al-in-chgo wrote: Just checking -- Were they standard gauge?
Just checking -- Were they standard gauge?
nope they were narrow gauge, K-28's i think
CopCarSS wrote:I didn't think any of them were runnable. Something about hazardous materials in the transformers or something like that?
you got it right.....Good job
another one
How many D&RGW locomotives made it back from alaska/
The coolant liquid in the Gee's was chock-full of PCB's, which cause cancer. They didn't know that in the 1930s.
If runnability equals TOW-ability, I'd guess at least two: Strasburg, PA and Union, IL. I also saw a G at the NYCentral Museum in Elkhart, Indiana (definitely worth a trip!), but while it wasn't beat-up looking, I think it would need more work than just coupling motive power to it.
-ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams
how many runnable GG1'S are left in exsistance?
(trick question maybe)
We have a winner Mark.
It never made sense to anyone why it was called Black River Junction as it was the Green River that ran by it.
It was actually the Milwaukee Road that named it but have never found any information as to why it was named Black River Jct. The Green River is pretty muddy at that point so maybe Black River fits it. By the way it was only eight miles from there where the first bodies of the Green River Strangler began showing up.
Al - in - Stockton
Al, was it Black River Jct.?
Mark
Sorry guys no cigar yet. It was a very popular photo spot during Milwaukee Bi-polar days and is real close to Tukwila Wa. and where the famous Northwest Long Acres race track once stood. GN and NP only operated locals to Renton the Milwaukee mainline east was here and the junction was where the lines to Tacoma and Seattle were and still are today. The BNSF has there own line and UP operates over the former Milwaukee Road.
passengerfan wrote: While Brian thinks about his question How about a quick question to keep the thread going. What was the name of the Milwaukee Road, Northern Pacific, and Great Northern Junction off the combined mainlines between Seattle and Portland that carried the three roads to Renton, Washington? Al - in - Stockton
While Brian thinks about his question How about a quick question to keep the thread going. What was the name of the Milwaukee Road, Northern Pacific, and Great Northern Junction off the combined mainlines between Seattle and Portland that carried the three roads to Renton, Washington?
Well, Renton is home to many Boeing aircraft factories, so I'm guessing something with an airplane theme??
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
blhanel wrote:It was a true single-track, Carl.
Why don't you take the next quiz question, Brian. It was a photo-finish and you knew about the bridge as opposed to my guess...... a.s.
Close enough, Al!
It was either single-track or a gantlet bridge--either way, CNW couldn't have put two tracks full of cars on it for any reason in 1993.
UP almost immediately widened the piers after they merged with CNW, and later put in the second track.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
I know this one. I'll throw in an obvious hint- it was impossible in 1993 to put TWO strings of cars on the bridge.
EDIT: Alright, Al, you beat me to the punch!
CShaveRR wrote:Norris, although that's true, even the CNW couldn't have done it! The new owners did have something to do with it.
Was the bridge only single-tracked back in 1993? - a.s.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Oh, all right...
Pullman Standard devised the...
Hello Dolly
...car to compete with the Thrall Car Manufacturing Company's Thrall-Door car. The door opening in the center of the sides was big enough to open up half the length of the car, and stuff in the other half--the ends of the car--was loaded onto dollies which could be rolled in front of the doors when the center portion was emptied.
There's a photograph at http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,1692146 ; even the thumbnail should enable one to see the car, with name. Evidently the dolly system worked better in theory than in real life, as only the 40 cars were built.
Next question--an easy one:
UP saved its mainline bridge over the Cedar River this past week by putting two strings of loaded freight cars on the bridge to keep it stable against the river. In the 1993 flood, this would have been impossible. Why?
KCSfan wrote: Carl, I think you're gonna have to help us with this one. Seems like nobody has a clue as to the correct answer.Mark
Carl, I think you're gonna have to help us with this one. Seems like nobody has a clue as to the correct answer.
forgive me it was kind of late & I missed the part about Pullman Standard.
rgds IGN
CShaveRR wrote:Adding a hint: Wow, wow, wow, fellas;/Won't find these old cars now, fellas!
Wow, wow, wow, fellas;/Won't find these old cars now, fellas!
Al, you're old enough...nobody could sing my hint like Carol Channing!
CShaveRR wrote:No, the Thrall-door cars (made by Thrall) were the "regular" all-door cars, with four doors per side. The ones I'm after had only two, centered on the side, taking up half the length of the car.
You sure got me stumped, dude.
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