railroad "game"

[DCCinstalled]

Which railroad did "Casey Jones" work when the fateful accident occurred?

 

[UP2CSX]

Well, he started out on the Mobile and Ohio but worked for the Illinois Central the day of his wreck.

 

[DCCinstalled]

You got it Jim... Your Up!

 

[UP2CSX]

OK, which Class 1 railroad which ran passenger service into the streamlined era never had anything but non-streamlined heavyweight baggage cars although they did have lightweight passenger cars?

 

[DCCinstalled]

A. (Guess) Southern Pacific?

 

[UP2CSX]

Nice try, Ryan, but the SP had lots of lightweight baggage cars. This one was back east.

 

[stlgevo51]

Wild guess: Southern?

 

[UP2CSX]

Nope. This one is pretty obscure, I guess. It was the Nickel Plate. They bought several sets of lightweight cars after the war but kept their heavyweight baggage cars right until the end of passenger service.

Next Question: What Class 1 railroad never owned an EMD cab unit of any type?

 

[stlgevo51]

Next Question: What Class 1 railroad never owned an EMD cab unit of any type?

Do you mean just E and F units or all including GPs and SDs?

 

[stlgevo51]

I don't belive the Norfolk and Western had any E or F units, so that is my guess.

 

[UP2CSX]

I meant F or E units. The N&W had both E and F units.

 

[DCCinstalled]

A. New Haven?

 

[UP2CSX]

Nope, not New Haven. Remember, they had FL-9's.

 

[stlgevo51]

Ryan, you go a new avatar.

 

[DCCinstalled]

Ryan, you go a new avatar.

We changed the website around a bit... I figured I would bring the change over to the forums too!

FL9's... I guess those were F units... Hmmmm. Any hints Jim?

 

[UP2CSX]

I guess this one is also pretty obscure but I was hoping the previous question would give a hint. It was the NKP again. EMD demonstrated every model F unit ever produced on the NKP. They even had one set of F-7 demonstrators painted in NKP colors they were so sure they were going to make a sale but the NKP went for more Geeps instead. The only covered wagon type engine they ever owned was the PA-1 and they were also the only railroad that owned PA's but never bought any B units. The NKP was pretty contrary railroad.

 

[UP2CSX]

Q.: What railroad was the first in the nation to use the telegraph to control train operations?

 

[DCCinstalled]

A. Could it be the railroad of firsts? ERIE in 1851

 

[UP2CSX]

Ryan, that's right, but I worded my question wrong. The Erie was the first railroad to control some railroad operations with the telegraph. What was the first railroad that used telegraph to control all operations?

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

The only covered wagon type engine they ever owned was the PA-1 and they were also the only railroad that owned PA's but never bought any B units. The NKP was pretty contrary railroad.

I have to make a little correction here. The NKP was not the only railroad that did this. The MKT (KATY) also owned PA's but no PB's. They preferred to run PA's tail to tail.