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Question of the Day!! (answered)

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cheese3
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Posted by cheese3 on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:36 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite

New Year's Eve, 6000BC. Oh, sorry, that was the day the ancient Sumerians invented beer!
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Have you ever partied like a sumarian?[:p] We just learned how they partied in Ancient Midievil History in school

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:59 PM
know you have somthing against me but I read somewhere and it said 1904! So realy it wasnt fully my mistake!
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Posted by spankybird on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:55 PM
So when palallin post this:
QUOTE: Originally posted by palallin

None of the above.


HE WAS Correct

but you posted this

QUOTE: Palallin-
That is wrong because it isnt even up there.


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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:42 PM
the answer is none of the above T was messed up
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Posted by tstage on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:09 PM
Did I miss something? Where's the answer to the question?

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Posted by twhite on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:40 AM
New Year's Eve, 6000BC. Oh, sorry, that was the day the ancient Sumerians invented beer!
Tom [:P][:P][:P]

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Posted by spankybird on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:39 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Monto3

It Is For when Real trains were made



Although this was not the first Electric Railroad, the Cleveland, Painesville, and Eastern was an electric trolley line and also did freight delivery. It was chartered 25 April 1895. It’s headquarters were in Willoughby, Ohio, along with the power station for it. The original power station, trains station and car repair station are still in downtown Willoughby.

http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=CPE

So the answer " None of the Above" is Correct

Even as toy trains, Lionel was started in 1900, So the answer " None of the Above" is Correct

Maybe you should know the answer before posting your poll and have the correct one on the list [B)]

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 7:51 PM
I love your trivia idea, hope you don't mind me starting my own on the Trains forum. Go ahead and guess, I think the answer will fool you all.
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=45211
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Posted by dinwitty on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 7:32 PM
prototype electric trains were going before 1900

I recall reading an article about an Ives setup in some house, 3 rail standard gauge size

I dont recall the year.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 7:14 PM
Boy we were all smart enough not to pick 1906!!!
Will
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 7:06 PM
Hey, I think I was the only one to vote for 1904? I dunno, it was one of the ones that only got one vote.

uspscsx
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Posted by TrainFreak409 on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:50 PM
Just my opinion, I thought the question was a bit too generic. I was somewhat confused by the word "released." Did you mean when the first one was made? Or did you mean when a locomotive company first made one publically available to railroads? Are we talking just the US, or other places?

Wasn't the first electric locomotive ever built in 1834 by Robert Davidson? Didn't it run off of galvanic cells or something?

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:28 PM
Lets just check the time
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:11 PM
1 hour until the answer
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:01 PM
I saw this on the old Trains Unlimited the answer is [censored].
couldn't spoil your fun
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Posted by grayfox1119 on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:59 PM
First, they had to have electricity to their homes. I would say 1912 in New York City.
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Posted by cspmo on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:51 PM
83 bc
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Posted by Tracklayer on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:21 PM
A long time ago in a city far far away... And that's the best I can do without looking it up.
I can tell you one thing though, the first electric train wasn't a locomotive, it was a gondola. (I watch Discovery channel too you know...)

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:19 PM
It Is For when Real trains were made
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:14 PM
I'll take a stab and say 1902.
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Posted by selector on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:01 PM
Ah, dissention already. That's why I come here, day after day. Very few of us know the correct answer, so the rest of us learn.

I would hazard a guess that the first toy trains manufactured in N. America that ran on electricity were released near 1907.
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Posted by areibel on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:40 PM
I think you need to change the question to "When were Lionel trains released". There were several pre-Lionel makers in Europe.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:29 PM
Okay, I'm stupid, I have no clue[xx(][:o)]

uspscsx
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:20 PM
I agree with Palallin, the actual year that the first electric train was released is not even in the list.

None of the above
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:00 PM
Palallin-
That is wrong because it isnt even up there.
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Posted by palallin on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 1:53 PM
None of the above.
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Question of the Day!! (answered)
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 1:43 PM
PEASE DO NOT LOOK THIS UP!!!!!!! Also do not yell out the answers because that would ruin the question for everybody. This for your pleasure so please have a good time(even though it is short) If you have a problem with this question saying what is wrong. The answer will be annouced at 8:00ET time. [:D]
The answer is 1904! Kinda wierd isnt it
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