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Train Trivia 10/15/05 (ANSWERED)

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Train Trivia 10/15/05 (ANSWERED)
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 15, 2005 6:36 PM
In 1950 which of these railroads had the most miles of track?

1. UP 9,720
2. SP 12,441
3. NYC 10,727
4. ATSF 13,073
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Posted by eolafan on Saturday, October 15, 2005 6:50 PM
ATSF
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Posted by miniwyo on Saturday, October 15, 2005 6:57 PM
ATSF

RJ

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Posted by tmcc man on Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:07 PM
ATSF I am 99.9% sure. I leave the .1 percent out in order to say i was not completely wrong
Colin from prr.railfan.net
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:12 PM
Just to make it an (iron) horse race, I'll guess espee.
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Posted by nanaimo73 on Saturday, October 15, 2005 8:10 PM
ATSF.
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Saturday, October 15, 2005 8:16 PM
What was it again? Atchison Tobasco & Santa Fe?

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 15, 2005 8:18 PM
Uhhh, UP???
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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:38 PM
...This one I haven't researched......but feel sure it has to be Santa Fe.....

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Posted by CShaveRR on Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:56 PM
I suspect that SP had more miles, and that of the four mentioned, UP was dead last.

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Posted by ericsp on Sunday, October 16, 2005 12:36 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

I suspect that SP had more miles, and that of the four mentioned, UP was dead last.

There are probably many people who would be surprised to find out how small UP was before it bought out MP (which if I remember correctly was larger than UP), in terms of miles of track.

I will agree that SP was probably the largest. It seems like SP was the largest railroad in 1967.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 16, 2005 3:32 AM
SP,.....but I have a sneaking suspicion it's NYC.....[}:)][%-)]
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Posted by jeaton on Sunday, October 16, 2005 6:58 AM
Are we talking track miles or route miles? For track miles I would go NYC. Maybe even route miles for them. UP was had the lowest route miles, and my WAG is SP had more than Santa Fe.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, October 16, 2005 8:59 AM
Track miles!

Of course!

NYC, without a doubt.

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Posted by coborn35 on Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:26 AM
NYC

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Posted by railfan619 on Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:55 AM
UH I"LL GO WITH

#3
#4
#1
#2
those are my picks [:D][:D]
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Posted by jimrice4449 on Sunday, October 16, 2005 1:14 PM
SP for route miles and NYC for track miles
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Posted by chad thomas on Sunday, October 16, 2005 1:33 PM
I'll guess NYC for miles of track and SP for route miles.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 16, 2005 1:34 PM
I would have to say ATSF
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Posted by nanaimo73 on Sunday, October 16, 2005 2:12 PM
Gotta go with route miles.
ATSF, SP and then NYC.
CMSP&P and PRR came next.
Dale
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Posted by chad thomas on Sunday, October 16, 2005 2:17 PM
? Does SP include SSW ?
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Posted by nanaimo73 on Sunday, October 16, 2005 2:59 PM
Generally the SSW was not counted in SP's mileage, but the NWP, SD&AE and the T&NO were.
Dale
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Posted by espeefoamer on Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:37 PM
Route miles, The mighty SP.[:D]
Track miles NYC.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 16, 2005 6:02 PM
And the answer is.....

















































drum roll....
























































ATSF! with 13,073 miles followed by
SP 12,441
NYC 10,727
UP 9,720
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