A brief revisit to the GE train - the coaches went to the CRI&P, the PAs to the NYC, so parts of the train may have been reunited from time to time at LaSalle St. in Chicago!
Deggesty Off-hand, I know of four railroads that had one zero milepost each for the majority of its lines (the majority of the lines on each road had a common zero mp). Name four, with the location of the zero mp--and name the two roads of the four that had negative mileposts for their connections with another road (name it), and the locations of the junctions.
Off-hand, I know of four railroads that had one zero milepost each for the majority of its lines (the majority of the lines on each road had a common zero mp). Name four, with the location of the zero mp--and name the two roads of the four that had negative mileposts for their connections with another road (name it), and the locations of the junctions.
Johnny
SP - Ferry Building San Francisco
UP - Council Bluffs Iowa
I think the other two are CB&Q (originally West Chicago IL, I assume renumbered later) and CRI&P. I haven't found any accounts of negative mileposts yet.
rcdrye SP - Ferry Building San Francisco UP - Council Bluffs Iowa I think the other two are CB&Q (originally West Chicago IL, I assume renumbered later) and CRI&P. I haven't found any accounts of negative mileposts yet.
Try another section of the country.
Two of the roads interchanged Pullman cars.
One of the four roads interchanged passenger trains with two other of the four roads, but not in the same cities.
Two of the roads interchanged passenger trains with a fifth road which, so far as I can tell, had no branch lines except one down to a passenger station shared with one of the roads.. Even though the interchanges were in the same city, they were not at the same point. One interchange was, as well as I can tell from a 1953 ETT of the connecting road, at MP 0.9 of the connecting road under question, and the other interchange was 0.5 miles south from that point to the passenger station used by the other road under question. The connecting road did not use the station used by the road which connected with it at mp 0.9; its trains used the station used by the other road.
One road, the SP, has been identified. For several years, the SP and Road B had an interesting arrangement: you could buy a through ticket between a point on the route of a well-known train on Road B and a point on the SP--but the roads used different stations in the city which both roads served. Through passengers, on arrival in that city, would detrain, spend a few hours sightseeing, go to the other station, and find their carry-on baggage in accomodations just like those they had occupied when coming into the city. After World War II, the two roads began using the same station, and there was through car service through the city, using a name train on each road.
As an added fillip, name the two well-known trains that had these arrangements.
Deggesty- New word "fillip"...had to look that up. Thought it was possibly a key stroke error but found this- fillip: anything that tends to excite, or revive: a stimulus. Also has other meanings but thanks for the new word.
The train was the alll-Pullman, extra-fare Crescent, marketed mainly by the Sourthern, but also running on the PRR, West Point route, and arriving in New Orleans on the L&N. I know the swervice was offered westbound, not sure about eastbound. The usual connecting SP train was, of course, the Sunset Limited.
I think we can add Southern Railway(0 MP, Washington U. S.) to the list of roads with single 0 mileposts. I don't think it counts for other SR System members, especially CNO&TP.
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[/quote]Dave, you have the right trains, but you did not give a direct answer to the original question.
rcdrye I think we can add Southern Railway(0 MP, Washington U. S.) to the list of roads with single 0 mileposts. I don't think it counts for other SR System members, especially CNO&TP.
The Southers was identified as having a Zero mile post at WAS. I assume one other railroad is the L&N. Possibly from Louisville?
daveklepper The Southers was identified as having a Zero mile post at WAS. I assume one other railroad is the L&N. Possibly from Louisville?
As I remarked in my last post, the Southern Railway System had many 0 mileposts. Off hand, I can name a few--Kingville, S.C. (SC line); Bristol, Va., (A line), Salisbury, N.C. (S line); Chattanooga, Tenn. (H line). As has been mentioned, each subsidiary had its own zero mp.
The S line is somewhat interesting, as it runs from Salisbury to Morristown, Tenn.--and the track west of the North Carolina line was in the ETV&G System while the track east the line was in the Richmond and Danville System. Evidently the mp's in Tennessee were renumbered after that merger.
One other railroad is the partner to the Atlanta and West Point in the West Point Rouite. Not sure of its name, something and Western Alabama: Geargia Mand Western Alabama? West Point and Western Alabama?
Montgomery the interchange poinrt? Westg Point zero miles?
daveklepper One other railroad is the partner to the Atlanta and West Point in the West Point Rouite. Not sure of its name, something and Western Alabama: Geargia Mand Western Alabama? West Point and Western Alabama? Montgomery the interchange poinrt? Westg Point zero miles?
The L&N interchanged passenger trains with one road in a river city, and the other road in two capital cities.
Glad to be reminded of the WRA's name. How about the Nashville, Chattanoioga & St. Louis?
And did the SAL base all mileages from its interchange with the RF&P in Richmond? The only problem would be the branch to Portsmouth, VA, but even than could be handled.
No, no, Dave; The NC is not one of the railroads, nor did the SAL have its zero milepost at the interchange with the RF&P.
Ah! Chicago & Eastern Illinois, with zero mile at the Deaborn Station bumpimng post.
And the interchange with the L&N was at Evansville, on the Ohio River
And did not the PRR measure only from Broad St., Philadelphia, and interchange with the L&N in both Louisville and Cincinnati?
daveklepper And did not the PRR measure only from Broad St., Philadelphia, and interchange with the L&N in both Louisville and Cincinnati?
Original question: Off-hand, I know of four railroads that had one zero milepost each for the majority of its lines (the majority of the lines on each road had a common zero mp). Name four, with the location of the zero mp--and name the two roads of the four that had negative mileposts for their connections with another road (name it), and the locations of the junctions.
Deggesty/Johnny- I'm hazarding a guess that you are an Atlanta Falcons fan...thats a tough loss to take. Cost me a bit of $ as well...heck of a game.
Thank you, Miningman. However, I have never had any interest in professional football. When I went down to supper here where I live, there was a party in the living room with many watching the game--and I went on into the dining room. When some of the food and drink that was provided for the party was offered me, I did accept the offer.
The L&N interchanged passenger trains with one of the roads in one capital city for many years; it began interchanging with the same road in the second capital city in the fifties--and stopped this practice by 1966 .
Roads C & D were rivals for passenger service between two sections of the country--and the L&N did not participate in this service.
One of them must be the ACL, which L&N traditionally touched at Montgomery. After the 1950s NC&St.L merger, L&N touched and interchanged cars with ACL at Atlanta on the "Dixie" route, whose last train came off in 1965 or so. Don't know where ACL's 0 milepost was, but Jacksonville wouldn't surprise me.
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