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Train Trivia Updated: 6/9/06
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<font size="4"><font face="Arial"><u><center>3/31/306</center></u></font id="Arial"> <br /> <br /><font color="blue"><font face="Times New Roman">When Charles Lindbergh arrived in Washington DC in 1927, after his famous flight all the New York theaters were hiring planes to be the first to get the movie film to New York. Except one company that set up a lab in a Pennsylvania baggage car, the film was whisked to New York far in advance of the film traveling by plane. What type of locomotive pulled the train? <br /> <br />1. T-1 4-4-4-4 <br />2. K-4 Pacific 4-6-2. <br /><font color="red">3. 4-4-2 E-6 Atlantic</font id="red"> <br />4. 2-8-2. </font id="Times New Roman"></font id="blue"></font id="size4"> <br />PRR E6 Atlantic #460, known as the Lindbergh Atlantic, traveled 216 miles in 2 hours and 55 minutes, averaging 74MPH to do it. Yes, this in was 1927.
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