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KCSfan
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Posted by KCSfan on Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:09 PM

Was it a Canadian train?

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Posted by passengerfan on Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:11 PM

KCSfan

Did the RR have a state in its name?

Mark

(6) No
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Posted by passengerfan on Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:13 PM

KCSfan

Was it a Canadian train?

Mark

(7) Yes
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Posted by KCSfan on Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:25 PM

Since the railroad's name does not contain the name of a body of water we can eliminate the Canadian Pacific.

Was the railroad the Canadian National?

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Posted by passengerfan on Saturday, October 31, 2009 4:04 PM

KCSfan

Since the railroad's name does not contain the name of a body of water we can eliminate the Canadian Pacific.

Was the railroad the Canadian National?

Mark

8) Yes
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Posted by KCSfan on Saturday, October 31, 2009 4:35 PM

Was at least one terminal of the train a city on one of the Maritimes (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island)?

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Posted by KCSfan on Saturday, October 31, 2009 4:47 PM

I really should wait for an answer to the last question. But, since we've got quite a few left, I can't resist taking a shot at a hunch I have.

Was it the CN's Caribou running on Newfoundland between St. John's and Port-Aux-Basques?

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Posted by passengerfan on Saturday, October 31, 2009 5:55 PM

KCSfan

I really should wait for an answer to the last question. But, since we've got quite a few left, I can't resist taking a shot at a hunch I have.

Was it the CN's Caribou running on Newfoundland between St. John's and Port-Aux-Basques?

Mark

Very Good Mark you guys are getting. better. I rode the Caribou better known as the Newfie Bullet its last year in service and went back the following year and rode two of the three remaining services through the Loop the name escapes me at the moment. They had a lot of interesting rolling stock as far as passenger equipment went. There was a lot of it boarded up in St. Johns the last time I seen it. I understand that the National Museum in Ottawa has a number of pieces of the rolling stock. You sure do appreciate tightlock couplers after riding a train not so equipped.  

Your question.

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Posted by KCSfan on Saturday, October 31, 2009 7:46 PM

Since the 20 questions format seems to have caught on, I'll try my hand at one.

I'm thinking of a passenger train. What was its name, route and over what RR or RR's did it run.

Mark

 

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Posted by wanswheel on Saturday, October 31, 2009 10:19 PM

Newfoundland Railway's "Overland Limited" Newfie Bullet Caribou

http://216.94.16.48/railways/index_view.cfm?photoid=11607895&id=58

http://216.94.16.48/railways/index_view.cfm?photoid=54791488&id=55

http://216.94.16.48/railways/index_view.cfm?photoid=31090640&id=77

Is the train ever in a state that borders Tennessee?

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Posted by KCSfan on Saturday, October 31, 2009 11:55 PM

wanswheel
Is the train ever in a state that borders Tennessee?

Yes (1)

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Posted by passengerfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 1:02 AM

Is the train an east -west train?

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Posted by KCSfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 3:58 AM

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Is the train an east -west train?

Al - in - Stockton

No (2)

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Posted by passengerfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 6:43 AM

Was one of the trains terminal cities in Florida?

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Posted by KCSfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 7:08 AM

passengerfan

Was one of the trains terminal cities in Florida?

Al - in - Stockton

Yes (3)

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Posted by passengerfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 9:37 AM

Did the train originate in Cincinnatti ?

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Posted by wanswheel on Sunday, November 1, 2009 2:48 PM

Is one of the railroads Atlantic Coast Line?

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Posted by KCSfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 5:44 PM

passengerfan

Did the train originate in Cincinnatti ?

No (4)

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Posted by KCSfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 5:45 PM
wanswheel

Is one of the railroads Atlantic Coast Line?

No (5)

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Posted by passengerfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 6:11 PM

Is one of the terminal cities Kansas City?

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Posted by wanswheel on Sunday, November 1, 2009 7:32 PM

Is one of the railroads Seaboard Air Line?

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Posted by KCSfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 7:53 PM

passengerfan

Is one of the terminal cities Kansas City?

No (6)

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Posted by KCSfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 7:54 PM
wanswheel

Is one of the railroads Seaboard Air Line?

Yes (7)

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Posted by passengerfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 8:31 PM

Was the train a heavyweight winter only ?

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Posted by KCSfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 8:42 PM

passengerfan

Was the train a heavyweight winter only ?

Yes (8)

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Posted by Deggesty on Sunday, November 1, 2009 9:19 PM

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passengerfan

Was the train a heavyweight winter only ?

Yes (8)

Was this train celebrated in song?

Johnny

Johnny

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Posted by KCSfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 9:44 PM

Deggesty

Was this train celebrated in song?

Johnny

No (9) At least not to my knowledge.

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Posted by Deggesty on Sunday, November 1, 2009 10:36 PM

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Deggesty

Was this train celebrated in song?

Johnny

No (9) At least not to my knowledge.

Mark

That lets the Orange Blossom Special out.

Johnny

Johnny

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Posted by passengerfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 10:37 PM

Was it the Orange Blossom Special operated between New York and Miami/St. Petersburg by the PRR RF&P SAL and pre WW II operated through cars to Boston via the NYNH&H.

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Posted by KCSfan on Sunday, November 1, 2009 11:47 PM

passengerfan

Was it the Orange Blossom Special operated between New York and Miami/St. Petersburg by the PRR RF&P SAL and pre WW II operated through cars to Boston via the NYNH&H.

Al - in - Stockton

No (10)

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