Train Trivia Updated: 6/9/06

[vsmith]

#1, there still pretty big on Walking the Green Mile down there, I do beleive J-walking is still punishable by the Big One in some places....

[Anonymous]

You might be right, I'll have to check.

[SALfan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

I'm going to go with Abe Lincoln. He was a lawyer representing Illinois Central (I think) at one time.

When they got sued after they built the first bridge over the Missipi. A steamboat ran into the bridge and it burned down, and the steam boat comapany sued the railroad; luckly Abe helped IC out.
Mark Twain had some pretty good quotes like 'Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket!'

This one however is from Teddy Roosevelt.

Actually I believe the railroad was the Rock Island. The steamboat was the Effie Afton.

[Anonymous]

4/5/06

In what state was putting salt on railroad track punishable by death?

1. Alabama
2. Wisconsin
3. Idaho
4. New York

[CShaveRR]

That would be #2--a wisp of steam trailing along from the steam dome, like a feather on someone's cap.

[Anonymous]

4/3/06

In Railroad slang what does the term 'white feather' mean?

1. A special flying white flags
2. High boiler pressure
3. A snowplow
4. Old engineer
It refers to the plume of steam from the safety valves when the boiler pressure is high.

[vsmith]

in 1927?

E6 Atlantic, they were the fastest engines of the time!

[espeefoamer]

PRR 4-4-2 E6 atlantic[:D][8D][:p][:)]!!!

[Anonymous]

3/31/306

When Charles Lindbergh arrived in Washington DC in 1927, after his famous flight all the New York theaters were hiring planes to be the first to get the movie film to New York. Except one company that set up a lab in a Pennsylvania baggage car, the film was whisked to New York far in advance of the film traveling by plane. What type of locomotive pulled the train?

1. T-1 4-4-4-4
2. K-4 Pacific 4-6-2.
3. 4-4-2 E-6 Atlantic
4. 2-8-2.
PRR E6 Atlantic #460, known as the Lindbergh Atlantic, traveled 216 miles in 2 hours and 55 minutes, averaging 74MPH to do it. Yes, this in was 1927.

[CShaveRR]

QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt

#2 C & O

Oh, yeah!

[locomutt]

#2 C & O

[Anonymous]

3/29/06

Who was Lima's last 4-8-4 built for?

1. A museum
2. Chesapeake & Ohio
3. Baltimore &n Ohio
4. Norfolk & Western
Lima's last 4-8-4 Northern, or Greenbriers as they were called, was built for the Chesapeake & Ohio and numbered 614.
Source: The Steam Locomotive

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

I'm going to go with Abe Lincoln. He was a lawyer representing Illinois Central (I think) at one time.

When they got sued after they built the first bridge over the Missipi. A steamboat ran into the bridge and it burned down, and the steam boat comapany sued the railroad; luckly Abe helped IC out.
Mark Twain had some pretty good quotes like 'Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket!'

This one however is from Teddy Roosevelt.

[edblysard]

Dont count ole Abe out...he was a lawyer before he was a president!
And Teddy was prez when a lot of trust busting was going on....

I am gonna guess it was TR...
Ed

[Anonymous]

Yes it would be Number 2.

[CShaveRR]

Just to be different, I'm going to say Theodore Roosevelt. I think Lincoln was too early and Mark Twain probably wasn't that concerned about big business. As for Clinton, railroads were too far out of the public eye then, as now.

[cherokee woman]

Yes, I believe the answer is #2, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).

[vsmith]

#2, I'll go with Sam who also said the wisest thing I've ever heard which was this:

"A man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail will learn a lesson that he will always remember and never grow dim of with age..."

[Murphy Siding]

I'm going to go with Abe Lincoln. He was a lawyer representing Illinois Central (I think) at one time.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

3/28/06

Who said "A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Mark Twain
3. Teddy Roosevelt
4. Bill Clinton

#2
idk y
but mark says smart stuff like that[:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

3/28/06

Who said "A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Mark Twain
3. Teddy Roosevelt
4. Bill Clinton

[espeefoamer]

#4 SD60M. I have seen this unit.It really looks great[:D].

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

3/23/06

In 1991 Burlington Northern painted a _________ in a special paint scheme honoring soldiers in the Gulf War.

1. Sd - 70
2. Dash-8
3. Dash-9
4. Sd-60M

When you don't know....guess-#2) Dash-8

[Anonymous]

3/23/06

In 1991 Burlington Northern painted a _________ in a special paint scheme honoring soldiers in the Gulf War.

1. Sd - 70
2. Dash-8
3. Dash-9
4. Sd-60M

[vsmith]

Chad there was a gear transmission located under the motor that transfered power to the trucks, like a transfer case on a 4wd.

http://www.gearedsteam.com/climax/images/vert-cyl.jpg
this pick shows the marine motor, see the two gears on the right, at end of the crankshaft, their would be corresponding gears under in the chassis and a transfer lever to "shift" gears. this had to done at stop and could not be done on the fly. You can see the second set of gears in the undercarrage in this imag:
http://www.gearedsteam.com/climax/images/class-a.jpg

This unique set up allowed for stump pulling low gear pulling capacity while allowing for a higher speed mode when not pulling a load like transfering between stations or light duties. Indeed in some outback places these actually pulled passenger trams on those rural lines, albiet not as fas as rod engine might have but on the generally ****-poor logging roadbeds they excelled where the rod engine would flail and derail.

I built a large scale model of a Class A for my line, I learned ALOT from this site
http://www.gearedsteam.com/

but most from this book, the bible of Climax worshipers:
The Climax Locomotive
by Dennis Thompson, Richard Dunn, Steve Hauff


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0964752166/sr=8-1/qid=1143156473/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-4156276-3994403?%5Fencoding=UTF8
[:D]

[Murphy Siding]

There was a post about Jim Wrin(?) and geared locomotive drag racing. Does that count?[:o)]

[chad thomas]

Vic, How was the gear change acomplished? was there a gearbox off the crank or two gears on each wheel? Please explain.

[vsmith]

Of the generally recognized Big Three geared type locomotives...

#3. Heisler, usually had the highest gear ratio of the geared engines...

BUT James, are we talking Class A Climax or a Class B Climax, because the Class A with the 2 cylinder vertical Marine engine had a 2 speed geared transmission, low and high, which when engaged in high would allow speeds up to 25+ mph albiet with a significantly smaller load behind it.

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

I put it in red, the answer is 13.

For what it's worth, it's not red on my screen.

Hmm![%-)]
It's red on mine and it's marked as red when I edit it.

It's red now. You're a who-deenie[:)]

[espeefoamer]

I seem to recall reading somewhere,if I can clear the cobwebs from my brain[%-)],that the Heisler was fastest.