Train Trivia 10/1/05 (ANSWERED)

[Anonymous]

IN 1950 WHAT PERCENTAGE OF NORFOLK AND WESTERNS LOCMOTIVE WERE DIESEL?

1. 0%
2. 43%
3. 50%
4. 28%

DUE TO INTERNET TROUBLE I WAS UNABLE TO UPDATE TRAIN TRIVIA ON SUNDAY EVENING, SORRY.

[railfan619]

Better yet Iam going to go with #2

[AlcoRS11Nut]

I'll say 28%

[eolafan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AlcoRS11Nut

I'll say 28%

[#ditto] I will agree with the 28% guess.

[Murphy Siding]

As story problems go, yours has problems. I'll say The Norfolk & Western had 0% steam engines in 1950, if that is what the question.



Edited to note that the question now makes sense[:)] And to mention that I do appreciate your effort in posting a daily Train Trivia-Thanks. [{(-_-)}]

Did you know that 4 out of 3 Americans don't understand fractions?

[Modelcar]

.....number 1....0 %....{no diesels}.

[trainboyH16-44]

so thy did't have diesels back then? Wow.
I love this trivia column.
Matthew

[Murphy Siding]

Um......the correct answer hasn't been revealed yet. Tune in at this tommorrow for the correct answer. In the meantime-what's your guess?[:)]

[CShaveRR]

What was it--1955, when they got their first diesels, some Alco RS3s?

[ericsp]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainboyH16-44

so thy did't have diesels back then? Wow.
I love this trivia column.
Matthew

The story I heard was that a large percent of N&W's traffic was coal, they did not want to alienate these customers so they hung on to steam.

[nanaimo73]

N&W placed their first orders with ALCo and EMD in 1955.

[Anonymous]

Zero percent. The N&W didn't even ORDER Diesel locos until 1955. That's why their passenger trains looked as though they were being drawn by freight engines during the E and F model era.

Allen

[Modelcar]

Folks that remember that era and looking at the %'s available for answers in the question would most certainly realize almost no one had as much as even 28% diesel engines in 1950...!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

Folks that remember that era and looking at the %'s available for answers in the question would most certainly realize almost no one had as much as even 28% diesel engines in 1950...!

In 1950 half of Union Pacific's fleet was diesel locmotives.

[spbed]

I'll go with #1 also [:p][:)]

Originally posted by Lotus098

Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR  Austin TX Sub

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