Alex: What is Gulf, Mobile & Ohio?
gee and i thought it was a hard one…good job…you got it…
i would have excepted the Gulf Moblie & Northern too
Looks like your turn, Muph. Are you expecting “Jeopardy” style answers worded as questions? - a. s.
Warning: If someone doesn’t post a question here pretty soon, I just might do it myself!! - al
lol…your not thinkin of line jumping are ya?..[:-^]
You mean my Wild a_ _ed guess was correct?[:O] Who would have thought? I knew Casey Jones was on the IC. GM&O was the next closest line in my mind.
Go ahead Al. Be my guest.
Thanks, Murph. (See, I don’t “line jump,” at least not without permission!).
This is one people will know or not:
North America has seven Class One railroads. Of them:
Name the two that have moved headquarters to a brand new city during or after the mega-mergers and acquisitions of the 1980s and do not operate under a premerger name.
Name two that have kept their ancestral name and headquarters notwithstanding the mergers and acquisitions of that period.
Name the one that has kept the headquarters of one of its premerger entities but operates under a new name.
Name the one that has kept its ancestral name and headquarters and for which mergers and acquisitions were not a factor.
And finally, name the one that uses a heritage name but moved its headquarters during this period.
And for all RR systems, please give their headquarters!
Hint: Conrail Shared Assets doesn’t count.
Al-can you tag numbers on each question please? Easier on the eyes-and the brain. Thanks.[:)]
Roger Wilco! Let’s pose the question again with question numbers. I also realized that one of the questions was a little ambiguous so I tightened up the language. So here’s the Question:
North America has seven Class One railroads. Of them:
(1) Name the two RR companies that have moved headquarters to a brand new city during or after the mega-mergers and acquisitions of the 1980s and do not operate under a premerger name.
(2) Name the two that have kept their ancestral name and headquarters notwithstanding the mergers and acquisitions of that period.
(3) Name the one that has kept the headquarters of one of its premerger entities but operates under a new name.
(4) Name the one that has kept its ancestral name and headquarters but often appends that ancestral name in a language that is not an official language in the U.S. or Canada; and finally,
(5) name the one that uses a heritage name but moved its headquarters during this period.
And for all these RR systems, please give the location of their current headquarters! </
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North America has seven Class One railroads. Of them:
(1) Name the two RR companies that have moved headquarters to a brand new city during or after the mega-mergers and acquisitions of the 1980s and do not operate under a premerger name.
BNSF / Fort Worth Texas, CSX / Jacksonville, FLA
(2) Name the two that have kept their ancestral name and headquarters notwithstanding the mergers and acquisitions of that period. UP / Omaha, NEB NS / Norfolk(?) VA
(3) Name the one that has kept the headquarters of one of its premerger entities but operates under a new name.
CPRail / Calgary, Alberta Canada?
(4) Name the one that has kept its ancestral name and headquarters but often appends that ancestral name in a language that is not an official language in the U.S. or Canada; and finally, CN / Montreal Cananda?
(5) name the one that uses a heritage name but moved its headquarters during this period. Conrail? (just kidding)
And for all these RR systems, please give the location of their current headquarters!&nb
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North America has seven Class One railroads. Of them:
(1) Name the two RR companies that have moved headquarters to a brand new city during or after the mega-mergers and acquisitions of the 1980s and do not operate under a premerger name.
BNSF / Fort Worth Texas, CSX / Jacksonville, FLA
(2) Name the two that have kept their ancestral name and headquarters notwithstanding the mergers and acquisitions of that period. UP / Omaha, NEB NS / Norfolk(?) VA
(3) Name the one that has kept the headquarters of one of its premerger entities but operates under a new name.
CPRail / Calgary, Alberta Canada?
(4) Name the one that has kept its ancestral name and headquarters but often appends that ancestral name in a language that is not an official language in the U.S. or Canada; and finally, CN / Montreal Cananda?
(5) name the one that uses a heritage name but moved its headquarters during this period. Conrail? (just kidding)
And for all these RR systems, please give the location of th
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Roger Wilco! Let’s pose the question again with question numbers. I also realized that one of the questions was a little ambiguous so I tightened up the language. So here’s the Question:
North America has seven Class One railroads. Of them:
(1) Name the two RR companies that have moved headquarters to a brand new city during or after the mega-mergers and acquisitions of the 1980s and do not operate under a premerger name.
(2) Name the two that have kept their ancestral name and headquarters notwithstanding the mergers and acquisitions of that period.
(3) Name the one that has kept the headquarters of one of its premerger entities but operates under a new name.
(4) Name the one that has kept its ancestral name and headquarters but often appends that ancestral name in a language that is not an official language in the U.S. or Canada; and finally,
(5) name the one that uses a heritage name but moved its headquarters during this period.
And for all these RR systems, please give the location of their current headquarters
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Roger Wilco! Let’s pose the question again with question numbers. I also realized that one of the questions was a little ambiguous so I tightened up the language. So here’s the Question:
North America has seven Class One railroads. Of them:
(1) Name the two RR companies that have moved headquarters to a brand new city during or after the mega-mergers and acquisitions of the 1980s and do not operate under a premerger name.
(2) Name the two that have kept their ancestral name and headquarters notwithstanding the mergers and acquisitions of that period.
(3) Name the one that has kept the headquarters of one of its premerger entities but operates under a new name.
(4) Name the one that has kept its ancestral name and headquarters but often appends that ancestral name in a language that is not an official language in the U.S. or Canada; and finally,
(5) name the one that uses a heritage name but moved its headquarters during this period.
And for all these RR systems, please give the location of their
Probably several. [(-D]
Number 5 would be Canadian Pacific.
Using W’s logic (?!) that the HQ of the Iraqi army was Sadam himself, perhaps CN’s HQ is in Chicago, where I believe Mr Harrison usually runs the railway from.
Dale’s right, so no. 5 has been answered correctly.
I’m not looking for a pragmatic company dept. but its actual headquarters. Which one of the big seven Class One’s is still headquartered “back East”?
No. 4 is KCS because it’s the one that has “appended” Spanish: KCS de Mexico. Sometimes their locomotives say “TFM” instead of “KCS” because TFM was the Spanish-language name of a Mexican line they bought. But you didn’t have to know that fact to get this question right.
No. 5 is indeed Canadian Pacific. It up and moved from Montreal to Calgary a few years ago. That was a brand-new headquarters for them; not a part of a previous merged entity.
Now that there are only five RR’s left it should be easier to juggle them. Also, pls look above for answers that are wrong. Some knowledge is still required, but it has become much easier.
Thanks, Dale!
al
Clarification: In my post above, “back East” does not refer to a United States city. [swg]
Okay, it’s been a while, but here it goes…
- BN, after Frisco, from Chicago to Ft. Worth, now BNSF
and Soo Line, after MLWK, from…aaahhh…Minneapolis? to Milwaukee, now CP
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UP (Omaha) and CN (Montreal?)
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BNSF [opps, i forgot former and location, edit: Ft. Worth, former BN HQ]
4 & 5. already answered
There are only seven slots to fill for each of the seven megasystems.
Therefore CP does not work in the first instance because it has been more adequately explained by its moving headquarters – without changing names. That is the already-answered question (5).
So you’re half wrong on question (1)
Question (2) if PERFECT! Good goin’ !
Question (3) Again, no need to name BNSF twice. BNSF let Mpls and ATSF left Chicago for Fort Worth, Texas. A merged entity with no preservation of headquarters (though there certainly may be offices there). This is not what question (3) is looking for; but perhaps if you apply some of the same historical analysis as before, you might get it. It shocks me that nobody has mentioned this RR company to my knowledge.
(4) and (5) are correct but remember they’re taken and not to be used elsewhere.
Hint: When Norfolk Southern merged in 1982, N&W moved from its corporate headquarters from Roanoke and Southern Rwy left Atlanta. They have a “merged” HQ in a new city. HINT: That city is in Virginia.
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Thanks, Murph. (See, I don’t “line jump,” at least not without permission!).
This is one people will know or not:
North America has seven Class One railroads. Of them:
Name the two that have moved headquarters to a brand new city during or after the mega-mergers and acquisitions of the 1980s and do not operate under a premerger name.
Name two that have kept their ancestral name and headquarters notwithstanding the mergers and acquisitions of that period.
Name the one that has kept the headquarters of one of its premerger entities but operates under a new name.
Name the one that has kept its ancestral name and headquarters and for which mergers and acquisitions were not a factor.
And finally, name the one that uses a heritage name but moved its headquarters during this period.
And for all RR systems, please give their headquarters!
Hint: Conrail Shared Assets doesn’t c
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Thanks, Murph. (See, I don’t “line jump,” at least not without permission!).
This is one people will know or not:
North America has seven Class One railroads. Of them:
Name the two that have moved headquarters to a brand new city during or after the mega-mergers and acquisitions of the 1980s and do not operate under a premerger name.
Name two that have kept their ancestral name and headquarters notwithstanding the mergers and acquisitions of that period.
Name the one that has kept the headquarters of one of its premerger entities but operates under a new name.
Name the one that has kept its ancestral name and headquarters and for which mergers and acquisitions were not a factor.
And finally, name the one that uses a heritage name but moved its headquarters during this period.
And for all RR systems, please give their headquarters!
Hint: Conrail Shar