Editorial By Ian Cole
GE dominance, cab signals, only 7 class one railroads to railfan in the United States, yeah those all definitely suck. These are only a few things playing into why railfans don't go out as much as they used to. I've heard some railfans even resort to being so picky that they haven't even filmed or photographed a train in over a year! Yeah, I get it I hate trash 9's too they suck, but are you looking for trains in the right places? Here's a list of why you need to have some adjustment's made to your shitty attitude
- There are several shortline railroads with good power.
- Wheeling and Lake Erie hasn't been bought out by Genesee and Wyoming and has one of the most colorful fleets of locomotives ever.
- Alcos run everywhere on railroads like Western New York and Pennsylvania and Delaware Lackawanna.
- Bessemer and Lake Erie has awesome orange locomotives as well as Illinois Central power.
- Brier Hill on the north side of Youngstown still has maroon and yellow Ohio Central locomotives, and not to mention some P & LE boxcars.
- Union railroad in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania uses freaking cabooses still
- Roadrailers still run in Indiana!
- Larry's Truck and Electric has tons of old locomotives from Conrail, Burlington Northern, Wisconsin Central, among others
- If you head out west wig wag railroad crossings are still in use all over out there!
- Railroad museum's are in most area's and can really take you back in time
- Amtrak's northeast corridor has several passenger trains that you can easily get your fix on.
- People are building a f*cking Pennsylvania Railroad T1
Instead of complaining, plan a visit to one of these locations. Better yet, why not help restore the stuff you miss? The point is the stuff is still out there (at least somewhat) the question is are you willing to go out and get as much of it as you can or are you going to piss and groan about it?
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