# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 433
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8644 "2022-03-02T17:14:52Z")
**Favorite Foods** 1. Tacos 2. Pizza 3. Steak 4. Ice cream 5. Roast chicken 6. Grilled burgers 7. Fajitas 8. Cheesecake ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8645 "2022-03-02T18:26:12Z")
**Favorite Foods** 1. Tacos 2. Pizza 3. Steak 4. Ice cream 5. Roast chicken 6. Grilled burgers 7. Fajitas 8. Cheesecake 9. Hot dogs ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8646 "2022-03-02T18:48:31Z")
**Favorite Foods** 1. Tacos 2. Pizza 3. Steak 4. Ice cream 5. Roast chicken 6. Grilled burgers 7. Fajitas 8. Cheesecake 9. Hot dogs 10. Apple dumplings ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8647 "2022-03-02T18:51:20Z")
**Favorite Foods** 1. Tacos 2. Pizza 3. Steak 4. Ice cream 5. Roast chicken 6. Grilled burgers 7. Fajitas 8. Cheesecake 9. Hot dogs 10. Apple dumplings 11. Ginger cookies Especially these: [The Ultimate Ginger Snap - #10 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-ginger-snap/430262/10) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8648 "2022-03-02T18:53:52Z")
**Favorite Foods** 1. Tacos 2. Pizza 3. Steak 4. Ice cream 5. Roast chicken 6. Grilled burgers 7. Fajitas 8. Cheesecake 9. Hot dogs 10. Apple dumplings 11. Ginger cookies 12. Bacon ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8649 "2022-03-02T19:10:49Z")
**Favorite Foods** 1. Tacos 2. Pizza 3. Steak 4. Ice cream 5. Roast chicken 6. Grilled burgers 7. Fajitas 8. Cheesecake 9. Hot dogs 10. Apple dumplings 11. Ginger cookies 12. Bacon 13. Shepherd’s pie **Named Trains _(real or fictional)_** 1. The 20th Century Limited _(New York Central RR, ran between NYC and Chicago)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8650 "2022-03-02T19:16:30Z")
**Named Trains _(real or fictional)_** 1. The 20th Century Limited _(New York Central RR, ran between NYC and Chicago)_ 2. The Canadian _(Canadian Pacific, later VIA Rail; ran between Toronto/Montreal and Vancouver)_ ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8651 "2022-03-02T19:21:27Z")
**Named Trains _(real or fictional)_** 1. The 20th Century Limited _(New York Central RR, ran between NYC and Chicago)_ 2. The Canadian _(Canadian Pacific, later VIA Rail; ran between Toronto/Montreal and Vancouver)_ 3. The Shangrila Express (_China_) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8652 "2022-03-02T20:19:30Z")
**Named Trains _(real or fictional)_** 1. The 20th Century Limited _(New York Central RR, ran between NYC and Chicago)_ 2. The Canadian _(Canadian Pacific, later VIA Rail; ran between Toronto/Montreal and Vancouver)_ 3. The Shangrila Express ( _China_ ) 4. Casey, Jr. (_Dumbo_) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8653 "2022-03-02T20:55:53Z")
1. The 20th Century Limited _(New York Central RR, ran between NYC and Chicago)_ 2. The Canadian _(Canadian Pacific, later VIA Rail; ran between Toronto/Montreal and Vancouver)_ 3. The Shangrila Express ( _China_ ) 4. Casey, Jr. ( _Dumbo_ ) 5. The City of New Orleans (_Amtrak, Chicago to New Orleans_) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8654 "2022-03-02T21:47:08Z")
**Named Trains _(real or fictional)_** 1. The 20th Century Limited _(New York Central RR, ran between NYC and Chicago)_ 2. The Canadian _(Canadian Pacific, later VIA Rail; ran between Toronto/Montreal and Vancouver)_ 3. The Shangrila Express ( _China_ ) 4. Casey, Jr. ( _Dumbo_ ) 5. The City of New Orleans ( _Amtrak, Chicago to New Orleans_ ) 6. Pioneer Zephyr (Currently residing in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8655 "2022-03-02T22:40:40Z")
**Named Trains _(real or fictional)_** 1. The 20th Century Limited _(New York Central RR, ran between NYC and Chicago)_ 2. The Canadian _(Canadian Pacific, later VIA Rail; ran between Toronto/Montreal and Vancouver)_ 3. The Shangrila Express ( _China_ ) 4. Casey, Jr. ( _Dumbo_ ) 5. The City of New Orleans ( _Amtrak, Chicago to New Orleans_ ) 6. Pioneer Zephyr (Currently residing in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago) 7. Snowpiercer (Post-apocalyptic train in movie and TV series of the same name) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8656 "2022-03-02T23:48:08Z")
**Named Trains _(real or fictional)_** 1. The 20th Century Limited _(New York Central RR, ran between NYC and Chicago)_ 2. The Canadian _(Canadian Pacific, later VIA Rail; ran between Toronto/Montreal and Vancouver)_ 3. The Shangrila Express ( _China_ ) 4. Casey, Jr. ( _Dumbo_ ) 5. The City of New Orleans ( _Amtrak, Chicago to New Orleans_ ) 6. Pioneer Zephyr (Currently residing in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago) 7. Snowpiercer (Post-apocalyptic train in movie and TV series of the same name) 8. Orient Express ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8657 "2022-03-03T00:07:25Z")
**Named Trains _(real or fictional)_** 1. The 20th Century Limited _(New York Central RR, ran between NYC and Chicago)_ 2. The Canadian _(Canadian Pacific, later VIA Rail; ran between Toronto/Montreal and Vancouver)_ 3. The Shangrila Express ( _China_ ) 4. Casey, Jr. ( _Dumbo_ ) 5. The City of New Orleans ( _Amtrak, Chicago to New Orleans_ ) 6. Pioneer Zephyr (Currently residing in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago) 7. Snowpiercer (Post-apocalyptic train in movie and TV series of the same name) 8. Orient Express 9. The General (_The General_) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8658 "2022-03-03T00:32:02Z")
**Named Trains _(real or fictional)_** 1. The 20th Century Limited _(New York Central RR, ran between NYC and Chicago)_ 2. The Canadian _(Canadian Pacific, later VIA Rail; ran between Toronto/Montreal and Vancouver)_ 3. The Shangrila Express ( _China_ ) 4. Casey, Jr. ( _Dumbo_ ) 5. The City of New Orleans ( _Amtrak, Chicago to New Orleans_ ) 6. Pioneer Zephyr (Currently residing in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago) 7. Snowpiercer (Post-apocalyptic train in movie and TV series of the same name) 8. Orient Express 9. The General ( _The General_ ) 10. The Comet (_Atlas Shrugged_) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8659 "2022-03-03T02:30:02Z")
**Named Trains _(real or fictional)_** 1. The 20th Century Limited _(New York Central RR, ran between NYC and Chicago)_ 2. The Canadian _(Canadian Pacific, later VIA Rail; ran between Toronto/Montreal and Vancouver)_ 3. The Shangrila Express ( _China_ ) 4. Casey, Jr. ( _Dumbo_ ) 5. The City of New Orleans ( _Amtrak, Chicago to New Orleans_ ) 6. Pioneer Zephyr (Currently residing in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago) 7. Snowpiercer (Post-apocalyptic train in movie and TV series of the same name) 8. Orient Express _(Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, between Istanbul and Calais)_ 9. The General ( _The General_ ) 10. The Comet ( _Atlas Shrugged_ ) 11. The Ocean _(Canadian National, later VIA Rail, between Montreal and Halifax)_ Filled in the details for Number 8. It actually has had a few routes over its history; I chose the one popularized by Agatha Christie in _Murder on the Orient Express_. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8660 "2022-03-03T05:09:19Z")
**Named Trains _(real or fictional)_** 1. The 20th Century Limited _(New York Central RR, ran between NYC and Chicago)_ 2. The Canadian _(Canadian Pacific, later VIA Rail; ran between Toronto/Montreal and Vancouver)_ 3. The Shangrila Express ( _China_ ) 4. Casey, Jr. ( _Dumbo_ ) 5. The City of New Orleans ( _Amtrak, Chicago to New Orleans_ ) 6. Pioneer Zephyr (Currently residing in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago) 7. Snowpiercer (Post-apocalyptic train in movie and TV series of the same name) 8. Orient Express _(Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, between Istanbul and Calais)_ 9. The General ( _The General_ ) 10. The Comet ( _Atlas Shrugged_ ) 11. The Ocean _(Canadian National, later VIA Rail, between Montreal and Halifax)_ 12. Thomas the Tank Engine (_Thomas and Friends_) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8661 "2022-03-03T15:08:35Z")
**Named Trains _(real or fictional)_** 1. The 20th Century Limited _(New York Central RR, ran between NYC and Chicago)_ 2. The Canadian _(Canadian Pacific, later VIA Rail; ran between Toronto/Montreal and Vancouver)_ 3. The Shangrila Express ( _China_ ) 4. Casey, Jr. ( _Dumbo_ ) 5. The City of New Orleans ( _Amtrak, Chicago to New Orleans_ ) 6. Pioneer Zephyr (Currently residing in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago) 7. Snowpiercer (Post-apocalyptic train in movie and TV series of the same name) 8. Orient Express _(Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, between Istanbul and Calais)_ 9. The General ( _The General_ ) 10. The Comet ( _Atlas Shrugged_ ) 11. The Ocean _(Canadian National, later VIA Rail, between Montreal and Halifax)_ 12. Thomas the Tank Engine (_Thomas and Friends_) 13. Rock Island Line (popularized by the Man in Black: [Johnny Cash-Rock Island Line - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX1BPItDcDo)) Next up: **Named Cars (real or fictional)** 1. Christine (from the novel by Stephen King) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8662 "2022-03-03T15:11:16Z")
**Named Cars (real or fictional)** 1. Christine (from the novel by Stephen King) 2. [The Blue Flame](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Flame#:~:text=Blue%20Flame%20is%20a%20rocket,Utah%20on%20October%2023%2C%201970.) once held the world’s land speed record ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8663 "2022-03-03T15:18:49Z")
**Named Cars (real or fictional)** 1. Christine (from the novel by Stephen King) 2. [The Blue Flame](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Flame#:~:text=Blue%20Flame%20is%20a%20rocket,Utah%20on%20October%2023%2C%201970.) (once held the world’s land speed record) 3. Vermont (first car to drive across America) > **[Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio%27s_Drive:_America%27s_First_Road_Trip)** > > Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip is a 2003 documentary film directed by Ken Burns and written by Dayton Duncan. Its subject is the first cross-country automobile journey in the United States, which occurred during the summer of 1903. The documentary focuses primarily on Horatio Nelson Jackson and his Winton car, the Vermont; along with his companions Sewall K. Crocker, his pet pitbull Bud and frequent correspondence with Jackson's wife Bertha Richardson Wells (called "Swipes" by Jackson... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=432) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=434)