Train Trivia 10/1/05 (ANSWERED)

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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IN 1950 WHAT PERCENTAGE OF NORFOLK AND WESTERNS LOCMOTIVE WERE DIESEL?

  1. 0%
  2. 43%
  3. 50%
  4. 28%

DUE TO INTERNET TROUBLE I WAS UNABLE TO UPDATE TRAIN TRIVIA ON SUNDAY EVENING, SORRY.

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Better yet Iam going to go with #2

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I’ll say 28%

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[#ditto] I will agree with the 28% guess.

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As story problems go, yours has problems. I’ll say The Norfolk & Western had 0% steam engines in 1950, if that is what the question.

Edited to note that the question now makes sense[:)] And to mention that I do appreciate your effort in posting a daily Train Trivia-Thanks. [{(-_-)}]

Did you know that 4 out of 3 Americans don’t understand fractions?

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…number 1…0 %…{no diesels}.

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so thy did’t have diesels back then? Wow.
I love this trivia column.
Matthew

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Um…the correct answer hasn’t been revealed yet. Tune in at this tommorrow for the correct answer. In the meantime-what’s your guess?[:)]

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What was it–1955, when they got their first diesels, some Alco RS3s?

10

The story I heard was that a large percent of N&W’s traffic was coal, they did not want to alienate these customers so they hung on to steam.

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N&W placed their first orders with ALCo and EMD in 1955.

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Zero percent. The N&W didn’t even ORDER Diesel locos until 1955. That’s why their passenger trains looked as though they were being drawn by freight engines during the E and F model era.

Allen

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Folks that remember that era and looking at the %'s available for answers in the question would most certainly realize almost no one had as much as even 28% diesel engines in 1950…!

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In 1950 half of Union Pacific’s fleet was diesel locmotives.

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I’ll go with #1 also [:p][:)]

[quote]
Originally posted by Lotus098

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Lotus098…I did say “almost” no one, etc…UP is one that got started early…Perhaps as early as 1934.

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Southern Rwy was dieselized by 1953 when N&W was still 100 percent steam. Talk about your clash of cultures!

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Western Pacific was fully dieselized in 1952.

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I am very sorry I was unable to get on here last night due to internet trouble, so I am answering late. I hope this will not happen again.
The answer is O% as you figured out.