Railroad History Quiz Game (Come on in and play)

Trains Magazine General Discussion
901

At the end of “big” Conrail on June 1, 1999, name:

  1. The five divisions and the location of their headquarters.

  2. The major hump yards (name or city will do) and the yard’s heritage.

902

I think these are the yards-

  1. Conway (Pittsburgh) PRR
  2. Avon (Indianapolis) NYC
  3. Elkhart? (Elkhart) NYC
  4. Selkirk (Albany) NYC
  5. ? (Harrisburg) PRR
903

You have 4 of the 8 yards.

904

Somehow I thought you only wanted 5 yards to go with the 5 Division/HQs. Whoops.

Oak Island/LV would be another, and perhaps Buckeye in Columbus (PRR?).

East St. Louis/PRR?

905

Sorry. I didn’t word it very well…

Of the 3 additional: One is totally correct, one is half right and one is wrong.

906

For the Divisions, I am looking for the Division name and location.

907

The problem did not originate at your end. [D)]

  1. Conway (Pittsburgh) PRR
  2. Avon (Indianapolis) NYC
  3. Elkhart (Elkhart) NYC
  4. Selkirk (Albany) NYC
  5. Buckeye (Columbus) NYC
  6. Oak Island (Newark) LV

Altoona (PRR), and Buffalo (NYC)?

908

Of the 6, right yards, one has wrong heritage.

Of the two additional, one is right, one is wrong.

The missing one is a current NS hump.

909

Buckeye …PC

910

#7 is Buffalo (though it’s in Tonowanda, IIRC), former NYC

#8 is Cleveland, former NYC

#6. I probably I’m wrong on this, but I think Buckeye was an Erie or a Pennsy yard.

911

Correct. Buckeye was built during PC.

912

#7 Correct. It’s in Buffalo (close enough ala Conway and Avon). What’s the yard’s name. Name is still current.

#8 is wrong

Missing yard is currently NS hump.

Still need 5 divisions and their HQ…

913

Buffalo would be Frontier Yd. The name escaped me at the time, but I didn’t think it was important.

I can think of two other possiblities, but I’m not sure if they’re hump yards or flat yards. I’ll give it until tomorrow for someone else. If not answered by then, I’ll throw my guesses in.

914

from the above post: “I’ll give it until tomorrow for someone else. If not answered by then, I’ll throw my guesses in.”

I just have a strange feeling that Hagerstown, Maryland, should be one of the yard sites.

915

I don’t remember the division names, but HQ’s were:

  1. Philadelphia,PA.

  2. Syracuse, NY.

  3. Toledo, OH.

  4. Chicago, IL.

  5. Columbus, OH.

916

One is a division name, but need its location.

917
  1. Chicago Div., Elkhart, IN.?

If not, again, I’ll wait till morning

918

Nope.

919

wasnt the Chicago div in Dearborn Mi at 1 time???..or am i thinking NS

920

Well, I’m gonna throw out my guesses

I’m thinking there’s a small hump yard for the Delmar Peninsula, and didn’t NS get that little network? I wanna say it’s at Wilmington, Delaware… My only other thoughts would be Toledo or Syracuse, but I seem to remember those two are flat.

As far as divisions… Philadeplhia Div. in Pittsburg?

If not any of these, I’m out of this one.