Train Trivia Updated: 6/9/06

[Murphy Siding]

Considering that Anheiser Busch is the world's biggest brewer, I wonder if they have an ad featuring a train. Since I don't do television (and, for that matter, I'm not a big fan of Budweiser beer), I wouldn't know the name of the train. (Maybe it's Hamm's beer, with that bear?)[:P]

[Anonymous]

1/30/06

Union Pacific used an aero train on which of their passenger trains before switching to a regular consist?

1. City of Los Angeles
2. Portland Rose
3. City of Las Vegas
4. Idahoan
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[CShaveRR]

City of Las Vegas. It happened there, but didn't stay there.

[Anonymous]

City of Las Vegas then the Train later went to the Rock Island.

[Murphy Siding]

I'll guess City of Los Angelos. That's the only one I've ever heard of.

[Murphy Siding]

I'll say City of Los Angeles.

[Anonymous]

1/31/06

Pennsylvania Railroad's special Liberty Limited carried passengers to the Army Navy games, in what year did it run a record 42 trains?

1. 1935
2. 1946
3. 1941
4. 1937
On Nov. 29 1941 the record was reached, just days before Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Source: Trains Magazine
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[Murphy Siding]

I would say 1946, because that was probably a *high tide* time for passenger trains.

[Anonymous]

2/2/06

From what country did Russia buy steam locomotives for its Trans-Siberian railroad?

1. England
2. Germany
3. United States of America
4. France
VSmith is correct
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[Murphy Siding]

I'll say France,because Russia and France had some pretty close ties way back then.

[vsmith]

America,

I'm typing without access to my reference materials but here it goes...

2-10-0's... built by Baldwin to haul frieght trains across Siberia, they shipped about 20 engines out of a 75( I think) engine order when the entire deal got nicked by the 1917 October Revolution, Uncle Lennie refused to pay for the rest leaving Baldwin with about 20 finished engines and several still incomplete. Baldwin hustled fast but managed to sell all of them domestically, mostly to the Texas & Pacific, who named them Russians and later ordered several larger versions, the Russian became a fixture in American RRing.

Anyway I'm pretty sure thats the story. Maybe right maybe wrong we'll see...

[Anonymous]

2/6/06

The bricks used on many of the Northern Pacific structures including a large hotel, were brought back as ballast on ships hauling what to China?

1. Locomotives
2. Lumber
3. Drugs
4. Grain
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[Murphy Siding]

Being a lumber salesman, I'll go with #2.

[vsmith]

Locomotives

[Anonymous]

Lumber

[PBenham]

Aw, c'mon, Drugs-- as Ballast? who do you think we are, anyway?

[chad thomas]

Drugs ???
Would that be the red eye express?

[Murphy Siding]

That would have to be some really "heavy" drugs.[;)]

[espeefoamer]

Locomotives[:)].

[Anonymous]

2/7/06

In the 1967 Movie Scalplock what was the owner of the railroad's hand that caused him to bet his own railroad and then loose it?

1. A full house
2. Aces and Eights
3. Royal Flush
4. Four of a kind
Sorry about how long it took I have been swamped lately.
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[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

2/6/06

The bricks used on many of the Northern Pacific structures including a large hotel, were brought back as ballast on ships hauling what to China?

1. Locomotives
2. Lumber
3. Drugs
4. Grain

Score one for the lumber salesman.[:D]

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[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

2/6/06

The bricks used on many of the Northern Pacific structures including a large hotel, were brought back as ballast on ships hauling what to China?

1. Locomotives
2. Lumber
3. Drugs
4. Grain

Score one for the lumber salesman.[:D]

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Thanks to you I was able to guess it right[:)]

[Anonymous]

2/10/06

Alco put a oversized boiler on a 4-8-2 so it could burn the low grade coal mined on the _____________ creating the first 4-8-4 in 1926.

1. Great Northern
2. Chicago & Northwestern
3. Northern Pacific
4. Southern
Nothern Pacific, the 4-8-4 was the first really universal engine with the power for freights and speed for passenger trains since the 4-4-0 American.
Source: The Steam Locomotive

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[Murphy Siding]

I'll say Northern Pacific, using coal from southern Montana and North Dakota.

[espeefoamer]

Northern Pacific. This was the Rosebud coal mined locally.
( These locomotives did NOT burn sleds)[;)].

[Anonymous]

Northern Pacific...

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

( These locomotives did NOT burn sleds)[;)].

that'd be an awfully odd looking tender[;)]

[Anonymous]

2/13/06

In 1950 about how many passenger cars did the Gulf Mobile & Ohio railroad have?

1. 100
2. 200
3. 300
4. 800
207 actually.
Source: The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American Railroads
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[espeefoamer]

As a medium sized railroad,the GM&O would not need a large fleet. I'll say 2.200

[CShaveRR]

Two hundred, possibly a few more, back in 1950. They had quite an impressive fleet of trains between Chicago and St. Louis.