Train Trivia Updated: 6/9/06

[Anonymous]

I'd vote 200 myself.

[Murphy Siding]

I tried to look this up in a book at home, but apparantly I have too many books to find anything. I think even a small line in 1950 might have 200 passenger cars.

[Anonymous]

2/15/06

What gauge is the smallest public railway in the world?

1. 3ft
2. 2ft
3. 1 ft 3 inch
4. 3 ft 6 inch
The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway in England has 13 miles of 1ft 3 inch gauge track. Besides being a tourist attraction the railway also hauls two hundred students to and from school each day for which the diesels are used to save on fuel costs.
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[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

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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James-your source was the book I was looking for.[(-D][(-D][(-D]

[Overmod]

Gauge question - presumably 'Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch'? (3)

The operative term being 'smallest' -- IIRC it's really a model railway that happens to be used for 'real' purposes...

[espeefoamer]

#3. Romney,Hythe,& Dymechurch.And it is still steam operated,though it has some diesels! It would be really cool riding a real railroad that small.[8D]

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

#3. Romney,Hythe,& Dymechurch.And it is still steam operated,though it has some diesels! It would be really cool riding a real railroad that small.[8D]

I would go with the 1'-3" gauge guess as well. And they have diesels? Now, that sounds interesting.

[Anonymous]

2/20/06

Which of these railroads served the most states in 1950?

1. Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
2. Southern Pacific
3. Union Pacific
4. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
they served 14 states. Source: The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American Railroads

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[selector]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

Unless you count the challenger and other heritage locos.

Lotus, in the average age range of the vastly more numerous other locos, those two heritage steamers, as statistical outliers, would add about one week to the mean (average). Recall, as well, that accidents will tend to draw down the age, so it all balances out. [:D]

-Crandell

PS -I know this goes back to Dec, but I happened to come across it just now.

[Murphy Siding]

Well...the Rock Island Line, she's a mighty good road....So I'll pick #4, even though I can't find that particular reference book right now.

[CShaveRR]

Looking at maps (that isn't cheating, is it?), I find that yes, amazingly, RI narrowly beats out UP and ATSF. SP wasn't even close.

[espeefoamer]

THE ROCK ISLAND LINE SERVES THE MOST STATES[:D].

[vsmith]

1950's?

Yeah Rock Island sounds about right,they went everywhere in the midwest

[Anonymous]

2/23/05

How many wheels were on a Baldwin Centipede?

1. 20
2. 24
3. 12
4. 18

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[locomutt]

No. 2 - 24

[Murphy Siding]

24!

[CShaveRR]

The Mut used to chase Centipedes, I'll bet.
(He's right, of course!)

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

The Mut used to chase Centipedes, I'll bet.
(He's right, of course!)

Unfortunately I never got to see any of those in "real" life,
only pictures;now if you want to talk about chasing AS -616s !!!!

[Anonymous]

What is an AS -616?

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

What is an AS -616?

A 1600 h.p. 6 axle diesel road switcher,built by Baldwin.
The C & O had some,used them around the "hills" in Cheviot
and Cincinnati,Oh;transfer runs to Stevens Yard (Silver Grove,Ky.)
Their's were low geared,heavy "lugging" engines !!
(check the original "Diesel Spotters Guide".)

[espeefoamer]

24, Same as a Big Boy, or Little Joe.

[Anonymous]

Thanks you locomutt, and yes 24.

[Anonymous]

Time for an open question.
What famous ski resort was started by a railroad magnate and his Austrian friend, and who was the railroad magnate?
Sun Valley Idaho, discovered by Harriman himself.

Better folks.[;)]



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[CShaveRR]

Railroad magnet?

Did he have an uncommonly strong attraction, was he bipolar, or did he just face north all the time?

I believe you may be asking about Sun Valley, Idaho.

P.S. "Magnate."

[locomutt]

I'll bet he had a lot of opposition when he wanted to build that attraction !!

[Murphy Siding]

I was thinking allong the lines of James J. Hill, somewhere on the Great Northern in Montana? I think the bipolars were on the Milwaukee.[;)]

[espeefoamer]

I agree with CShave,Sun Valley,Idaho.The railroad would have been UP and the RR magnate(SP?),Harriman.

[Anonymous]

2/27/06
How many U18B's did General Electric sell in the US?

1. 50
2. 150
3. 118
4. 203
Source: Model Railroader

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[Anonymous]

None of those. 118 is close, as it is the number produced minus the number exported to NdeM.

Matt

Edit: Okay. Now the answer is 118.

[espeefoamer]

Never saw a U18B[:(]. Are there any still operating? Did any get preserved? Inquiring minds want to know!