Railroad History Quiz Game (Come on in and play)

[J. Edgar]

     Michigan Central,  later part of NYC?

 the Lake Shore & Michiagn Southern beat the MC to Chicago by about 4 months...1852

 the Road in question was charted before that

 

 thru mergers and such the Road in question is now part of a big eastern line

 it also aquired its "known" name in 1897

 

[Murphy Siding]

     Michigan Central,  later part of NYC?

[J. Edgar]

is there a time limit here?.....lol

[J. Edgar]

um....no...well this line did reach Chicago and in 1947 used Dearborn Station (oops ive said to much)...

 

[Murphy Siding]

     I wonder if it has something to do with a track radiating out of Chicago?  If so, is it now part of EJ&E?

[J. Edgar]

 

 close on the year....but not quite...

 no Madison Hill...on the Madison & Indianapolis...in 1850 at 2 years old the M&I was the longest in the state...but not the oldest

[nanaimo73]

Good question.

The year should be around 1850. Did this line include Madison Hill?

[J. Edgar]

 and for the bonus round....what did this RR later become known as?

[J. Edgar]

 well im gonna anyway....lol

 what was the name and year of the first RR chartered in the state IN?

[J. Edgar]

woohoo....do i get to ask a Q now?

[nanaimo73]

 guessing....AT&SF 2900's

Good guess, you are right.

They were built during the war, and weighed 510,700 lbs.

4-8-4 2912 - CHILDRESS TX - 10/23/1983 - {GARY STUEBBEN Photo}

4-8-4 2912 - Pueblo CO - 05/75 - {Con Sweet Photo}

4-8-4 2925 - Cleburne TX - 06/15/76 - {Bill Phillips Photo}

4-8-4 2928 - w CALIFORNIA LIMITED - CANYON DIABLO BRIDGE - 1947 - (ATSF Railway Public Relations Dept){Brian Watt Collection}

4-8-4 2919 - ATSF Photo - {Richard Kurtz Collection} - 80" drivers. Engine used between Argentine, Kans and Clovis, N.M. Oil burner

[J. Edgar]

 guessing....AT&SF 2900's

[Murphy Siding]

Here's one Al-

Which United States railroad had the heaviest 4-8-4 steam locomotives when they were constructed?

Something on N&W perhaps?

[nanaimo73]

Here's one Al-

Which United States railroad had the heaviest 4-8-4 steam locomotives when they were constructed?

[al-in-chgo]

 

Previously quoted:  Bragging rights to Murphy Siding.  Now let's stick with the historical question posed above.   

 

        ??                      ?? 

Is this thread breaking down?  I really find that hard to believe.  Dale, are you in a position to ask a new question???   -   al

 

[al-in-chgo]

 

Previously quoted:  Bragging rights to Murphy Siding.  Now let's stick with the historical question posed above.   

 

        ??                      ?? 

[al-in-chgo]

BNSF  Fort Worth, Texas

UP Omaha, Nebraska

NS Norfolk, Virginia

CSX Jacksonville, Florida

KCS Kansas City, Missouri??

CN Montreal Canada

CPR Montreal Canada

Conrail Shared Assets Mount Holly NJ

It's been a number of years now since Canadian Pacific moved its headquarters out of Montreal.  HINT:  Where would you move a transportation company if you wanted relatively low costs and a pro-business Canadian province? 

It's too late for me.  I had to go look it up.  I knew they moved from Toronto to Montreal a number of years ago, but I didn't know they went "Western".

Points of information:  (1) CP is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta; (2) Conrail Shared Assets in Philadelphia, PA. 

Bragging rights to Murphy Siding.  Now let's stick with the historical question posed above. 

 

[oltmannd]

BNSF  Fort Worth, Texas

UP Omaha, Nebraska

NS Norfolk, Virginia

CSX Jacksonville, Florida

KCS Kansas City, Missouri??

CN Montreal Canada

CPR Montreal Canada

Conrail Shared Assets Mount Holly NJ

It's been a number of years now since Canadian Pacific moved its headquarters out of Montreal.  HINT:  Where would you move a transportation company if you wanted relatively low costs and a pro-business Canadian province? 

It's too late for me.  I had to go look it up.  I knew they moved from Toronto to Montreal a number of years ago, but I didn't know they went "Western".

[LNER4472]

Dude, what we need now is a great big hint or some resolution of this question -- it is unusual for this thread to sit idle for so long.  - allen

 Okay, I guess I'll just sound the big buzzer:

Oldest: Ellicott City Railroad Station in Ellicott City, Md., built 1831 and still standing as a railroad museum.

Oldest urban RR station structure: Baltimore's President Street Station, 1849-51, headhouse survives, restored 1990s as a muxseum (currently closed but still preserved).  As noted earlier, Columbia's 1846 structure might qualify as an acceptable answer as well.

Want another history (not current RR) question?  On what railroad line can you ride today (well, any time they're running this year) over a railroad turntable converted to a bridge? 

[al-in-chgo]

BNSF  Fort Worth, Texas

UP Omaha, Nebraska

NS Norfolk, Virginia

CSX Jacksonville, Florida

KCS Kansas City, Missouri??

CN Montreal Canada

CPR Montreal Canada

Conrail Shared Assets Mount Holly NJ

It's been a number of years now since Canadian Pacific moved its headquarters out of Montreal.  HINT:  Where would you move a transportation company if you wanted relatively low costs and a pro-business Canadian province? 

[oltmannd]

BNSF  Fort Worth, Texas

UP Omaha, Nebraska

NS Norfolk, Virginia

CSX Jacksonville, Florida

KCS Kansas City, Missouri??

CN Montreal Canada

CPR Montreal Canada

Conrail Shared Assets Mount Holly NJ

[rrnut282]

Isn't CN in Toronto?  The CN tower was originally a rr communcations tower.

IIRC, NS has an office in ROA (Roanoke, Va) though many departments like engineering are in ATL.

[Murphy Siding]

Okay, no one is rushing to post a question, so I'll propose a fairly easy one.  Want to grab some of the people who view this in the evening, not the middle of the night! 

List all five "Class One" U.S. railroads and the cites where they now have their headquarters.

Bonus:  Do the same for Conrail Shared Access. 

Double Bonus:  Do the same for the two major Canadian lines (hdqtrs are indeed in Canada)....... 

Hope to see some responses soon!   -  a. s.

I'll take a stab:

BNSF  Fort Worth, Texas

UP Omaha, Nebraska

NS Norfolk, Virginia

CSX Jacksonville, Florida

KCS Kansas City, Missouri

CN Montreal Canada

CPR Not a single clue>>>Somewhere in Canada, perhaps?

Conrail Shared Assets Philadelpia, Pennsylvania?

[al-in-chgo]

Okay, no one is rushing to post a question, so I'll propose a fairly easy one.  Want to grab some of the people who view this in the evening, not the middle of the night! 

List all five "Class One" U.S. railroads and the cites where they now have their headquarters.

Bonus:  Do the same for Conrail Shared Access. 

Double Bonus:  Do the same for the two major Canadian lines (hdqtrs are indeed in Canada)....... 

Hope to see some responses soon!   -  a. s.

[al-in-chgo]

Parts of Columbia's South Carolina Canal & RR Co. depot on Gervais St. date back to 1846, with most of it being rebuilt 1867 after that little incident a few years earlier.  So, in a sense, this WOULD qualify as "oldest big-city", depending on your views on the issues of how big a city has to be, and the rebuiilding.  I'll defer to those I know weho say the rebuilding was substantial.

Look for a bigger city.  Well-done, though.

 

And you still haven't come up with the oldest of all. 

Well, being halfway there is better than being no way there, I suppose.

Dude, what we need now is a great big hint or some resolution of this question -- it is unusual for this thread to sit idle for so long.  - allen

 

[al-in-chgo]

Parts of Columbia's South Carolina Canal & RR Co. depot on Gervais St. date back to 1846, with most of it being rebuilt 1867 after that little incident a few years earlier.  So, in a sense, this WOULD qualify as "oldest big-city", depending on your views on the issues of how big a city has to be, and the rebuiilding.  I'll defer to those I know weho say the rebuilding was substantial.

Look for a bigger city.  Well-done, though.

 

And you still haven't come up with the oldest of all. 

 

Thanks, I guess! 

 

[LNER4472]

Parts of Columbia's South Carolina Canal & RR Co. depot on Gervais St. date back to 1846, with most of it being rebuilt 1867 after that little incident a few years earlier.  So, in a sense, this WOULD qualify as "oldest big-city", depending on your views on the issues of how big a city has to be, and the rebuiilding.  I'll defer to those I know weho say the rebuilding was substantial.

Look for a bigger city.  Well-done, though.

 

And you still haven't come up with the oldest of all. 

[al-in-chgo]

So who's up next? 

[nanaimo73]

During the 1970s, Amtrak served a state capitol city through a Union Station. After serveral years this city lost Amtrak service, but then regained Amtrak service on a different route. This second period of Amtrak service (which came to an end some time ago) used a very strange station, converted from a large structure. Name the city, and the structure used.

Montgomery, Alabama, service reinstated 1989 using a converted concrete grain silo structure up the tracks from the old station. 

Well done. This is a picture of the Station.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=233279

[al-in-chgo]

Savannah's dates to 1861-1876 (long time in construction).

Go older.  

 

Well, Savannah did have to deal with this li'l business called the American Civil War.  lol. 

Another WAG:  Something in or near Charleston, SC??  -  a.s.