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Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:22 am
by Saturnalia
This thread needs some love
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:16 am
by AARR
DT&I wrote:Next round:)
1: When did the Illinois Terminal become a freight railroad? Passenger service ended around 1956-57
2. How many units with Frisco heritage are around still? 200-225
3. What is that unit today? SD70ACe
4. What is NS 2224? SW1500
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:31 pm
by DT&I
1. Yes
2. No There's only on unit of Frisco Heritage left
3. GP50
4. Yes
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:03 pm
by DT&I
1. When did the C&EI begin operations?
2. How many SD60's(not counting M's or I's) does CSX have?
3. How many CR units are remaining?(as of February 13th)
4. What is CEFX 9400?
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:16 am
by AARR
DT&I wrote:1. When did the C&EI begin operations?1877
2. How many SD60's(not counting M's or I's) does CSX have?10 original, 10 or 12 ex-CR, 3 demonstrators (ex-BN).
3. How many CR units are remaining?(as of February 13th) 100
4. What is CEFX 9400? SD45T-2
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:53 pm
by DT&I
1.yes
2. As far as I know yes, list was hard to find
3. 9 counting NS 8098
4. Yes
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 8:28 pm
by 59caddy
Can other people make questions, too?
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 8:34 pm
by AARR
59caddy wrote:Can other people make questions, too?
Please do, DTI is a slacker
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 10:05 pm
by 59caddy
1. When did the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad begin operations?
2. What is the oldest railroad still operating on its original name and charter? bonus: When was it chartered?
3. What is the oldest operating steam locomotive in the US?
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 6:48 pm
by AARR
59caddy wrote:1. When did the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad begin operations? 1893
2. What is the oldest railroad still operating on its original name and charter? bonus: When was it chartered? Long Island Railroad, 1859
3. What is the oldest operating steam locomotive in the US? The John Bull, built 1831
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 9:11 pm
by 59caddy
AARR wrote:59caddy wrote:1. When did the Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad begin operations? 1893
2. What is the oldest railroad still operating on its original name and charter? bonus: When was it chartered? Long Island Railroad, 1859
3. What is the oldest operating steam locomotive in the US? The John Bull, built 1831
1. Worded the question incorrectly, basically meant to say "when was the LS&I chartered?" Correct.
2. Railroad is correct, not the year.
3. Correct.
Anyone want to try to answer when the LIRR was chartered?
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 12:08 pm
by Saturnalia
How about a railroadfan.com question set?
1. How many posts am I from passing JT? Round to the nearest 10.
2. Who was the first moderator (besides Z)
3. Where was the crossbuck photo (at the top of the page) taken, (before it was edited)?
4. How old is this site (years)
5. What was this site called before it became simply railroadfan.com?
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 4:29 pm
by AARR
MQT3001 wrote:How about a railroadfan.com question set?
1. How many posts am I from passing JT? Round to the nearest 10. 20
2. Who was the first moderator (besides Z) scooterb
3. Where was the crossbuck photo (at the top of the page) taken, (before it was edited)? Deshler
4. How old is this site (years) 9 years
5. What was this site called before it became simply railroadfan.com? Trick question, it's always been railroadfan.com
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:38 pm
by Saturnalia
AARR wrote:MQT3001 wrote:How about a railroadfan.com question set?
1. How many posts am I from passing JT? Round to the nearest 10. 20
2. Who was the first moderator (besides Z) scooterb
3. Where was the crossbuck photo (at the top of the page) taken, (before it was edited)? Deshler
4. How old is this site (years) 9 years
5. What was this site called before it became simply railroadfan.com? Trick question, it's always been railroadfan.com
You got 'em all. I was hoping to trip you up with the last one. Why? The header used to be "B1G - The Big Train"
http://web.archive.org/web/200406130628 ... adfan.com/
Now, I wasn't around to look, but the way back machine was!
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 9:02 am
by Talk
R.I.P. This thread
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:36 pm
by ~Z~
5. What was this site called before it became simply railroadfan.com? Trick question, it's always been railroadfan.com
Actually, it was
http://railroadfan.fateback.com for a short while in the early 2000's.
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2021 10:41 am
by David Collins
I want to revive this thread:
1. What horn does a Siemens charger have? (Include the make too)
2. How many engine blocks does a genset have?
3. How many SD70ACe’s does NS roster?
4. What is the railfan given nickname for SD70M-2’s/SD70ACe’s with high headlights?
5. What horns did Nathan and Leslie make exclusively for Amtrak?
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 8:41 am
by Michael
I'd like to meet the 5th grader that knows the answer to these questions
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:39 pm
by Jochs
Michael wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 8:41 am
I'd like to meet the 5th grader that knows the answer to these questions
Or even a fifth grade teacher! :
Re: Railroad Version Of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:29 am
by Talk
David Collins wrote: ↑Sun Nov 07, 2021 10:41 am
I want to revive this thread:
...
3. How many SD70ACe’s does NS roster?
...
1000-1234
235? some haven't been delivered yet
If you count SD70IAC's differently then your weird