Train Trivia 10/29/05 (ANSWERED)

Trains Magazine General Discussion
1

What was the name of the first locomotive west of the Mississippi River?

  1. Mississippi
  2. Pacific
  3. Missouri
    4.Washington
2

ONe of these days I’m going to get one of these trivia questions right!!

UM…I’m going to go with Pacific because, the Pacific Ocean is west of the Mississippi.

3

[#ditto]
\My resoning goes along those same lines.
Matthew

4

I’ll guess Washington. He was a “first” too.

5

Pacific

6

I would go with PACIFIC on this one, because after the Civil War, there were all kinds of people in this country who were pushing for a transcontinental railroad that would eventually reach the Pacific coast.

CANADIANPACIFIC2816

7

I’m going to guess Mississippi.

8

Missouri Pacific’s locomotive the Pacific. AND FOR ONCE THE MODEL RAILROAD FORUMS GUESSED MORE CORRECT % WISE THAN YOU GUYS DID!