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i sort of "borrowed" this from another site. but here's the game. i'll start it off by asking a railroad trivia question. then, the next person to answer the question gets to make up another railroad question. here's an example of the game;
me
Q: The BNSF railroad is comprised of what two merged railroads?
player 1
A: the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroads.
Q: what year was Amtrak formed?
and this goes on and on.
so, i'll start this off.
Q: the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central railroad merged to form Penn Central in what year?
KWalker, Phoenix, is not the right answer, especially since Phoenix has rail service today. The correct answer is St. George, Utah. It has a metropolitan population of 140,000 and has never has rail service of any kind.
Rigby, I guess my answer on the "Station Agent" was half right then.
Q: why was the mortality rate of the Chinese workers on the southern pacific so much lower than that of the non-Chinese?
A. Because they drank tea instead of water. The tea was made from boiled water, which killed the bacteria that sickened and killed many of the white workers. They also bathed every day and put on clean clothes, so the cholera epidemics that affected the railroad camps did not kill as many Chinese as whites.
Q: What was the first diesel to be mass produced and end steam operations?
Q: what railroad owns the only ALCO RS-2 that is used in active service today?
A: I know Texas State Railway still runs an RS-2, but I don't know if thats the one you are looking for?
