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Can you name the railroads that were merged together to form the big 4 U.S. railroads?
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year absorbed (directly or indirectly)
BNSF
1996
BNSF
1996
BNSF
1970
BNSF
1970
BNSF
1970
BNSF
1972
CSX
1967
CSX
1968
CSX
1976
CSX
1986
CSX
1986
CSX
1987
CSX
1987
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railroad
year absorbed (directly or indirectly)
CSX
1998
Norfolk Southern
1982
Norfolk Southern
1982
Norfolk Southern
1998
Norfolk Southern
1976
Norfolk Southern
1968
Union Pacific
1870
Union Pacific
1901
Union Pacific
1982
Union Pacific
1983
Union Pacific
1988
Union Pacific
1988
Union Pacific
1995
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U.S. Big Railroad history Quiz
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Created Feb 28, 2011 in
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eaglesmania
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Feb 28th, 2011 at 20:03 GMT
1 point
I recommend accepting abbreviations for railroads that used them often (PRR, B&O, etc.)
Berubium
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Mar 9th, 2011 at 19:49 GMT
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What a great quiz. It interesting to see all the great railroads that make up the big ones we see today. And those are just the mergers, there's a zillion acquisitions too. Thanks to this quiz, I finally learned what MKT stood for (I'm Canadian, so you can't blame me too much for not knowing)...
Sanky
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May 8th, 2011 at 19:53 GMT
1 point
There are two Seaboards, SAL and SCL. SAL was the original, and when it merged with ACL it became SCL.
Sanky
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May 8th, 2011 at 19:54 GMT
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The full name of the Rio Grande is Denver and Rio Grande Western. The full name of Santa Fe was Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe.
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