What is…MissLou? or MisLou?
Right on Murph it was the Miss Lou and New Orleans was one of the end points of its daily round trip run. Guess the other one and you are a winner.
Mark
I’m lost. Didn’t someone else already guess that one?
No Murph, they answered only part 1, its original name (Green Diamond) and route (Chicago - St. Louis). You’re the only one that’s answered part 2 right - you have 2/3 of the answer and just need the city other than NO that it ran between to win.
Mark
? Jackson Miss. ?
? Jackson Miss. ?
Congratulations you are the winner Murph. The old Green Diamond trainset did indeed spend its final years running as the Miss Lou between Jackson and New Orleans.
Your turn to ask a question.
Mark
[:O] As you’ll soon see, I am terrible at things like this.
What was the reason that the Milwaukke Road had to build the third bridge over the Missouri River, at Mobridge, S.D., the start of the Pacific Coast Extention?
Just a WAG, it was deemed a hazard to navigation?
Good guess, but no.
Along the same line, did someone fubar and it was built below the flood plain?
[(-D] While that’s not the answer, it does provide a weird backdrop for the correct answer.
The completion of Lake Oahe flooded the Missouri River valley. The reroute construction was begun in 1957 and completed in 1959 with 115# rail and two bridges. Good question!
Ding! Ding! The Oahe Damn raised the water level under the bridge. That’s why I thought the floodlpain answer was funny. Good job!
I confess to partially using my Milwaukee Road track profiles; specifically the Aberdeen Division. [;)] Your question was good exercise. Plus, I learned a bit about Lake Oahe in my research. [:)]
Here’s one: What was arguably the most unusual aspect about the Milwaukee Road’s first bridge across the Mississippi? Bonus question: How long did this bridge last?
I think it was a pontoon bridge, maybe by LaCrosse, Wisconsin?
Yes, indeed, the large middle section of the bridge was pontoon. Ding! Ding! The approaches and swing span were on stone piers. Built between Prairie du Chien and North McGregor (Marquette) in 1874, the bridge was used until 1960, when it was finally taken out. I’m amazed it lasted so long. The LaCrosse bridge was built in 1876, and the Sabula bridge in 1880.
Containers are a big part of today’s railroads in America. East and west coast ports ship a lot of continers inland by rail. From where to where did the first major shipment of containers in the U.S. go, in April, 1956?
I could tell you within about five seconds if the rules permitted us to look up a fact from a book. I will say that a book that quickly gives the correct answer was recently reviewed on a different thread. - a. s.
Murphy Siding, give us a hint. Mike