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Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway, a Common card
The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway was a Class II railroad, making a roughly circular path between Waukegan, Illinois and Gary, Indiana.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Nicknames for the ______ included "The J", EJ&E and "The Chicago Outer Belt Line".
Answer
railroad. Nicknames for the railroad included "The J", EJ&E and "The Chicago Outer Belt Line". From the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
At the end of ____, the EJ&E operated 164 miles of track and carried 848 million ton-miles of revenue freight in that year alone.
Answer
1970s. At the end of 1970, the EJ&E operated 164 miles of track and carried 848 million ton-miles of revenue freight in that year alone. From the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The railroad served as a link between Class I railroads traveling to and from Chicago, although it operated almost entirely within the city's suburbs, only entering Chicago where it served the U.S. Steel South Works on the shores of Lake Michigan.
- Nicknames for the railroad included "The J", EJ&E and "The Chicago Outer Belt Line".
- At the end of 1970, the EJ&E operated 164 miles of track and carried 848 million ton-miles of revenue freight in that year alone.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. NE2 assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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