Trainumentary 5: Starring US Navy #3 Steam Locomotive, Cape Cod Hyannis car

 

 

This journey into America’s railroad past features two revamped passenger cars and US Navy steam engine #3, which have operated as restaurant components in Ocean View, DE since the mid-2000s. Special thanks to the staff of The Salted Rim for allowing us to present this trainumentary. Visit them at saltedrimde.com.
This video is c. 2015 Vacationing Parakeet Productions (VPP). Three original musical compositions are c. 2015 Christine Lorraine Collection: “A La Dining Car,” “Grand Station Rock,” and “Train Ride in Blue.”
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All aboard! Enjoy Trainumentary 5: US Navy #3 Steam Locomotive,  Cape Cod Hyannis 2526,  Washington Baltimore 2524

Trainumentary Trivia: Next stop-Tucson, AZ Depot

Statues of two well known armed individuals from the past stand at the west end of the train depot in Tucson, AZ. Who are they?

a. Bonnie and Clyde

b. John Wayne and Chuck Connors

c. Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp

d. Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd

Find the correct answer beneath this photo of Arizona palm trees against a sunset sky

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c. Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp

 

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Information published at the Southern Arizona Guide website listed below states:

“At the west end of the depot, you will find the statues of two armed men near the train tracks: Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. Following the Gunfight At OK Corral, this is where the Earp Vendetta Ride began. We have that story and many others about local history on this website.” Click HERE to read more.

Historic Downtown Tucson

Trainumentary Trivia: Bad Caboose Sightings

Where do you think this dilapidated Missouri Pacific caboose is visible from a train stop?

a. Texas

b. Alaska

c. Romania

d. Punxsutawney, PA

Find the correct answer beneath the photo of the caboose in question.

 

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a. Texas

This photo was snapped during a brief stop on a recent train ride through the state of Texas.

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Trainumentary Trivia: Ghost Train Hunter

Sadly, where was a ghost train hunter accidentally killed by a train in 2010?

a. Clarksville

b. Bermuda Triangle

c. North Carolina

d. Folsom Prison

Find the correct answer beneath this image of a desolate stretch of track somewhere in Indiana. Photo c. 2016 Trainumentary.com

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c. North Carolina

According to the article at the CNN link below:

” — The facts: On August 27, 1891, a passenger train jumped the tracks on a tall bridge near Statesville, North Carolina, sending seven rail cars below and about 30 people to their deaths….Shortly before 3 a.m. Friday, on the 119th anniversary of the Bostian Bridge train tragedy and at about the same time, between 10 and 12 ghost hunters were on that approximately 300-foot long span.”

The CNN piece goes on to explain that it was on this  anniversary that one ghost train watcher was killed and another was injured. Read the entire piece at http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/27/north.carolina.ghost.train/

Trainumentary Trivia: Playing with Toy Trains in the 1890s

If you were a child in the 1890s, what sort of mechanical setup operates your toy train?

a. Clockwork

b. Dieselfication Modification

c. Child-sized Steamer

d. Coal-fired oven

Find the correct answer beneath the photo of the model train layout at Greenville Railroad Park, PA. picture c. 2016 trainumentary.com

 

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a. Clockwork or wind-up

According to the source website listed below: “The Marklin Company saw a need for a set of standard gauges for toy trains in 1891. When they first implemented these standard gauges it was for the wind-up (also called clockwork) trains the Marklin Company produced. The same standards are still used for today’s electric trains.”

Source:  http://www.model-train-tips.com/blog/1085/the-history-of-electric-toy-trains/

Trainumentary Trivia: Backtracking to Early Rail Systems

 

Early functional railway track systems were known as:

a. Buggy Guiders

b. Wagonways

c. Crank Planks

d. Transylvanian Tracers

Find the correct answer beneath the photo of multiple train tracks, which was snapped looking out the back window on the Texas Eagle at sunset. photo c. 2016 trainumentary.com

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b. wagonways

“The first true railways, using a flange to keep the wheel on a rail, were developed in the early 17th century. In 1604, Huntington Beaumont completed the Wollaton Wagonway,  built to transport coal from the mines at Strelley to Wollaton Lane End, just west of Nottingham, England.”

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagonway

Feature photo of Dallas, TX city skyline beyond tracks c. 2016 trainumentary.com