Railroad History Quiz Game (Come on in and play)

[J. Edgar]

an easy one.....

what year and what RR did Pullmans first sleepers go into regular service...meaning G. Pullmans first upper\lower berth sleeper cars that were actually coaches supplied by said RR that Pullman converted ....hint G Pullman himself was on this first trip....

[rrnut282]

Gee, if only I had the next copy of Classic Trains.

[J. Edgar]

well it does say ..."Railroad History......"   so one would assume thats from sometime around 1830 to sometime around now....and Pullman was key person in railroading history

[al-in-chgo]

Well, if only to set a base:  Eighteen sixty-nine? 

 

[oltmannd]

Maybe we can play "higher/lower" with this?

 I think I read the answer to this just a week ago or so.  Think I can remember?  I doubt it.

I'm pretty sure it was before 1869.  I'll guess 1854.

[J. Edgar]

lol....thought this would be an easy one.....just prior to the civil war a railroad out of Chicago agreed to "loan" Mr Pullman 2 coaches that he renovated with his soon to be Patened upper and lower births....this same RR agreed to put the cars on an overnight train to great success....this same RR made emergancy ROW widening to haul the new Pullman the Pioneer  which was both wider and taller then previous cars that would carry the windowed Mrs. Lincoln on this stretch a few years later at her request

[Murphy Siding]

lol....thought this would be an easy one.....just prior to the civil war a railroad out of Chicago agreed to "loan" Mr Pullman 2 coaches that he renovated with his soon to be Patened upper and lower births....this same RR agreed to put the cars on an overnight train to great success....this same RR made emergancy ROW widening to haul the new Pullman the Pioneer  which was both wider and taller then previous cars that would carry the windowed Mrs. Lincoln on this stretch a few years later at her request

     Mrs. Lincoln had windows?  Who knew?

     I'll guess somewhere around 1857, on the IC?

[J. Edgar]

 pointing out errors for grammer and spelling will not gain favor.....

sooooo. close on the year...but no

sooooo close on the RR...but no

[J. Edgar]

lol....thought this would be an easy one.....just prior to the civil war a railroad out of Chicago agreed to "loan" Mr Pullman 2 coaches that he renovated with his soon to be Patened upper and lower births....this same RR agreed to put the cars on an overnight train to great success....this same RR made emergancy ROW widening to haul the new Pullman the Pioneer  which was both wider and taller then previous cars that would carry the windowed Mrs. Lincoln on this stretch a few years later at her request

     Mrs. Lincoln had windows?  Who knew?

     I'll guess somewhere around 1857, on the IC?

she had a birth too...or was it a berth?

[Murphy Siding]

 pointing out errors for grammer and spelling will not gain favor.....

sooooo. close on the year...but no

sooooo close on the RR...but no

pssst: grammar

   OK then...1858, and Rock Island?

 

[KCSfan]

1860 and the RR was the Chicago & Alton

Mark

[al-in-chgo]

I'll bid 1859 and the road that came to be named CMSt.P&P. 

 

[J. Edgar]

 pointing out errors for grammer and spelling will not gain favor.....

sooooo. close on the year...but no

sooooo close on the RR...but no

pssst: grammar

   OK then...1858, and Rock Island?

right year wrong road.....oh wait your the grammere teecher huh....you're wrong!!!!!...heheeee

 

[J. Edgar]

1860 and the RR was the Chicago & Alton

Mark

wrong year right RR

[J. Edgar]

I'll bid 1859 and the road that came to be named CMSt.P&P. 

 

 close year...wrong RR

[passengerfan]

According to the new book GO PULLMAN just released it states that inspite of popular belief Mrs. Lincoln did not travel to her husbands funeral but instead stayed in the White House for six weeks after his death.

Al - in - Stockton

PS I will not take part in this quiz as the book has the answers and I was reading it yesterday.

[J. Edgar]

According to the new book GO PULLMAN just released it states that inspite of popular belief Mrs. Lincoln did not travel to her husbands funeral but instead stayed in the White House for six weeks after his death.

Al - in - Stockton

PS I will not take part in this quiz as the book has the answers and I was reading it yesterday.

 well just going by the source i have it states that "....mrs Lincoln had seen Pullmans new car the Pioneer in early 1865 and made a request to have this car attached to the funeral train in Chicago where she joined the train for the remainder of the trip"

source The Story of American Railroads Stewart Holbrook Crown Publishers 1948...being 60 yrs closer to the history Mr Holbrook had in his own words.." the opportunity to speak directly with survivors of the 19th century railroading"....taken with a grain of salt but.... Mr. holbrook's other works are extremely well researched....not to besmerch any other writer or researcher...

[Murphy Siding]

 pointing out errors for grammer and spelling will not gain favor.....

sooooo. close on the year...but no

sooooo close on the RR...but no

pssst: grammar

   OK then...1858, and Rock Island?

right year wrong road.....oh wait your the grammere teecher huh....you're wrong!!!!!...heheeee

 

[KCSfan]

1860 and the RR was the Chicago & Alton

Mark

wrong year right RR

OK I'll try 1861

Mark

[KCSfan]

OOPS. I meant to say 1858 in my last reply not 1860.

Mark

[J. Edgar]

my source dates it Sept 1, 1858 on the Chicago & Alton.....1 month later 1 more car was added

[al-in-chgo]

 

  ?

 

[J. Edgar]

well......KCS got the RR right and after "trying" got the year so i guess its on him.....

[KCSfan]

OK here's the next question. What was the last US railroad to run wood burning locomotives in common carrier (not logging or industrial) service?

Mark

[rrnut282]

Someplace a long way from a coal mine and close to the woods like Bangor and Aroostook? 

My luck it would be something like C&O that brought out the wood-burner after 30 years on the dead line for one day.

[Murphy Siding]

     I would guess a line in a forest somewhere, like a pedecessor of DMIR?

[oltmannd]

Somewhere where money WAS and object - there was little coal and lots of fast growing trees.  My guess is that would be in the coastal southeast.  How about The Georgia Road.

[J. Edgar]

OK here's the next question. What was the last US railroad to run wood burning locomotives in common carrier (not logging or industrial) service?

Mark

not pickin nits......class 1,2, or 3???.......my guess would be L&N...but if you consider the smaller lines.....geesh who would know for obsolute sure??!??...the Poohville & Hogwartz coulda run a wood burner in WW2 for all i know....lol

[al-in-chgo]

Some RR company in bankruptcy and stuck with obsolete engines after everyone else had switched to coal??

al

 

[KCSfan]

rrnut, Murphy, J. Edgar, Oltamannd and Al,

Sorry for not replying to you sooner but I've been on the lake fishing all day and just got back  home and on to the computer.

It was not a Class I RR so that rules out the answers so far. To the best of my knowledge the road was not in bankruptcy but I can't say that as a certainty. It was in the deep south but did not operate in the state of Georgia.

Mark