First things first...the train I was thinking of: the answers to the clues included Baltimore as one city of origin, the O indicated Buffalo as in NY on Lake Erie, and the Central in question was the Northern Central, the line the PRR used north out of Baltimore to Harrisburg.and Williamsport before turning west to Emporium Jct. and then north to Keating Summit, Olean and Buffalo. The train: The Buffalo Day Express (southbound the Baltimore Day Express, but thats not what I was thinking of).
So I have to go again: and again my eastern homesteading comes into play.
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Ok...its past 9:30PMEST 12/1/09. But since I don't have another question handy, lets let this ride until tomorrow night. See if there are any more guesses...or better yet, answers!
#19 No, too far west to be central. #20 OH No! But O yes, and definitely not Toledo.
IGN, by the way is more close to central. I will return after 9pm EST tonight to collect five more chances before giving the answer.
As far as I know, the only railroad that was evicted was the Baltimore and Ohio, which did have to use Jersey Central and Reading tracks to reach the PRR tracks to Penn Station. (I think they also had use a short stretch of Lehigh Valley tracks, whose trains stayed in Penn Station for the duration of LV passenger service, although not all LV trains went to Manhattan, some continued to use the Jersey Central station in Jersey City, then switched to the PRR Exchange Place Jersey City station. Hope this helps.
As I'm not going to be here to watch, I'll make these points 1. Railroads Cheasapeake & Ohio(C&O)(Purred like a Kitten, Ohio O+Ohs) Central Railroad of New Jersey(Central) . Possible connections Reading, Western Maryland or Pennsylvania RR.
One other comment during WWI (USRA) several trains were run into Penn Station (Pennsy) for other railroads. for a number of years during and immediately after WWI any number of long distance trains did run into Penn Station. (Pennsy did eventually evict them)
Rgds IGN.
How about Toledo Ohio. Would that be one of the terminal cities?
Mark
Illinois Central?
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Reviewing your thinking, you are certainly on the right track. And you are central on the O, just not in the right central area.
Way too late I realize "big but not Four" = a big city, but not a Big Four city, which makes my questions about Cincinnati and the Penn Texas completely ridiculous. On my mind now is a big city that required PRR trackage rights on other railroads via a medium big OH city ending with the letter O. If that's the terminal and if PRR is the railroad, the train from New York couldn't be the famous one because its name would be okay in New England. I'm just thinking out loud. This post does not contain a question!
#18. NO! Review the accepted railroad, the geography, the "OH's and O's", and the "Central" issue. There are only two questions left unless the dispatcher wants us to work overtime and gives us orders to proceed beyond the end of the division.
The Penn Texas?
#17. Way off central! So, no. Didn't even pass through.
Is Cincinnati a stop?
#16. No. One right geographical point mentioned but still not aimed at the central point.
Was this a B&O train that ran to/from the CRRofNJ"s Jersey City terminal?
#15..we're back on the meter...but you ain't central to the issue yet.
B&O had a Central issue of New Jersey, and eventually PRR'd like a Chessie kitten. Would a wild guess of the West Virginian from New York to Parkersburg have anything right, if not the railroad then the major league city?
No charge here but ponder on. May I suggest "PRR'd like a kitten" as my meaning. And a reminder to watch the O's and Oh's.
PRR'd like a kitten. Cheasapeake & OHIO, See answers 6&7 Misdirection. Problem is this was a SWAG For RR. Don't know the train. Hmmm central.
Rgds IGN
#14. See answers to #6 and #7.
#13. Not New York Central.
Was this a NYC train?
#12. Right. But don't miss the central issue.
big but not "Big"?
Was one of the trains terminals a city on the former Big Four Railroad?
#10 O'NO!
Is Cleveland a terminal?
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