Railroad History Quiz Game (Come on in and play)

[ShopsYardMaster]

White Pass and Yukon, around 1960?

[snagletooth]

How about the ATSF, Chicago- L.A.?

[chad thomas]

Are we talking marine containers?

[Railway Man]

No.

[chad thomas]

Was it the New York Central?

[Railway Man]

Name the first U.S. railway to offer regular containerized freight services (and it's not one with a "Pacific" anywhere in its title or history), and when.

RWM 

[CNW 6000]

  YIPE!  That's what I get for guessing well, lol.  Since my 'handle' on here is derived from a slightly unusual engine...that's the theme I'll go with for my question.  I tend to like oddball power...so here we go:

Around WWII there were 3 railroads that tried unique steam-electric engines.  Name the 3 and delineate which (if any) built, tested, and used their engines before the war and which (if any) built, tested, and used their engines after the war.

1938:  GE builds a pair of 2500-hp steam turbine/electric transmission demonstrators for Union Pacific, which tries them for a few trips and says thanks but no thanks.  GN demo'd them in 1943 and after that GE scrapped them.

1947-1948:  Baldwin and Westinghouse deliver 3 6,000-hp locomotives to C&O, which were scrapped in 1950.

1954:  GE and Babcock & Wilcock build Jawn Henry for N&W, which lasts to 1957.

Guess if you wanted to have seen these back then, you'd best have been quick on your feet!

RWM 

Well that was fast...here I thought I had a toughie for you guys.  Great job...you have the next question! 

[Railway Man]

  YIPE!  That's what I get for guessing well, lol.  Since my 'handle' on here is derived from a slightly unusual engine...that's the theme I'll go with for my question.  I tend to like oddball power...so here we go:

Around WWII there were 3 railroads that tried unique steam-electric engines.  Name the 3 and delineate which (if any) built, tested, and used their engines before the war and which (if any) built, tested, and used their engines after the war.

1938:  GE builds a pair of 2500-hp steam turbine/electric transmission demonstrators for Union Pacific, which tries them for a few trips and says thanks but no thanks.  GN demo'd them in 1943 and after that GE scrapped them.

1947-1948:  Baldwin and Westinghouse deliver 3 6,000-hp locomotives to C&O, which were scrapped in 1950.

1954:  GE and Babcock & Wilcock build Jawn Henry for N&W, which lasts to 1957.

Guess if you wanted to have seen these back then, you'd best have been quick on your feet!

RWM 

[al-in-chgo]

  YIPE!  That's what I get for guessing well, lol.  Since my 'handle' on here is derived from a slightly unusual engine...that's the theme I'll go with for my question.  I tend to like oddball power...so here we go:

Around WWII there were 3 railroads that tried unique steam-electric engines.  Name the 3 and delineate which (if any) built, tested, and used their engines before the war and which (if any) built, tested, and used their engines after the war.

 

Do you mean locomotives whose motive power was steam engine and diesel-electric, or do you mean something along the lines of a hybrid steam engine / electric motor (I'd guess catenary) combo?  - a. s.

I for one think it's time for bed!  Clearly I am outclassed.    - a. s.

[CNW 6000]

  YIPE!  That's what I get for guessing well, lol.  Since my 'handle' on here is derived from a slightly unusual engine...that's the theme I'll go with for my question.  I tend to like oddball power...so here we go:

Around WWII there were 3 railroads that tried unique steam-electric engines.  Name the 3 and delineate which (if any) built, tested, and used their engines before the war and which (if any) built, tested, and used their engines after the war.

[al-in-chgo]

$83.55

 

Good goin'!    DING!   DING!   DING!  

You're only eighteen cents below the actual amount:  $83.73. 

Since that's less than a daily paper and a local phone call, even in 1967, you have won!   

And you get to post the next question . . . 

  Congratulations!  - al

[Anonymous]

42! That's the answer to life, the universe, and everything!

(From The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) 

[WSOR 4025]

$84.25

[CNW 6000]

$83.55

[al-in-chgo]

$82.66

  The closest figure to date that doesn't go over.  Good goin'!  Care to try again?  - a. s.

 

[al-in-chgo]

As a wild guess,$85.55.

  A very sensible guess, but over a dollar too high.

[CNW 6000]

$82.66

[espeefoamer]

As a wild guess,$85.55.

[al-in-chgo]

You went the wrong way, Murph.  My initial guess of $79 was too low!

I'll go with $80.45 this time...

    Impeccable logic, and this your latest guess is closer to the right answer than before -- Although you're getting warmer, you're still several dollars plus some change off.   Let's all of us look at all prior guesses; the lowest one that is too high is above where you'd want to be, and the highest one that is too low has gone from $79 to $80.45 (yours), but it is nonetheless too low.

Keep trying, folks!  The end is in sight!  - a. s.

 

[Murphy Siding]

You went the wrong way, Murph.  My initial guess of $79 was too low!

I'll go with $80.45 this time...

Rats!  I was taking a clue from the date Al had listed. 7-1-67 ( )

[blhanel]

You went the wrong way, Murph.  My initial guess of $79 was too low!

I'll go with $80.45 this time...

[Murphy Siding]

   $71.67

[al-in-chgo]

$86.50?

Sorry guys, but $84.77, $87.55, $87.60, and $86.50 are all too high.  You all correctly figured out that $89.00 is too high a price and that, therefore, your entries should be below that point.

HINT:  What price given originally do you know is too small?  Your winning answers will be above that point.  IOW the entries above are mostly trending in the wrong direction.

Perhaps we can solicit some more guesstimates?  I'd like to declare a winner by early this evening (around 1830 CST) so a new question can open the weekend.

Thanks, and keep trying!  al

 

 

[al-in-chgo]

    Ah gee-wiz Al, you don't have to call Eric. 

Short for Leif Ericson? Was he Norwegian?

 

Maybe short for Eric the Red, since that's the color of my face right now.  My bad, and my apology offered.  - a. s.

 

[WSOR 4025]

$86.50?

[nanaimo73]

    Ah gee-wiz Al, you don't have to call Eric. 

Short for Leif Ericson? Was he Norwegian?

[arkansasrailfan]

Oooooooooooo, you got burned

[Murphy Siding]

    Ah gee-wiz Al, you don't have to call Eric.  You can just call me by my name-Norris

If we're playing The Price is Right, I'll guess about $87.60

[blhanel]

Hmmm... I'll go the other way this time, $87.55.

[jeffhergert]

Try Number Two:  $84.77

Jeff