Santa Fe
What town was Santa Fe’s primary back shops?
What is Topeka Kansas
What Successful electric passenger locomotive owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad and also some was owned by Conrail?
What is the GG1
What type of green was used on BN’s paint scheme?
What is Cascade Green.
What was the nickname of the SSW?
The Cotton Belt
What railroad bought the Milwaukee Road after it went Bankrupt?
What was The SOO Line
What city was the headquarters of Santa Fe?
Chicago Illinois
What was Conrail called before it was Conrail?
What was Consolidated Rail Corporation
What railroad did BN acquire in 1980?
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco)
What did the original Southern Pacific began as in 1865?
To connect San Francisco and San Diego
What was Missouri Pacific’s nickname?
Mopac
What is Santa Fe’s most iconic passenger train?
The Super Chief
Why was Conrail created?
It was created by Congress in 1974 after Penn Central went bankrupt and merged other struggling railroads at the time.
What was the paint scheme on the SD70MAC called?
What is the Executive (Grinstein green)
What railroad bought SP after the failed SPSF merger?
The Rio Grande
What happened to the Delaware and Hudson?
Canadian Pacific acquired the railroad in 1991.
What paint scheme is Santa Fe’s most iconic?
The Warbonnet
True or False: Conrail had some trackage in Canada
True
What railroads merged to form BN?
Chicago Burlington and Quincy, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Spokane Portland and Seattle.
Name two subsidiaries of Southern Pacific?
St.Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) and Southern Pacific of Mexico
What animal’s name is in the Great Northern logo?
Rocky the Goat
What is Santa Fe’s 2 Steam Excursion Stars?
Santa Fe 3751 and 2926
What is the name of Conrail’s logo?
can opener
Which Canadian Provinces did BN operate in?
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
What is the Famous Steam Locomotive that was owned by the Southern Pacific?
What is SP 4449
What was Rock Island’s nickname?
The Rock