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THE HISTORY QUIZ CONTINUES . . . newcomers welcome!

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Posted by al-in-chgo on Thursday, January 15, 2009 6:12 PM

. . .  has anyone gotten half of the answer right? 

 

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Posted by Modelcar on Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:56 AM

I summit the state of Indiana for having most street / interurban lines right after WWII....Sadly, though I wonder....Our massive system here shut down at the beginning of 1941....Too bad it couldn't have made it to WWII as it would have been very useful.

Note:  I was not in the area then but have gleaned my info over the years of reading, conversations, etc....

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Posted by CShaveRR on Thursday, January 15, 2009 5:39 AM

Here is Dave's question, culled from the original thread:

OK, here is a quiz question:   What USA state had the most streetcar and interurban trolley systems during WWII and immediately afterward, and which state has the most today?  I am not referring to mileage, just to number of independent systems.   If you can name all the systems in each of the two catagories, then you are the winner even if others guess the state or states.   And if you can name those systems that handled interchange railroad frieght and those that handled only on-line freight, even better.

Pure freight operations do not count.   But the Sacremanto Northern did operate local trolley service in both Chico and Sacramento during WWII, even though it had exited the interurban passenger market and operated intercity interchange frieght.   Be careful.

A link to the original thread:  http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/110140.aspx

And, finally, the rules, as originally set forth:

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.

Let's have at it!

Carl

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THE HISTORY QUIZ CONTINUES . . . newcomers welcome!
Posted by al-in-chgo on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:50 PM

You may have noticed that Bergie locked the History Quiz thread we had been using.  It logged a lot of hits in a year plus. 

Let's start a new one if you're interested.  I believe the quesiton was:  which state had the most streetcar and interurban route-miles in service immediately after World War II, and which does now?

Apparently no one has hit on the answer yet (is that right, daveklepper?). 

Please correct me if I have garbled the question.

al-in-chgo

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