There were several bowtie loops in 1950; I worked three out last night.
The B&M had a possible one, which took a little over eleven hours to run: Boston-Ayer-Dover- Rockingham-Manchester-Boston, crossing at Lowell.
Another one, taking a bit longer (Friday night to Sunday afternoon), would have been on NYC: Detroit-Cincinnati-Indianapolis-Buffalo-Detroit, crossing at Bellefontaine.
The third one, on Southern (Saturday morning to Sunday evening), would have been Greensboro-Harriman-Atlanta-Greensboro, crossing at Spartanburg.
One that I worked on this morning, on Rock Island (Friday night-early Monday morning), would have been Rock Island-Iowa Falls-Kansas City-Belleville-Rock Island, crossing at Des Moines.
There was one on SFe, (Friday night-early, early Monday morning): San Angelo-Brownwood-Clovis-Wichita-San Angelo, crossing Hermleigh and P&SF Jct.
Johnny
Here's another one on the Burlington (Friday evening-Monday morning): Denver-Lincoln or Omaha-Kansas City-Alliance-Denver, crossing at Lincoln.
Nobody's close....want the answer?
Give us more time and we will figure out a few more until we suggest the right one.
But what your "right" answer is --- is one a many right answers.
Well, sort of , Dave. You are correct....but this routing actually LOOKS like one...a little lopsided on the left hand side, but still pretty clear. I made the trip, so there's the hint.
How about Indianapolis - Louisville- Richmond- Xenia -Columbus -Richmond - Indianapollis? (PRR)
Off hand thought: I read some time back about a circular trip down south that was specifically set up to avoid blue laws against consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. (No I do not remember the specifics)
Was this the reason for the bow tie your looking for?
Rgds IGN
Naw....IGN....take the next question. I'll be off the forum for awhile due to holiday travel, so no reason to hang it up on this.
KC-MEMPHIS-ST LOUIS-TULSA-KC Springfield, Mo is the "knot" and you guys all know what RR this is!
Happy Holidays!
Yes Saint Louis- San Francisco or Frisco.
A question, hopefully a simple one.
New Orleans is notable for this railway fact dating to 1835. What is the record and operation.
Thx IGN
St. Charles Streetcar line, first opened with horses, then with dummy steam locomotives boxed to look like horsecars, then I think back to horses, then electrified, and now still operated by 1926-1927 two-motored but four axle Pearly Thomas streetcars, the oldest continuously operated streetcar line in North America. A National Landmark.
daveklepper St. Charles Streetcar line, first opened with horses, then with dummy steam locomotives boxed to look like horsecars, then I think back to horses, then electrified, and now still operated by 1926-1927 two-motored but four axle Pearly Thomas streetcars, the oldest continuously operated streetcar line in North America. A Notional Landmark.
St. Charles Streetcar line, first opened with horses, then with dummy steam locomotives boxed to look like horsecars, then I think back to horses, then electrified, and now still operated by 1926-1927 two-motored but four axle Pearly Thomas streetcars, the oldest continuously operated streetcar line in North America. A Notional Landmark.
And so corrected. Thank you! We know of railroad rights-of-way usurped by highway construction or busways or trails, but name at least one case where a highway right-of-way was converted to a rail line, without continued use of the highway. So I am not talking about medium-strip rapid transit lines but the actual use of a former highway right of way for purely rail purposes. Or possibly rail and power transmission line.
Any rail use is a good answer. Streetcar, light rail, interurban, rapid transit, commuter railroad, frieght railroad, whatever. I have one in mind. It is/was in the Midwest. But I know there are others.
The one I am thinking about was in Wisconsin.
It interlined freight with one railroad in Milwaukee and that railroad alone. It could not interline freight with other railroads. On occasion, there were special through passenger services with that one other railroad.
TMEL?
YES Can you name the specific interurban line?
Dave, the ONLY reason I knew it was The Milwaukee Electric is because my friend, John Nicholson....a bona fide juice fan like yourself....has mentioned it to me so many times. But the specific line...uh....
OK: Hints: The replacement of the former meandering route with the more direct route using an abandoned highway RofW was the first TMER construction on the particular route.
The local Milwaukee streetcar that outlasted the interurban and used the local trackage was the only TMER lined that issued transfers to the North Shore's local line.
daveklepper The local Milwaukee streetcar that outlasted the interurban and used the local trackage was the only TMER lined that issued transfers to the North Shore's local line.
That makes it the former Milwaukee Northern line to Sheboygan.
Exactly. We have two winners, each giving half of the answer. Decide between you who should ask the next question.
All yours, FlyingCrow !
Ok...hmmm
Alrighty...EZ. Orders were placed at Pullman Standard for car sets for a new train. Only one railroad actually took delivery; the other cancelled their order. Name the roads. The name of the train for which they were to be used. Extra points if you can name the car names for both sets of cars.
This sounds like the cars that the Rock Island and Southern Pacific ordered for the Golden Rocket (a train that never was). The SP canceled its order, but the Rock went ahead, bought its cars, and put them into service. I would name the cars, but I have packed both my books that have the names since I will be moving in about a month (from about fourteen miles from my closer daughter into a house that she and I are buying).
Here are the car names. Odd that SP was initially willing to use names, since by this time even the Golden State had some numbered cars.
The RI cars:
Baggage-Dorm 820
Coaches
Valle Verde
Valle Vista
Valle Mar
Coffee Shop Lounge El Cafe
Diner El Comedor
Sleepers
4-4-2 La Quinta
22 Rmt La Costa
12DBR La Palma, La Jolla
2DBR-1DR Lounge Obs La Mirada
SP cars were assigned names, but never built.
Coaches Valle Rio Grande, Valle del Sol, Valle Imperial
Coffee Shop Lounge and Diner El Cafe Frontero, La Fonda
4-4-2 Monte Chiricahua
22 Rmt Monte Santa Rita
12DBR Monte San Jacinto, Santa Catalina
2DBR-1DR Lounge Obs La Galleria
Well, BOTH you guys are right ! The stillborn GOLDEN ROCKET . So... we have a tie. You guys want to flip a coin? Or be the first one to tell me the name of Rock Island #29 & 30...WITHOUT LOOKING IT UP.
Choctaw?
Do you mean Choctaw Rocket?
I know 29 and 30 were NOT the numbers for the Choctaw Rockette, the RDC replacement for the Choctaw Rocket. My 1957 OG doesn't have a 29/30 pair so I don't know what the Rockets numbers were.
Not the Choctaw Rocket
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