oltmannd wrote:How about the Illinois Terminal?
Sorry, no. Did Illinois Terminal have passenger cars?
The railroad in question, has a unique enough name, that even non-railfans might recognize it. I can even remember learning a song about it in about 4th grade.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
arkansasrailfan wrote: Murphy Siding wrote: arkansasrailfan wrote:NYC Oops! 'Missed that one. No, not NYC.lookie at the quote. notice one huge differnce now about me.
Murphy Siding wrote: arkansasrailfan wrote:NYC Oops! 'Missed that one. No, not NYC.
arkansasrailfan wrote:NYC
Um...no?
Are you saying, that you were able to change your screen name, yet retain your post count? Surely, if you've figured out how to do that, there are others interested in knowing how....Roger...Over...
rrnut282 wrote: Murphy Siding wrote:[... but the railroad in question was also a fallen flag dear to a lot railfans hearts.That's a helpful clue, NOT.Maybe something stately from SOU would fit the bill. If not, I'm listing every RR into STL on my next guess.
Murphy Siding wrote:[... but the railroad in question was also a fallen flag dear to a lot railfans hearts.
That's a helpful clue, NOT.
Maybe something stately from SOU would fit the bill. If not, I'm listing every RR into STL on my next guess.
Sorry, not Southern. As I mentioned above, I'm not even sure the railroad in question even went to St. Louis. It's just that the book I read that in, thought it important to mention which railroad sold the car to Mr. Busch. Perhaps, to the author, it seemed like a fancier car, if bought from a well known railroad, than bought from a smaller name road?
passengerfan wrote: Was it the C&OAl - in - Stockton
Was it the C&O
Al - in - Stockton
Can you give us a hint? Like whether the train had a full observation platform open to the air or whether it used a semi-emergency door like streamlined Budd equipment?
I think that was probably too early for the Amtrak-type diaphragm, but if it was that or an ordinary "accordion" vestibule, couldn't you tell us too? - al
Was it a Santa Fe car or CB&Q car.
passengerfan wrote: I believe it was the PRR. Al in Stockton
I believe it was the PRR.
Al in Stockton
My West Coast friend is probably right, but just for the heckuvit I will guess CN or CP. CN ordered some new (riveted) equipment in the early fifties, and of course CP's "The Canadian" started running all streamlined (the lightweight of its day) in 1955. So I'll guess CN.
Thought for today: I missed Canadian Thanksgiving Day. It was a week ago! - a.s.
OK then:
In 1954(!) August A. Busch, Jr., the St. Louis the beer baron paid $4.3 million for a deluxe railroad car. From what railroad did he buy it from? (no fair googling)
Murphy Siding wrote: Pure guesses: Missoula / Helena /Great Northern
Great guess! 2 out of 3 I guess wins. Tracks where built to Helena instead of Butte (gold, silver and copper mines needed a railroad bad). NP proceeded to build Mullan Pass to Garrison ignoring Butte to complete the trancontinental line. the Extension into Butte was delayed and the GN built there first from Helena taking the most direct route. The NP eventually built to Butte through Homestake pass but at a huge cost penalty and with a larger grade. Most freight trains went through the longer route Mullan Pass because of the easier grade, while passenger steam took the shorter steeper route through Butte.
Mullan Pass actually was a source of many run away trains, one as recent as 1998 with chemical cars that came back down the mountain flew into a Helena power plant and exploded... no heat and no electric for thousands and for 2 weeks in the dead of January... it was a real mess.
Well Murphy Siding has it.
wyomingrailfan wrote: Texas Zepher wrote: wyomingrailfan wrote:Yeah, to see if hes payin attention....HEY ZEPH!!! WHERE ARREEE YOU!?!?!?!?J Daddy was only off by 1 digit he said 5125 instead of 5105 and no one else guessed all weekend so I said he got it. I've got a master's degree to finish in the next three weeks so I won't be participating for a while.LOL, good choice. Now we know you don't spend ALL your time on a computer!!!!
Texas Zepher wrote: wyomingrailfan wrote:Yeah, to see if hes payin attention....HEY ZEPH!!! WHERE ARREEE YOU!?!?!?!?J Daddy was only off by 1 digit he said 5125 instead of 5105 and no one else guessed all weekend so I said he got it. I've got a master's degree to finish in the next three weeks so I won't be participating for a while.
wyomingrailfan wrote:Yeah, to see if hes payin attention....HEY ZEPH!!! WHERE ARREEE YOU!?!?!?!?
Well I am back, spent a week in Seattle w/o my computer so just caught up today... I will throw the next one out there. Keeping with the NP theme (one of my favorite railroads):
When the Northern Pacific Railroad was building it transcontinental route in Montana a specific town was promised to be serviced to but it built to this city instead due to high cost. Name the following:
1) The original city it promised to build too.
2) the city/town it built to instead
3) the competing railroad that beat the NP and pretty much block its direct route in getting there in the future.
wyomingrailfan wrote:so, woo gets it.
In a way, I guess I'd say Carl got it, as he named all of them. To be honest though, I cut in line ahead of Texas Zepher, so we're still waiting for an answer to his question.
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