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daveklepper
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Posted by daveklepper on Thursday, November 26, 2009 4:14 AM

big but not "Big"?

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Posted by henry6 on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 7:26 AM
#11  big but not Four

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Posted by KCSfan on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 12:11 AM

Was one of the trains terminals a city on the former Big Four Railroad?

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Posted by henry6 on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:47 PM

#10 O'NO!

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Posted by wanswheel on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:41 PM

Is Cleveland a terminal?

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Posted by henry6 on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 7:35 AM

#9.  No go Chicago!  But, Oh!

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Posted by wanswheel on Monday, November 23, 2009 9:39 PM

Is Chicago a terminal?

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Posted by henry6 on Monday, November 23, 2009 12:29 PM

#8,  Yes,,,right number question, in part, too.

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Posted by KCSfan on Monday, November 23, 2009 12:21 PM

Did the train run in the post WW2 time period?

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Posted by henry6 on Monday, November 23, 2009 11:19 AM

#7...PRR'd like a kitten.  But there was a more central issue in part.

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Posted by KCSfan on Monday, November 23, 2009 11:09 AM

Did the train run on the PRR?

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Posted by henry6 on Monday, November 23, 2009 10:54 AM

#6...yes, a very common question to be asked.

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Posted by henry6 on Monday, November 23, 2009 10:50 AM

#5.  Er, yes.  Why do you want tickets?

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Posted by KCSfan on Monday, November 23, 2009 10:14 AM

Did at least one of the RR's on which this train ran have a state in its name?

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Posted by wanswheel on Monday, November 23, 2009 9:46 AM

Does a terminal city have a major league baseball team?

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Posted by henry6 on Monday, November 23, 2009 7:35 AM

#4.  Oh no!  But you can't go lower than that!

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Posted by KCSfan on Monday, November 23, 2009 3:21 AM

Did the train run on the RF&P?

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Posted by henry6 on Sunday, November 22, 2009 9:35 PM
#3  Oh yeah..

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Posted by wanswheel on Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:23 PM

Is the train ever in a state outside the Northeast?

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Posted by henry6 on Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:39 AM

#2  With a name like that, it couldn't be!

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Posted by wanswheel on Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:38 PM

Is the train ever in New England?

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Posted by henry6 on Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:52 PM

#1!  I'm going to have to say heavyweight based on what I believe you mean by heavyweight.

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Posted by passengerfan on Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:20 AM

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..

Was this train a lightweight or heavyweight train?

Al - in - Stockton

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Posted by henry6 on Friday, November 20, 2009 4:19 PM

'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..

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Posted by wanswheel on Friday, November 20, 2009 3:53 PM

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

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Posted by henry6 on Friday, November 20, 2009 8:38 AM

Inaugural of NYC's 20th Century Limited?

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Posted by KCSfan on Friday, November 20, 2009 7:14 AM

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.

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Posted by daveklepper on Friday, November 20, 2009 5:32 AM

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.

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Posted by wanswheel on Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:37 PM

Nope

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Posted by passengerfan on Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:56 PM

Budd's Pioneer Zephyr?

Al - in - Stockton

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