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Dec 5, 2008 6:49 AM
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I have to say I love the show. for someone who does not know much about railroading it gives me a great perspective on the railroading industry. I am wondering if there are any plans to do a show on the old DM&IR, currently CN. I think the process of bringing taconite from northern Minnesota to the steal mills would make a great show.
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Chicago, IL
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Dec 7, 2008 10:38 AM
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Absolutely. Walking along the Wisconsin Central tracks and seeing the taconite pellets between the rails, I always wondered how the whole process went.
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Torrington, WY
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Dec 7, 2008 8:33 PM
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I'm new at this, but I think it would be cool to do a show on the U.P. Unit coal trains carrying coal out of Wyoming open pit mine; example an episode where the trains depart South Morrill yard in Nebraska and journey to Bill, Wyoming, and on out to Kerr-McGee's Jacob's Ranch Mine, where the trains are loaded while moving continually through four king-size silos, and coming out the opposit end full of coal.
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Coopersburg, PA.
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Dec 9, 2008 6:45 PM
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A visit to the Cass Scenic RR in West Virginia will make for a great episode. There's alot of history in the small town of Cass, where lumber was harvested with the help of geared steam locomotives and used to build the Wright Flyer in 1903, for example. While there, the museum in Elkins, coal trains, and the tourist trains out of Durbin WV could be included. Each May is when the railroad hosts railfan weekend.
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Corona California
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12/9/08
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Dec 9, 2008 10:19 PM
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Since the host is from the East, how about shows from the great Rail Museums of the area? Altoona PA home of the famous Horseshoe Curve, Strasburg PA, then there are the National Model Railroad museum and Casey Jones Home in Tennessee. Grand Central Station NY, Chicago Union Station, All the classic steam train throughout the mid-west, Colorado, Nevada, Cheyenne, and finally the California State Rail Museum in Sacramento and the wine trains. It probably costs a lot of money to produce the programs, but think of the payoffs in tourist trade and railfan happiness.
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Dec 10, 2008 3:06 AM
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Any show where the host falls off the consist within the first three minutes and forces the camera person to just film the crew and the equipment would thrill me!
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Kentucky
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12/18/08
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Dec 18, 2008 3:14 PM
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I as a model railroad entusiast would like to see an episode on model railroading. There are many great layouts through out the country which I am sure the owners would oblidge. I would also like to see a show about the east coast's main rail line (CSX). Im noticing a trend in the show for showing a lot of Union Pacific oreinted material. Not to knock the UP though. CSX has formed from many great railroads of the past and has a rich history.
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A University
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Dec 19, 2008 10:11 AM
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The only thing this show needs is more history as this is the the History Channel and needs to live up to its name. Modern Railroading is not history.
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Stand up and get reality shows off History including Extreme Trains
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Texas
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Dec 21, 2008 11:05 AM
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"Not to knock the UP though."
What is wrong with knocking UP lol.
I also am huge into HO trains, however just thinking about this host operating on an HO layout would make me cringe. I think model railroads should be left to Allen Keller and magazines.
I think a very good episode would be on how railroads are built today and to have the feature be on the new (actually an abandoned SP line that they are rebuilding) KCS line across south Texas or the 4 track mainline in the Powder River Basin at Logan Hill.
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Kansas City, MO
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Dec 22, 2008 6:00 PM
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I would love to see both the quad tracked Orin Sub (Logan Hill), Cajon Pass building of track 3 (they where brief), and also Kansas City (and other large rail centers). Another steam that some forget, that also use Shays, is Roaring Camp & Big Trees, in CA.
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Carson City, NV
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12/23/08
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Dec 23, 2008 2:37 PM
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It is nice to see transcontinential lines, But there are the ones the strech from north to south that made this country like it is. One being the Gold Coast starlight. You also can not forget about the ones in Alaska and Hawii. Yes it would be nice for a second season from my thoughts also.
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westen ky
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12/23/08
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Dec 23, 2008 5:07 PM
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I liked all the shows up till now, but i would like to see a show that goes into the how they dispacth ths trains
see how they control the trains kepping them on time
and keeping them from running over each other,
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Washington
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12/23/08
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Dec 23, 2008 7:47 PM
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I thought the Mt Washington Cog Railroad was the longest running steam railroad dating back to 1869. I would think it would be interesting to see a show on this icon in New Hampshire.
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Indiana
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12/23/08
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Dec 23, 2008 8:32 PM
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How about an episode on how Railroads are phasing out their employees with new technology. I have been on the railroad 10 years now, and this is my third railroad. The railroad I work for now (a class 1 that has had very little facetime on this show???? not that I blame you!!) is replacing men with remote controls. There are no more engineer's in the yard, just "ONE" man standing out there with a belt pack that controls 2 locomotives, most of the "remote control" guys have less than 3 years on the railroad, never even sitting in the seat where the engineer sat! Don't know about you but I am guessing in 20 years there will be "NO" conductors or Engineers, just some guy sitting in a brick building hundreds of miles away running freight across our country kinda scary huh???
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From:
jacksonville, fl
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12/24/08
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Dec 24, 2008 1:46 PM
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RRconductor79,
I have to agree. I had to transfer because I was watching my friends as engineers coming back to the ground. As a conductor, I was watching my senority fly out the window. Remotes are the devil and in my opinion very dangerous. They're not saving money as the railroads believed. There has been talks over the last few years of one man road crews. That's obsured. Just another way for railroads to cut costs and add to their record profits.
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