Railroad History Quiz Game (Come on in and play)

[CShaveRR]

I seem to remember C&NW having a hand...er, hook...in this.

[J. Edgar]

well ill have to give it too ya.....was Aug 28th 1864...C&NW  Chicago to Clinton IA

[CShaveRR]

I'm looking for the name of a town where the Chicago & North Western crossed the Mississippi River on a vertical lift bridge.

[Murphy Siding]

I'm looking for the name of a town where the Chicago & North Western crossed the Mississippi River on a vertical lift bridge.

St. Paul, Minnesota?

The question brought this to mind: http://cs.trains.com/forums/535712/ShowPost.aspx

[CShaveRR]

Norris, I'll have to give it to you!  I was not aware that there was a lift bridge used by CNW (and UP, even!) in St. Paul--shows how often I get up that way (about as often as I peek into the Trackside Guides, apparently!).

I'd been thinking of the one at Keithsburg.

[J. Edgar]

is it Pigs Eye MN

[jeffhergert]

I'm looking for the name of a town where the Chicago & North Western crossed the Mississippi River on a vertical lift bridge.

Original CNW or on a line they acquired?  There was the ex-M&STL crossing at Keithsburg, IL.  CNW for a few years before the line was abandoned.

Jeff 

[CShaveRR]

Welcome back, Jeff!

The bridge at Keithsburg is the one I had been thinking of, but Norris mentioned an ex-CGW bridge in St. Paul, which is still used by the UP.

I think you get a question anyway, though, if I remember correctly.

[jeffhergert]

I'm looking for the name of a town where the Chicago & North Western crossed the Mississippi River on a vertical lift bridge.

Original CNW or on a line they acquired?  There was the ex-M&STL crossing at Keithsburg, IL.  CNW for a few years before the line was abandoned.

Jeff 

This is what happens when you get called away from the computer.  Makes a person feel like a .

Jeff

[J. Edgar]

i took another Q account Jeff said he was gone....so next in line.....Jeff

[jeffhergert]

Welcome back, Jeff!

The bridge at Keithsburg is the one I had been thinking of, but Norris mentioned an ex-CGW bridge in St. Paul, which is still used by the UP.

I think you get a question anyway, though, if I remember correctly.

Thanks, Carl.

I think I've seen pictures of that St. Paul bridge, but couldn't remember for sure.  I can't think of any questions right now.  It's fine by me if Norris wants to go.

Jeff   

[Murphy Siding]

     Jeff- take it way please...

     I enjoy trying to answer the questions, but I really stink at asking them.

[jeffhergert]

     Jeff- take it way please...

     I enjoy trying to answer the questions, but I really stink at asking them.

Well, here's an easy one.

What was the name of Casey Jones' fireman.

Jeff  

[KCSfan]

Casey's fireman was Sim Webb.

Mark

[jeffhergert]

KCSfan wins!  All yours.

Jeff

[KCSfan]

A list of advertising slogans used at one time by 14 different railroads follows. Credit will be given to the first one who correctly names the railroad that used these slogans and whoever names the most will be our winner.

 

The Grand Canyon Route

Linking 13 Great States With the Nation

The Right Way

Through the Rockies - Not Around Them

Main Line of Mid-America

The Road of Personal Service

The Old Reliable

The Pinetree Route

The Peoria Gateway

The Water Level Route

Now Young Out and Working

Main Street of the Pacific Northwest

Through the Heart of the South

Follow the Flag

 

The slogans are listed in the alphabetical order of the full names of the fallen flags that once used them.

 

Mark

 

[J. Edgar]

1. AT&SF

2.B&O

3.CRI&P

4.D&RGW

5.IC

6. ??&?

7.L&N

8.Maine Central

9.M&StL

10.NYC

11.New York Ontario & Western

12.NP

13.Sou

14.Wabash

[ShopsYardMaster]

1. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe

2. Baltimore and Ohio

3. Chesapeake and Ohio

4. Denver and Rio Grande

5. Illinois Central

6.

7. Louisville and Nashville

8. Maine Central

9. Minneapolis and St. Louis

10. New York Central

11. New York Ontario and Western

12. Northern Pacific

13. Seaboard Air Line

14. Wabash

 

 

[KCSfan]

J Edgar who was the first to reply got 11 out of the 14 right. He missed only these three:

The Right Way

The Road of Personal Service

Through the Heart of the South - Seaboard Air Line which Shops Yard Master correctly identified.

Still two to go guys. Here's some hints. "The Right Way" was a slogan of a railroad in the deep south and "The Road of Personal Service" was that of a midwestern line.

Mark

[ShopsYardMaster]

The Road of Personal Service---Illinois Terminal

The Right Way---Central of Georgia (wag?)

[KCSfan]

Shops your WAG was correct, The Right Way was a CofG slogan. Also correct with the IT BUT J Edgar was first to reply and got 11 0ut of 14 right so he's the winner

You're up J EDGAR.

Mark

[J. Edgar]

 in 1856 James J. Hill arrived in a small town in MN and started a specific job....what was his job title and what was the ORIGINAL name of this small upper Mississippi River town

[Murphy Siding]

    St. Anthony, riverboat shipping clerk?

[J. Edgar]

correct on the job title...very good.

name of the town is incorrect.....hint; the current name of this town is now St.Paul MN..

[blhanel]

St. Paul's original name was Pig's Eye, but if the time of Hill's arrival is correct in your question, it would have been renamed St. Paul by then.

[J. Edgar]

that is the name i was looking for....my reference is The Story of American Railroads by Stewart Holbrook published 1948....gives the date of Hill's arrival as 1856 and states "....at the time this town was starting to dislike its name of Pig's Eye"...doesnt actualy give a date for the name change just implied it was around the same era

[J. Edgar]

maybe a question from Murphy and Brian each?? since you were both right on a 2 part Q

[blhanel]

I think I'll defer to Norris- he's good at asking questions!

[J. Edgar]

lol....yea but they're to hard  

[al-in-chgo]

lol....yea but they're to hard  

I have a fairly easy one if anyone is interested . . .     - al