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Train Trivia 11/2/05 (ANSWERED)

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 3, 2005 8:44 PM
1916!
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corwinda
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Posted by corwinda on Thursday, November 3, 2005 4:20 PM
1923. Western Pacific wasn't finished in 1916.
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Posted by locomutt on Thursday, November 3, 2005 4:16 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by bnsfkline

1918.....Thats when the Highway act was signed...........


Uhmmmm,I don't think 1918 was one of the choices ![%-)]

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Posted by bnsfkline on Thursday, November 3, 2005 4:13 PM
1918.....Thats when the Highway act was signed...........
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 3, 2005 3:44 PM
I heard it was the twenties because much of West Texas wasn't coated with competing lines until after WWI.
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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:42 AM
1916 is the year, mileage was slightly over 254,000. Even by the standards of that era, there was a lot of duplicate and redundant mileage.
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 11:23 PM
I believe 1916 is correct--they reprinted an Official Guide from that year, for that reason.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:31 PM
1916
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Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:22 PM
........1923

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Posted by dldance on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 10:00 PM
Well, I know that some little used rail was pulled up for scrap in WWI so I will guess 1911.

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 9:29 PM
Easy as pie (maybe) 3. 1923

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Train Trivia 11/2/05 (ANSWERED)
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 9:06 PM
America's railroads reached the highest mileage in _______, since then the mileage has only declined.

1. 1916
2. 1911
3. 1923
4. 1936
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