Train Trivia Updated: 6/9/06

[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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[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...

[Murphy Siding]

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

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

[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'll say City of Los Angeles.

[Murphy Siding]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[CShaveRR]

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

[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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[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]

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

1.Coors
2.Silver Bullet

Exactly!!! My dad likes that commercial [;)]

[espeefoamer]

1.Coors
2.Silver Bullet

[Anonymous]

1/27/05

What Beer company runs television advertisements featuring a train, and what is the name of the train?
Coors, Silver Bullet

[Anonymous]

1981 I did see the locomotive over the summer....

[mersenne6]

1981 - John White (curator) was engineer - 150th anniversary

[Murphy Siding]

I'm going to guess 1931, because that would be somewhere close to a 100 year anniversary perhaps? That, and with my recent correct answers on here, I'm feeling very smartly.

[Anonymous]

1/25/06

In what year was the original John Bull restored and operated?

1. 1931
2. 1955
3. 1981
4. 1999
In 1981 the original John Bull was restored and operated on B&O's George Town Branch (near Washington DC) to celebrate it's 150th birthday and the fact that it was the worlds oldest operating self propelled vehicle.
Source: The Steam Locomotive

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[espeefoamer]

I say Jay Gould,but I haven't been doing too good on this thread lately[:(].

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

1/23/06

Which of these men was not in charge of the Union Pacific Railroad at some point?

1. Jay Gould
2. Ron Burns
3. Drew Lewis
4. Samuel Spencer

I'm going to guess Jay Gould . I sort of recall that he was mostly in the eastern railroads.

[ajmiller]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

1/23/06

Which of these men was not in charge of the Union Pacific Railroad at some point?

1. Jay Gould
2. Ron Burns
3. Drew Lewis
4. Samuel Spencer

Samuel Spencer

[blhanel]

No Murph, that's INVINCIBLE. We don't want you to disappear.[:D]

[Anonymous]

Who said that I don't see anything![:D]

[Murphy Siding]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

1/20/06

What type of diesel helper locomotive accompanied the challenger on her run from Hinkle, Oregon to Nampa, Idaho in 2005?

1. EMD SD-70 ACE
2. GE-AC44CCTE
3. EMD SD-70M
4. GE-ES44AC

Woo Hoo! I got that one right! I feel invisable!

[Anonymous]

1/23/06

Which of these men was not in charge of the Union Pacific Railroad at some point?

1. Jay Gould
2. Ron Burns
3. Drew Lewis
4. Samuel Spencer
Samuel Spencer, even Jay Gould (who as you remember also controlled the Western Union) was in charge of the UP for a while.

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[Murphy Siding]

AC44CCTE ?

[Anonymous]

I would guess a AC44CCTE.

[trainboyH16-44]

I'm gonna guess SD70M, don't know why..

[miniwyo]

SD70ACe