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The George Washington , Chesapeake & Ohio, Washington, D.C. (Newport News) - train joined in Charlottesville, VA, then ran thru West Virginia but was "decoupled" with one stem going thru Frankfort, KY to Louisville, and the "main" portion going to Cincinnati, OH, terminus, where it connected with such day trains as the James Whitcomb Riley up to Chicago. There may have been other "moving parts" to the C&O's best-known varnish up 'til the late Fifties
The Nancy Hanks , Atlanta - Savannah, Southern Rwy.
Re: " al-in-chgo: The Nancy Hanks , Atlanta - Savannah , Southern Rwy." "Sorry Al but the Nancy doesn't count. The train along with its Man 'o War companion were named for famous race horses". If you say so, but didn't the name also belong to Abraham Lincoln's Southern-born stepmother? - a.s. Don't bother replying -- yes, you win! The Internet had the complete poem about Abe Lincoln's (blood) mother who died when he was nine. But Wiki stub specifically
Was it the Abraham Lincoln ? - al s.
Did it operate all or mostly east of the Mississippi River? - a.s.
Did the route the train took operate all or mostly over today's CSX system?
Mark, I would guess the Twentieth Century Limited , but part of its route ot of NYC/GCS was powered by "shoe" and the route is more than 500 miles long. We know that the train used what are today called "slab-sided" coaches as opposed to fluted or streamlined ones, that its route was less than 500 miles, no part of its run was electrified, that one of the terminals was Chicago but the other one was not Detroit. Also that at least some of its run was over the old New York Central
What a great question! Based on your description of the limited trackage the Egyptian traversed that is now NS, I was dying at ask about Big Four routing. But I didn't want to risk making yet another wag, especially since the questions were beginning to run out. Based on some time spent in "Egypt" (Sou. Illinois in general) I'm curious if anyone knows if that part of the route running through "Egypt" (Carbondale and south, for a perhaps oversimplified definition) is still
[quote user="Deggesty"] [quote user="wanswheel"]Did the state in the railroad's name enter the Union after 1776?[/quote] There was no Union to be entered until the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union were adopted by the Continental Congress 15 November 1777. These Articles declared that the thirteen states were united. http://www.usconstitution.net/articles.html Wasn't the question really, "Was the state in the railroad's name one of the original thirteen
Mark, did the train operate (in whole or in part) over one or more predecessor railroads to today's Norfolk Southern? - a.s.
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