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Did you know ...
the
Pennsylvania Railroad
GG1
4859
(pictured)
pulled the first electric train from
Philadelphia
to
Harrisburg
in 1938 and was designated a
state symbol
of
Pennsylvania
in 1987?
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Question 1
:
PRR 4877
—
New Jersey Transit station
,
________
(nicknamed "Big Red")
Lebanon, New Jersey
Bethlehem Township, New Jersey
Clinton, New Jersey
Clinton Township, New Jersey
[report]
Question 2
:
PRR 4859
—
Transportation Center
,
________
(designated
Pennsylvania state electric locomotive
in 1987)
Philadelphia
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania
[report]
Question 3
:
PRR 4918 / Amtrak 4916 —
Museum of Transportation
,
St. Louis, Missouri
(was once the property of the
________
).
National Mall
Washington, D.C.
United States Capitol
Smithsonian Institution
[report]
Question 4
:
PRR 4882 —
National New York Central Railroad Museum
,
________
(currently painted in Penn Central colors)
South Bend, Indiana
Elkhart County, Indiana
Mishawaka, Indiana
Elkhart, Indiana
[report]
Question 5
:
After its creation in 1971,
________
also inherited several GG1s.
Amtrak
BNSF Railway
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Norfolk Southern Railway
[report]
Question 6
:
On January 15, 1953,
PRR 4876
headed up Train 173, the
Federal
, from
________
,
Massachusetts
to Washington, D.C.
Denver
Atlanta
Boston
Phoenix, Arizona
[report]
Question 7
:
The mechanical design of the GG1 was based largely on the New Haven EP3, which had been borrowed earlier from the
________
by the Pennsylvania to compare it to its current standard electric locomotive, the
P5a
.
Central New England Railway
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Amtrak
New York Connecting Railroad
[report]
Question 8
:
[
6
]
Loewy also added five gold
pinstripes
and a
________
paint scheme.
Lime (color)
Spring green (color)
Teal (color)
Variations of green
[report]
Question 9
:
During the mid-1930s, the art of
________
became popular, especially with locomotives, as it conveyed a sense of speed.
Amtrak
Pioneer Zephyr
Chicago
Streamliner
[report]
Question 10
:
PRR 4909 / Amtrak 4932 — Leatherstocking Railway Museum, Cooperstown Junction, New York (purchased by
________
)
[
22
]
Fair Lane
The Henry Ford
Meadow Brook Hall
Cranbrook Educational Community
[report]
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