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When was the first diesel electric locomotive placed in revenue service?
a) 1937
b) 1945
c) 1903
d) 1925
e) 1931 -
What was the original name of Amtrak?
a) Amrail
b) Railtrack
c) Railpax
d) Renaissance
e) Streamline -
Which decade was intermodal service introduced?
a) 1910’s
b) 1920’s
c) 1930’s
d) 1940’s
e) 1950’s -
Which Class I railroad owned a model of locomotive that was nicknamed after Soviet Dictator Josef Stalin?
a) New York Central
b) Southern Pacific
c) Pennsylvania
d) Illinois Central
e) Milwaukee Road -
Which former railroad CEO used the title “Traveling Freight Agent” on his business card?
a) James J. Hill
b) John Barriger
c) Larry Cena
d) L. Stanley Crane
e) Cyrus K. Holliday
I know number 4. The Milwaukee road electrics ( The little Joe, the picture on the right of my signature) came from Russia and since these locomotives were from Russia I’m going to take a small guess and say they had a locomotive named after Stalin.( model wise )
I would know this since the milwaukee road is my all time favorite railroad!
I think number 1 is 1945… Don’t quote me.
I think number 3 is in the 1950s.
The rest I don’t know.
James
I guess 1 and 2 are both a. I think 4,and 5 are e. I think 3 is b. I’m only sure about 4, however.
dcbeb
what is a foamer?
someone that loves trains so much that they foam at the mouth for trains.
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1903
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Railpax
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1920’s (as soon as trucks were big and strong enough to carry a decent load of freight - although the LIRR hauled farm wagons in the 19th centruy.)
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Milwaukee Road
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John Barriger with the Katy
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When was the first diesel electric locomotive placed in revenue service?
a) 1937
b) 1945
c) 1903
d) 1925
e) 1931 -
What was the original name of Amtrak? don’t know this one
a) Amrail
b) Railtrack
c) Railpax
d) Renaissance
e) Streamline -
Which decade was intermodal service introduced?
a) 1910’s
b) 1920’s
c) 1930’s
d) 1940’s
e) 1950’s -
Which Class I railroad owned a model of locomotive that was nicknamed after Soviet Dictator Josef Stalin?
a) New York Central
b) Southern Pacific
c) Pennsylvania
d) Illinois Central
e) Milwaukee Road -
Which former railroad CEO used the title “Traveling Freight Agent” on his business card?
a) James J. Hill
b) John Barriger
c) Larry Cena
d) L. Stanley Crane
e) Cyrus K. Holliday
James, The Little Joes didn’t come from Russia. They were built FOR russia (By GE in Erie I think) but due to the onset of the cold war were never delivered. Instead they were sold here in the states. 3 went to the Chicago South Shore and South Bend and the rest went to the Milwakee Road.
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2.c
3.d
4.a. although I now know the answer.
5.b
1 d (when was the diesel engine invented?)
2 c (For sure, I have the book “Journey to Amtrak”)
3 c (sounds about right)
4 e
5 ? (clueless)
Intermodal was commonplace in the 1830s. The portage railroad in Pennsylvania carted “containerized” canal boats from the eastern canal network to the western canals. Freight did not have to be transloaded and passengers could stay in the berths they were occupying through the whole procedure. Simply pull the pins connecting the different compartments of the canal boats and float the individual parts onto the flat cars. At the other end the canal boats were reassembled and continued on thier way. The very definition of intermodal!
“There is nothing new under the sun”
Chad thomas- are you sure. They were built in Russia and then transported over to the united states after the cold war. They are Russian built.
Chad’s right. The Little Joes were ordered in 1946 from GE with 5’ gauge trucks but when the Department of State banned strategic shipments to the Soviet Union in 1948 that included the Little Joes. They were held in Erie until buyers could be found. 3 the the South Shore, 12 to MILW and 5 to Brazil. They were shipped and converted to standard gauge by the buyers. Simply said, they were built in the US for Russia but were never sent. Also, the Cold War ended in 1990 yet the Little Joes were retired in the 70’s-80’s so how could they have come to the US after the Cold War? Sorry, not trying to be rude but that ones just not processing fully.
The large scale growth of intermodel/TOFC service was in the 1930’s…
The New Haven was a pioneer of this service along with CNW(?).
Not too sure on the diesel question… I do know…
The New Haven brought the first diesel to New England in 1931 - ALCO HH demo #600 became NH 0900.
I believe the first commercial diesel locomotive built was CNJ 1000; I think it’s at the B&O Museum. The builder was Alco/GE/Ingersoll-Rand; the year was 1925.
Believe it or not, one of the piggybacking pioneers was not the CNW, but the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee! I’m pretty sure the date given was in the 1920s.
The entire story is that John W. Barriger III’s business card read “Traveling Freight Agent–and President” I know he did this on MKT, but I think he did it on the RI, too.
Chad and others have it right about the “Little Joes” from GE.
And, yes, the working name for Amtrak’s organization was Railpax. I don’t remember seeing or hearing the Amtrak name until within a week of the startup of service (It had to have had a much longer lead time than that, though).
Sam, I think we’re ready for the “official” word.