KCSfan passengerfan KCSfan Here's the new question. What was the "two color" train, the RR which operated it and its route? Mark Did the train operate east of the Mississippi River? Al in Stockton No. Mark
passengerfan KCSfan Here's the new question. What was the "two color" train, the RR which operated it and its route? Mark Did the train operate east of the Mississippi River? Al in Stockton
KCSfan Here's the new question. What was the "two color" train, the RR which operated it and its route? Mark
Here's the new question. What was the "two color" train, the RR which operated it and its route?
Mark
Al in Stockton
Al - in - Stockton
Al,
No. If it didn't run east of the Mississippi it couldn't run in the southeast.
KCSfan Al, No. If it didn't run east of the Mississippi it couldn't run in the southeast. Mark
That's what happens when you don't get enough sleep. I really mean't to say southwest?
passengerfan Mark That's what happens when you don't get enough sleep. I really mean't to say southwest? Al - in - Stockton
If gold is a color, the Black Gold (Frisco), Tulsa to Fort Worth and Dallas?
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28793/m1/1/
Bingo. That's the one I had in mind. The next question is yours to ask Mike.
Who spoke these words about what train, where and when?
"The spirit of a nation alone is not enough to preserve its position or even its freedom. Physical and inventive strength in its industrial structure, able to produce and deliver at all times all that is needed for the security and betterment of its people - that too is essential. And beyond that is demanded the will never to be content with the imperfect, always to be seeking improvement and increase in the ability to do every job well. Consequently, I am pleased to be here to witness a concrete evidence of the railroad industry's response to this twin necessity. For the _____________ is more than merely a train. To America and to the world, it symbolizes the forward looking attitude, the daring, and the vision that have characterized our country and its people in all their undertakings.
"Indeed it is a symbol of even a greater thing. It is a shining example of what can be accomplished by the partnership of ingenuity, brains, management and labor when freely and voluntarily associated together for the accomplishment of a definite purpose. I earnestly believe that you see pictured here today the future of America."
Mike
GM's train of Tomorrow?
Nope
Budd's Pioneer Zephyr?
The train was the RF&P's Blue and Grey, and it ran between Richmond and Washington and was the only RF&P express that was not interlined with either the SAL or the ACL. Blue and Grey were the main colors ot the Confederate Flag.
Dave,
I had never heard of the RF&P's Blue and Gray but it certainly would have been a "two color" train. I actually had the Frisco's Black Gold in mind which Mike identified and we've moved on to another question.
Inaugural of NYC's 20th Century Limited?
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Henry, yes your turn. The new Century was christened by Beatrice Lillie wielding a bottle containing water from the Hudson River, the Mohawk River, Lake Erie and Lake Michigan. General Eisenhower spoke on the radio.
http://www.pullman-museum.org/main/prg481a.jpg
http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/speeches/19480915%20Remarks%20for%20inaugural%20ceremony%20broadcast.htm
'I'm in the East, so you know if I'm thinking of a train, it has to be here....just saved you the first question of 20..
henry6 'I'm in the East, so you know if I'm thinking of a train, it has to be here....just saved you the first question of 20..
#1! I'm going to have to say heavyweight based on what I believe you mean by heavyweight.
Is the train ever in New England?
#2 With a name like that, it couldn't be!
Is the train ever in a state outside the Northeast?
Did the train run on the RF&P?
#4. Oh no! But you can't go lower than that!
Does a terminal city have a major league baseball team?
Did at least one of the RR's on which this train ran have a state in its name?
#5. Er, yes. Why do you want tickets?
#6...yes, a very common question to be asked.
Did the train run on the PRR?
#7...PRR'd like a kitten. But there was a more central issue in part.
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