf Lines - Inspired on Family Lines System
- Seaboard Southern
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Thank you. But I'm more looking for a name for a railroad that would combine the two, rather than individual names for each of them.
If i understand, is railroad that would combine both New York Central and Southern lines?
No. The New York, Baltimore & Ohio is a combination of the Erie Lackawanna, Nickle Plate and Baltimore & Ohio.
It's not bad, but now that I think about it, Baltimore Southern might work a bit better, kind of like how Norfolk Southern turned out. Only issue is the initials come out as BS.