I'm sorry--I was supposed to ask the next question!
In Chicago, there's a police district known as the Grand Crossing District. How do railroads tie in with this?
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)
Originally Pennsylvania-New York Central Transportation Company. Al's right--2/1/68.
Any railroad that didn't have passenger service in 1971 (e.g., KCS, Frisco), didn't have to join Amtrak. Those that did have passenger service and didn't join were Rio Grande, Southern (and subsidiaries), and Rock Island. I'm not sure about the status of railroads such as the Georgia Railroad, which ran its mixed trains into the Amtrak era.
CShaveRR is correct re Amtrak IMHO.
NSlover92 wrote: Hey, I have this game. Here are the rules. I will start I will ask a question about Railroad history (Merger dates, signifigant dates) the person that answers it correctly asks the next question. No looking online for answer you must know the answer. Play fair. Have some fun and learn.What year did the PRR and NYC merge to form another railroad. And What was the FORMAL name of this company. Mike
Hey, I have this game. Here are the rules. I will start I will ask a question about Railroad history (Merger dates, signifigant dates) the person that answers it correctly asks the next question. No looking online for answer you must know the answer. Play fair. Have some fun and learn.
What year did the PRR and NYC merge to form another railroad. And What was the FORMAL name of this company. Mike
The same year that I was born - 1968.
The formal name was "Almagamated Association of Morons, Local 6&7/8" - which was immediately revised to Penn Central.
Name all the railroads that DIDN'T initially join Amtrak when it started in 1971.
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