Train Trivia 11/2/05 (ANSWERED)

Trains Magazine General Discussion
1

America’s railroads reached the highest mileage in _______, since then the mileage has only declined.

  1. 1916
  2. 1911
  3. 1923
  4. 1936
2

Easy as pie (maybe) 3. 1923

3

Well, I know that some little used rail was pulled up for scrap in WWI so I will guess 1911.

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4

…1923

5

1916

6

I believe 1916 is correct–they reprinted an Official Guide from that year, for that reason.

7

1916 is the year, mileage was slightly over 254,000. Even by the standards of that era, there was a lot of duplicate and redundant mileage.

8

I heard it was the twenties because much of West Texas wasn’t coated with competing lines until after WWI.

9

1918…Thats when the Highway act was signed…

10

Uhmmmm,I don’t think 1918 was one of the choices ![%-)]

11
  1. Western Pacific wasn’t finished in 1916.
12

1916!