Classic Railroad Quiz (at least 50 years old).

[passengerfan]

 

Just wanted to addone more to the trains that are no longer running on there own track. The SP&S between Pasco and Spokane went the way of the wind. The tracks were removed and it is now a trail. The Portland sections of the Empire Builder and Western Star both once operated over this route.

Al - in - Stockton.

[ZephyrOverland]

KCSfan

Right on Zephyr. Light yourself up one and ask the next question.

Mark

 Ok - here's the question.

We all know about the Santa Fe Chicago-Los Angeles El Capitan.  Another railroad also operated an El Capitan.  Name the railroad and endpoints.

[daveklepper]

National de Mexicano, Mexico City to ???   Monteray?   Vera Cruse?

Dim memory of such a train, using ex USA sleepers.

[ZephyrOverland]

daveklepper

National de Mexicano, Mexico City to ???   Monteray?   Vera Cruse?

Dim memory of such a train, using ex USA sleepers.

 

Nope - it was a domestic train....

[KCSfan]

Yosemite Valley RR - Merced to El Portal

Mark

[ZephyrOverland]

KCSfan

Yosemite Valley RR - Merced to El Portal

Mark

 

Mark,

I'm not familiar with the El Capitan operated by the Yosemite Valley RR.  When did they use this name?

[KCSfan]

ZephyrOverland

I'm not familiar with the El Capitan operated by the Yosemite Valley RR.  When did they use this name?

I should have qualified my reply as being a wild guess because of the YV's proximity to the famous El Capitan rock formation in the national park. Actually I doubt if the YVRR ever ran any named trains.

Mark

[ZephyrOverland]

 Ill give this one more day before I give the answer.

[wanswheel]

Southern Pacific? 1937 timetable shows through sleepers on YVRR.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=47907

SP definitely did have an El Capitan. It sank.

http://webbie1.sfpl.org/multimedia/sfphotos/aah-0202.jpg

http://webbie1.sfpl.org/multimedia/sfphotos/aah-0204.jpg

[ZephyrOverland]

wanswheel

Southern Pacific? 1937 timetable shows through sleepers on YVRR.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=47907

SP definitely did have an El Capitan. It sank.

http://webbie1.sfpl.org/multimedia/sfphotos/aah-0202.jpg

http://webbie1.sfpl.org/multimedia/sfphotos/aah-0204.jpg

 

Yes, but SP's El Capitan did not run on rails.....

The answer to the question is -

PRSL - Philadelphia-Atlantic City  ca. early 1940's.  Why did PRSL used this name - I don't know.

Anyway, whoever wants to ask the next question, jump on in.

Myron

 

 

 

[wanswheel]

ZephyrOverland

Why did PRSL used this name - I don't know.

I bet it was to honor the composer of the Atlantic City Pageant March.

[daveklepper]

So ask another question!

[Deggesty]

ZephyrOverland

Anyway, whoever wants to ask the next question, jump on in.

Myron

No one else has jumped in, so here goes: Which railroad operated "Christine" and the "Mongeese," and what were they?

Johnny

[Texas Zepher]

ZephyrOverland

Anyway, whoever wants to ask the next question, jump on in.

Where in the USA was there a unique hex crossing.  This is where three tracks crossed each other instead of just two.  They are all standard gauge.  Name the town, State, and two railroads.  Two of the crossing tracks are branches of the same RR.

[passengerfan]

Deggesty

ZephyrOverland

Anyway, whoever wants to ask the next question, jump on in.

Myron

No one else has jumped in, so here goes: Which railroad operated "Christine" and the "Mongeese," and what were they?

Johnny

I believe the RR was the Rock Island and Christine was a reengined Alco DL 109 powered with EMD 567 and the mongeese were also reengined power. The Rock island I believe operated more reengined power than just about any RR.

Al - in - Stockton

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

The Mongeese referred to the BL2's in suburban service.  While RI had a fair number of repowered locomotives,  MKT was probably the re-powering champ.

[Deggesty]

passengerfan

I believe the RR was the Rock Island and Christine was a reengined Alco DL 109 powered with EMD 567 and the mongeese were also reengined power. The Rock island I believe operated more reengined power than just about any RR.

Al - in - Stockton

Al, you are right about the brief identification of "Christine" and the road that owned her, so you got two out of three right. As you have seen from Paul's answer, the "Mongeese" were BL-2's, as they were built.

We do have a problem, since Texas Zepher posted a question two minutes after mine. What do we do?

Johnny

[passengerfan]

I wiil wait

Al - in - Stockton

[Texas Zepher]

Deggesty

We do have a problem, since Texas Zepher posted a question two minutes after mine. What do we do?

That is too funny.  We must have both been feverishly typing at the same time.  I had taken a extra minute or to, in order to see that the intersection was still shown on google maps - it is.

[wanswheel]

The triamond? of 2 Frisco tracks and a Katy track at Columbus, Kansas was saved and moved to a park in town. Southeast corner of the map, near Joplin, Missouri.

http://trains.rockycrater.org/graphics/pfmsig/atlas48/ks-1948.jpg

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1614077

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1614070 Caboose

[Texas Zepher]

wanswheel

The triamond? of 2 Frisco tracks and a Katy track at Columbus, Kansas

That would be the one.

google map 

Wanswheel's question - and awaaayy we go. 

 

[wanswheel]

Johnny's question posted and answered first, therefore Al's turn to ask the next.

[passengerfan]

Just a quick question?

When first delivered the NP streamlined sleeping cars were named but within a short time they were numbered losing there names at that time. But later the NP purchased additional sleeping cars and they were all named please name them and the type sleeping car they were?

Al - in - Stockton

[Texas Zepher]

Four additional sleepers were purchased new in 1959.  They were used with two CB&Q cars to protect the schedules of the NCL and Denver Zephyr as they swapped cars in Chicago. In addition eight more cars were purchased 2nd hand and carried the same name series.  This would be the LOCH series.

New: 

#325  Loch Sloy
#326  Loch Leven
#327  Loch Lomond
#328  Loch Ness

Used:

#329 Loch Tarbert    ex-MP
#330 Loch Katrine    ex-B&O
#331 Loch Long       ex-B&O
#332 Loch Lochy     ex-B&O
#333 Loch Tay         ex-NYC
#334 Loch Rannoch ex-NYC
#335 Loch Arkaig    ex-NYC
#336 Loch Awe       ex-NYC

Why the Scottish names.... No idea.
 

[passengerfan]

The scottish names were given them to imply thrift, supposedly scotsmen are penny pinchers.The cars were carried one per consist in the NCL and after purchasing the used cars the Mainstreeter also carried a  Slumber coach. Eventually they became the only sleeping accomodation on the Mainstreeter also the crew used the Slumbercoach as well.  

Your question

Al - in - Stockton

[Texas Zepher]

I am thinking of a railroad. It was a short line (feeder).  In October 1961, seventeen months after the last revenue run for a steam locomotive on a class 1 railroad, this railroad's roster consisted of two Moguls and two Mikados.  These were not sitting around, but in use every day, making it the highest concentration of active steam locomotives in the USA.   The railroad was only 10 miles long.  It mainly hauled coal. Because of this longevity of steam it is now quite famous.  It also had a catchy and famous slogan. Name that railroad.

[henry6]

Buffalo Creek and Gauley!?

[stevedome]

The Camden & Amboy

[Texas Zepher]

henry6

Buffalo Creek and Gauley!?

Not the one I'm thinking of.  Where was that railroad?

[Texas Zepher]

stevedome

The Camden & Amboy

1961 not 1861.   I had to go back and make certain I didn't type the date wrong