TRIVIA ?

[Anonymous]

The croshead is shaped like an H ][:-^]

[pennsy_fan]

is this like jeopardy, you know, answer in the form of a question?

[Anonymous]

O'k what is

[pennsy_fan]

JOHN KERRY'S HAIRPIECE!!!!...no..a rail, on its side[:I]

[Anonymous]

negative

[Anonymous]

an old 260 had this

[Anonymous]

Alligator.

[Anonymous]

Great job steve26 I was searching for a link to something different. yolu found it


[8D][bday]buy the way today is my birthday 36

[daan]

Happy birthday !!

[daan]

You can't see it, you can't hear it, but it kills you when you touch it.

[Anonymous]

daan........

1. Electricity

2. Me...If you mess with my trains without permission! [:)]

[Anonymous]

I'm 4 feet and 8.5 inches

[daan]

guess my trivia's are too easy.. May be you guys know what a "hondekop" is? (Dutch for doghead.. apart from the doghead of course..)

[Anonymous]

train simulater

dont forget mine I'm 4 feet 8.5 inches

[Anonymous]

Q. 4 feet 81/2 inches

A. Gauge between American Railroad track rails.

A2. Also gauge between Roman chariot wheels.

OK now a trivia question for you all.........

What is a "critter"?

[Anonymous]

Good job ChesBchRy Let's see the skunk that was outside my house .no small work engines CRITTERS pretty cool . I found the site at www.railroadpix.com I'm likeing this trivia ,it helps to learn more about railroading

[daan]

A doghead is a dutch train... but I'm playing a game which isn't fair..

[Anonymous]

I dont care if it's not fair that your from a different country .I just think this is a good way to learn more about railroading ,thats trivia[8D]

AL

[daan]

Well scratch b, it's easy to make a question when no-one knows.. I knew the one of the critters though..
It has tires, but can never run flat... Guess what!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by daan


It has tires, but can never run flat... Guess what!

Could it be a Michelin railcar?



OK, now it's my turn to post a trivia question. Here's one that has to do with the historical side of the toy train hobby:

Who was the very first manufacturer to offer both tinplate sectional track (using pins inserted into the rails) and standardized gauges?

[lionelsoni]

Maerklin?

[Anonymous]

I remember my old AFX tracks had pins close.

[daan]

My "wild guess" would also be maerklin. It was gauge 1, around the 1850's for some emperor's son. But I've read that a lot of locomotive builders in the beginning of the steamtrain age (around the 1820's england) made models to see if their calculations where right. I doubt that they used pins and tubular track back then...

[Anonymous]

It was Marklin that I was thinking of. While there were toy trains made in the 1800's and some of them did run on track, it was Marklin that revolutionized toy trains. In 1892, they unveiled tinplate tubular sectional track, which could be used in various ways to make different layouts. They also made their new line of trains in gauges 1, 2 and 3 (O gauge didn't come until 1895. They realized that many people didn't have the room for such large trains and there had to be a smaller gauge, but the name gauge 1 was already taken, so they had to call it gauge zero, which we now call O.) They essentially invented the concept of building layouts with toy trains and adding on extra track, cars, accesories, etc. to train sets. These are all things that we take for granted now, but in 1892 this was really something to marvel at!

[lionelsoni]

By the way, speaking of trivia, the proper spelling is "Maerklin" unless you know how to put the umlaut dots over the "a". It is pronounced "Merklin".

[Anonymous]

I still think this is the best way to learn more a bought railroading .keep it going guys

AL[8D] RED SOX

[Anonymous]

New bit of trivia...

Can anyone tell us what a "glad hand" is?

Class? .... Anyone? .... Anyone?

[daan]

a lucky shot? (having a glad hand in holland is translated as "goede hand", which means that you can pick out the best things almost naturally) It has nothing to do with trains....so I think you don't mean that.

[Anonymous]

Hi. Just had some time and was browsing.
The 'glad hand' is the quick-connect-disconnect fitting on the end of the air hoses that connect train cars and locomotives. They look kind of like a hand extended for a hand shake greeting. These fittings are also on heavy equipment and tractor-trailer rigs and connect the trailer with the tractor cab where the air-brake supply is. I hope this is the correct answer to your question. Neat feature. Maybe the Moderator can put a 'sticky' on this and keep it as a regular feature. Very educational railroad wise.

In an effort to "pay it forward" my trivia question to you all would be...
Define "polling a car".

This would be a real test of skill for some of you large gauge modellers.

[mersenne6]

Polling a car - using a long pole to move a car on a track adjacent to the track on which the locomotive is running. The ends of the pole is placed in the polling pockets on either side of the engine cowcatcher and on either side of the freight car. Very dangerous and the cause of a lot of death and maiming when the pole exploded under the pressure of the push and sent wood shrapnel flying in all directions....

So, what's "busting a gun" ?