Some REALLY funny if not just plain weird TRAIN TRIVIA!

[Ocklawaha]

This one should really stump you all!

What is the fastest conventional land speed record held by a train in the USA? Who did it, with what, and when did they pull it off?


Amtraks Accela? NOT!

The infamous DOUBLE UGLY Amtrak Turbo-Train? NOT!

Maybe in day to day schedules, but record speed - not even close!


How about the long lived Metro-Liners? Nope!


It was done by a BUDD RDC CAR on the old NEW YORK CENTRAL, nee Penn Central, nee Conrail, nee CSX...
It was a tricked out RDC CAR! *@#&*!&#((!
295.72 KPH (183.68 MPH) Budd Rail Diesel Car , engines by Jet aero engines, United States, 23, July 1966!

More?

Okay, who holds the WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD for all rail vehicles?

WE DO!

In 1954, on a test track at Holloman Air Force Base, a manned rail car reached a speed of 1017  Rocket powered Holloman Air Force Base (USA) 10 December, 1954, Manned by John Stapp. Fastest manned rail vehicle. Fastest manned open-cockpit vehicle.

MORE? YEP!



Who says we need MAG-LEV?

10,430 MPH, Rocket train Holloman Air Force Base (USA) 30 April, 2003 Unmanned. It was the final stage of a four-stage train, which included the car, a Super Roadrunner rocket motor, and a 192-pound payload on top. The train delivered payload into a target at a velocity of 9465 feet per second, or 6453 mph (2885 m/s), or Mach 8.5.

By the way this is close to 2 miles per second, escape velocity from the rotating Earth is just 7 miles per second. It's mind blowing to think we might live to see a train exceed that speed! Railroad's to Mars? Well, maybe not, but this research is teaching us a lot about NOT reinventing the wheel.

...And you thought we were BEHIND Japan and France? Where do you think they bought it?

OCKLAWAHA

[Ocklawaha]

How about some railroaders nicknames for the Company...

Union Pacific - largely owned by the Mormon Church back in the old west was called "THE POLYGAMY CENTRAL"


Amboy, Lansing & Traverse Bay (AL&TB)

Awfully Long & Terribly Bumpy


Cadillac & Lake City (C&LC)

Catastrophe & Lost Cause



Chicago & North Western (C&NW)

Cheap & Nothing Wasted



Chicago, Kalamazoo & Saginaw (CK&S)

Cuss, Kick & Swear



Detroit & Mackinac (D&M)

Defeated & Maltreated



Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (DT&I)

Darn Tired & Irksome

Down Trodden & Infirm

Henry Ford's Railroad




Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic (DSS&A)

Damn Small Salary & Abuse

Damn Slow Service & Abuse

Dead Slow Service & Agony

Delayed, Short-Steamed & Antiquated

Damn Slow and Sure Awful

Damn Slow, Shabby Affair



Empire & Southeastern (E&SE)

Empire Slow & Easy

Empire & Something Else



Escanaba & Lake Superior (E&LS)

Easy, Lazy & Slow



Grand Rapids & Indiana (GR&I)

Go Ragged & Independent



Lake Shore & Michigan Southern (LS&MS)

Long Stops & Muddy Stations

Long Suffering & Much Sorrow

Large Stations & Miserable Salaries

Less Sleep & More Speed



Lake Superior & Ishpeming (LS&I)

Lazy, Slow & Independent




Manistee & Northeastern (M&NE)

Manistee & Nowhere Else  [from retired C&O employee via Mark Hershoren]




Manistique & Lake Superior (M&LS)

"The Haywire" [from Mike Repp]

Muck & Loon Shit



Pere Marquette (PM)

Poor Management



Pontiac, Oxford & Northern (PO&N)

Poor, Old & Neglected

Pants, Overalls & Necktie



Port Huron & Detroit (PH&D)

Poor, Hungry & Destitute

Intellectual Line (PhD)



Toledo & Western (T&W)

Teeter & Wooble

Tired & Weary



Amtrak United States AMTK
Amcrash
Amtrash
Damntrash
Amlate
AMTRAP


Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway Southern United States AD&N
All Day and Night


Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Eastern and midwestern United States B&O
Beets and Onions
Beefsteak and Onions


Black River and Western Railroad Northern New Jersey BRWRR
Bland, Rusted and Weedy


BNSF Railway Western United States BNSF Buy Now, Sell Fast[2]
Bye Now, Santa Fe[3]
Big New Santa Fe[3]
Big Nothing So Far
Better Not Shit (on the) Frisco
Big Nasty Santa Fe
Been Nothing Since Frisco
Buy Norfolk Southern First
Better Not Send Freight


Boston and Maine Railroad Northeastern United States B&M
Beaten and Mismanaged
Bruised and Mangled
Busted and Mined
Busted and Mangled


Buffalo and South Western Railroad Northeast United States B&SW
Brandy and Soda Water


Burlington Northern Railroad Northern United States BN Big Nothing
Bad News


Canadian National Railway Canada and Midwest United States CN
Cooked Noodles
Canned Newbies
Crashes Normally
Crappy Nation
Collects No Revenue


Canadian Pacific Railway Canada CP
Can't Play


Chicago and North Western Railway Midwest United States C&NW
Cheap and Nothing Wasted
Can't and Never Will
Couldn't and Never Would


Chicago Great Western Railroad Midwest United States CGW
Great Weedy
CrabGrass and Weeds
Crabgrass Great Weedy


Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Ohio CH&D
Charge High and Damn Rough Ride


Copper River and Northwestern Railway Alaska, United States CR&NW
Can't Run and Never Will


CSX Transportation Eastern United States CSX
Chicken Shit Xpress
Crash Spill Xplode
Cash Strapped Xpress
Can't See Xtras
Cat Shit Xpress
Chessie Sees Xploding Trains
Conrail's Southern Xtension
Chessie's Still Xperimenting
Can't Stop Xploding Tankcars


Delaware and Hudson New York, Pennsylvania D&H
Delay and Hesitate


Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Hoboken to Buffalo DL&W
Delay, Linger and Wait


Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Western United States DRGW
Dirty Rag & Greasy Wipe


Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad Michigan and Ohio DT&I
Darn Trainees & Idiots


Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Midwestern United States EJ&E
Egypt, Jerusalem & Elsewhere
Easy Jobs for Everyone


Erie Lackawanna Railway Eastern United States EL
Erie Lack-o-Money


Gateway Western Railway Missouri and Illinois GWWR
Great Wobbly Wobbly
The Wobbly


Green Bay and Western Wisconsin GBW
Grab you Bags and Walk


Guilford Rail System Northeastern United States GRS
Guilford Fail System
Guilty Rail System


Illinois Central Railroad Midwestern and Southern United States IC
Eye-See


Kansas City Southern Railroad Midwestern and Southern United States KCS
The Haywire
Kansas City Scrap


London and Port Stanley Railway Ontario, Canada L&PS
Liver and Pork Steak


Long Island Railroad New York City LIRR
The Liar's Route


Louisville and Nashville Railroad Southern United States L&N
Long and Narrow
The Old Reliable


Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority New England MBTA
Mucho Bad Transit Attitude


Missouri Pacific Railroad Western United States MP
The Mop
MoPac


Montana Rail Link Western United States MRL
Milwaukee Road Lives
Monkeys Running Loose


Norfolk Southern Railway Eastern United States NS
Nazi Southern
New Southern
No Sense Railway
Nomore Steam
No Service


New York, Ontario and Western Railway New England, United States O&W
Old and Weary
the Old Woman


New York Susquehanna and Western Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York NYS&W
Now You Sit and Wait


Penn Central Railroad Northeastern United States PC
Plucked Clean


Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Midwestern United States PFW&C
Paddy Finnigan's Wife and Children


Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway Quebec, Canada PP&J
Push, Pull and Jerk


Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Virginia, United States RF&P
Rich Folks and Pedigrees
Run Fast and Push


St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Midwestern and Southern United States SLSF
The Frisco


Seaboard System Railroad Eastern United States SBD
Slowly Breaking Down
Shit Comes Later


Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Eastern United States SEPTA
Society for the Elimination of Public Transit Altogether


Southern Pacific Railroad Southwest United States SP
The Friendly
Sour Pete
Stinky Pete
Espee
Suffering Pathetic



Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad Southwest United States (proposed) SPSF Shouldn't Paint So Fast (this railroad merger was killed by the Federal Government after the equipment was repainted!)


Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Northwestern United States SP&S
The North Bank Road


Springfield Terminal Railway Northeastern United States ST
Slow Trains
Shitty Trackage
Stupid Trainees


Staten Island Rapid Transit Eastern United States SIRT
Shall I Run Today?


Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Chattanooga, TN TVRM
That Volunteer's Really Mad


Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada TH&B
Tramps, Hobos & Bums
To Hell & Back


Union Pacific Railroad Western United States UP
Under Powered
Unlimited Parking
Uncle Pete
Uncle Phil
Union Pissant
Union Pathetic
Ungodly Pleased
Onion Pacific


Western Pacific Railroad Western United States WP
(The) Wobbly
Willing People
Wild Pete


White Pass and Yukon Route Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia WP&YR
Wait Patiently, and You'll Ride


OCKLAWAHA