The First-train Express was a short-lived train that was made from day 1 to February 7th 1972, it was a train that had mostly, 2 e8as and 1 e8b. The train was so good that when it ended, people wanted to have it back, but with more sleek train cars. It now is train #22, number First Day Forward. It still operates today on the Northeastern Corridor. That is the lore 2026 Thanks for reading all this! -Tnato
Congrats Ryan you get to witness the lore of my thought process naming this thing First I was like “hey we had the Congressional and the Senator, what about the Representative?” And then immediately realized how mid that was And then I thought “hey, what about one for the little guy? One for the everywoman, the everyperson, or the everyman in small-town USA, with the local elections and politicians?” So then I thought “the Alderman” but that sounded… *lacking.* So instead of doing something sensible and thinking of “the Mayor”, my mind went to Europe, and specifically Germany I submit the name, “The Burgermeister” (essentially, “master of the burg”)
Bismarck, ND to Chicago, IL via Rapid City, SD, North Platte, NE, and Lincoln, NE (to name a few). It serves Omaha at three in the morning and connects with the National Limited in Chicago for New York.
My favorite is the union pacifc sleeper with milwaukee road lettering. I feel a good name for he train would be the sunrise skyrocket, It just flows nicely
Your narration is impeccable for the speed at which it is narrated lol. As for train names, I dig the Southern Star. Perhaps a Minneapolis to New Orleans or Texas service?
I have a idea and lore to it, I call it the "Southern Moon", which was operated jointly by the Monon (L&N between 1970 & '71), Southern, and Florida East Coast, which was replaced with the SCL in 1963. The train was started as a competitor to other Chicago to Miami trains by the Southern Railway in the 1940s, with the Monon helping to bring the train to Chicago and the FEC to take it to Miami. The train ran on Monon tracks between Chicago and Louisville, then it went onto Southern tracks between Louisville and Jacksonville, and the FEC ran it between Jacksonville and Miami. When the FEC discontinued passenger service in 1963, trains went to the SCL instead to get to Miami. When the Monon merged with the L&N (This timeline the Monon discontinued all but the Southern Moon) in 1970, the L&N kept the train due to an agreement. In 1971 when Amtrak took over, the Southern Moon will serve alongside The Floridian as routes to Florida from Chicago, but in 1979, both The Floridian and the Southern Moon will be discontinued, but today it's legacy lives on.
The lore is very much appreciated and the name is welcome. It is a little close to the "Southern Crescent" but I'm sure some clever marketing can mask that right up.
@ Ya, the similar names was intentional to try to give off a brand of routes, you can change the name to the "Southern Sun" if you want also, gives off a more Florida vibe.
Originally servicing from Des moines Iowa to Springfield Illinois then Finally Indianapolis Indiana. The service would originally be run by The Big four and Milwaukee road probably being called the three I's. The train would have multiple stops along the way in rural towns allowing for service through the smaller cities and rural (larger) towns connecting them. Explaining the coach section being so complete and the number of sleepers due to the long run.
This is probably the most cohesive idea in terms of routing; might extend the Southern terminus to somewhere down south (Atlanta, GA?) for the funnies.
Here's an idea for a name for the train. "The Capitolian", serving the people of an unnamed state capitol since steam engines were still in regular service.
Interesting arrangement of cars 😎 What makes Southern Pacific Platinum Mist angry? 🤷 Also, I assume that tiny switcher is the station pilot? Also, name suggestions: “Rainbow Warrior” (Inspired by Jeff Gordon and the “Rainbow Era” livery) or the “Razzmatazz” 😎
The theme of the screenshot competition was "four axle GE units"; I felt like a U25 or some other such unit would be a bit cliche to be the main focus. That being said, it could totally be the station pilot (or maybe it's leading the train because it has cab signaling, looking at you Metra E8s). Angry platinum mist; the short version is that Southern Pacific was appalled by the utter lack of decency displayed by Amtrak during their early years; so much so that they asked Amtrak to patch over any distinct "Southern Pacific" traits on a few of their cars. Notably, the running number and signature Cascade Red. In turn, it created a truly hodge-podge look. I hope to cover it more in-depth in a future video. Razzmatazz is my new favorite word.
Ryan I redid like half of these you coulda asked >:((((((((( Also, Running Breeze. Chicago Service to the rust belt that totally isn;t a rip off of the Lake Shore.
The southern bell or southern wind.just making up some made up passenger train names but I have a feeling that 1 out of 2 of these names are an actual passenger trains from the past.
The Southern Belle was a train operated by the Kansas City Southern; there was also a train called the South Wind running between Chicago and many points in Florida by way of the PRR, L&N, SCL, and FEC. They are pretty classy names though.
I like capybaras
I do too :)
The First-train Express was a short-lived train that was made from day 1 to February 7th 1972, it was a train that had mostly, 2 e8as and 1 e8b. The train was so good that when it ended, people wanted to have it back, but with more sleek train cars. It now is train #22, number First Day Forward. It still operates today on the Northeastern Corridor.
That is the lore 2026
Thanks for reading all this!
-Tnato
Congrats Ryan you get to witness the lore of my thought process naming this thing
First I was like “hey we had the Congressional and the Senator, what about the Representative?” And then immediately realized how mid that was
And then I thought “hey, what about one for the little guy? One for the everywoman, the everyperson, or the everyman in small-town USA, with the local elections and politicians?” So then I thought “the Alderman” but that sounded… *lacking.*
So instead of doing something sensible and thinking of “the Mayor”, my mind went to Europe, and specifically Germany
I submit the name, “The Burgermeister” (essentially, “master of the burg”)
If they were Legislative, Judiciary and maybe Executive, I would have said name the next train in that lineup the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Bismarck, ND to Chicago, IL via Rapid City, SD, North Platte, NE, and Lincoln, NE (to name a few). It serves Omaha at three in the morning and connects with the National Limited in Chicago for New York.
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My favorite is the union pacifc sleeper with milwaukee road lettering. I feel a good name for he train would be the sunrise skyrocket, It just flows nicely
Sunrise Skyrocket is a splendid name; it may also work for a 1980s high-fructose corn syrup beverage.
Your narration is impeccable for the speed at which it is narrated lol.
As for train names, I dig the Southern Star. Perhaps a Minneapolis to New Orleans or Texas service?
A long distance train running a north-south route over flyover country was exactly what I had in mind.
It being 71% rainbow fits because Amtrak was formed in 1971!
It's also a C- on the standard grading scale. Marginally eggceptional.
I have a idea and lore to it, I call it the "Southern Moon", which was operated jointly by the Monon (L&N between 1970 & '71), Southern, and Florida East Coast, which was replaced with the SCL in 1963.
The train was started as a competitor to other Chicago to Miami trains by the Southern Railway in the 1940s, with the Monon helping to bring the train to Chicago and the FEC to take it to Miami.
The train ran on Monon tracks between Chicago and Louisville, then it went onto Southern tracks between Louisville and Jacksonville, and the FEC ran it between Jacksonville and Miami.
When the FEC discontinued passenger service in 1963, trains went to the SCL instead to get to Miami.
When the Monon merged with the L&N (This timeline the Monon discontinued all but the Southern Moon) in 1970, the L&N kept the train due to an agreement.
In 1971 when Amtrak took over, the Southern Moon will serve alongside The Floridian as routes to Florida from Chicago, but in 1979, both The Floridian and the Southern Moon will be discontinued, but today it's legacy lives on.
The lore is very much appreciated and the name is welcome. It is a little close to the "Southern Crescent" but I'm sure some clever marketing can mask that right up.
@ Ya, the similar names was intentional to try to give off a brand of routes, you can change the name to the "Southern Sun" if you want also, gives off a more Florida vibe.
Aw yes, Northern Western Flyer passed by
The last car I would call it a party car
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the copacabana
Originally servicing from Des moines Iowa to Springfield Illinois then Finally Indianapolis Indiana. The service would originally be run by The Big four and Milwaukee road probably being called the three I's. The train would have multiple stops along the way in rural towns allowing for service through the smaller cities and rural (larger) towns connecting them. Explaining the coach section being so complete and the number of sleepers due to the long run.
This is probably the most cohesive idea in terms of routing; might extend the Southern terminus to somewhere down south (Atlanta, GA?) for the funnies.
Here's an idea for a name for the train. "The Capitolian", serving the people of an unnamed state capitol since steam engines were still in regular service.
Similar to the B&O's "Capitol Limited" but I think it can work.
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Interesting arrangement of cars 😎
What makes Southern Pacific Platinum Mist angry? 🤷 Also, I assume that tiny switcher is the station pilot?
Also, name suggestions: “Rainbow Warrior” (Inspired by Jeff Gordon and the “Rainbow Era” livery) or the “Razzmatazz” 😎
The theme of the screenshot competition was "four axle GE units"; I felt like a U25 or some other such unit would be a bit cliche to be the main focus. That being said, it could totally be the station pilot (or maybe it's leading the train because it has cab signaling, looking at you Metra E8s).
Angry platinum mist; the short version is that Southern Pacific was appalled by the utter lack of decency displayed by Amtrak during their early years; so much so that they asked Amtrak to patch over any distinct "Southern Pacific" traits on a few of their cars. Notably, the running number and signature Cascade Red. In turn, it created a truly hodge-podge look. I hope to cover it more in-depth in a future video.
Razzmatazz is my new favorite word.
Ryan I redid like half of these you coulda asked >:(((((((((
Also, Running Breeze. Chicago Service to the rust belt that totally isn;t a rip off of the Lake Shore.
🎵It's four o'clock in the morning and all the people have gone away, just you and your knees and the Running Breeze, tomorrow is another day! 🎵
The southern bell or southern wind.just making up some made up passenger train names but I have a feeling that 1 out of 2 of these names are an actual passenger trains from the past.
The Southern Belle was a train operated by the Kansas City Southern; there was also a train called the South Wind running between Chicago and many points in Florida by way of the PRR, L&N, SCL, and FEC. They are pretty classy names though.
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The North Korean
Thanks for sharing.
Love the video here Ryan! So funny
The beatings will continue until I reach mass hysteria (total hilarity). Thanks for tuning in!