Ultimate Railroad Quiz
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What railroad owns the premier coal transloading facility in the U.S., "Pier 6"?
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Norfolk Southern
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Union Pacific
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Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway
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CSX
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What was the name of the Camden and Amboy Railroad's first locomotive?
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New Jersey
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Allegrippus
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James Guthrie
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John Bull
Correct Answer
A. John Bull -
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What railroad garnered the nickname, "Rat Hole Division"?
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Cincinnati Southern Railway
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Washington, Idaho, And Montana R.R.
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New York, Susquehanna, And Western R.R.
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Illinois Terminal Road
Correct Answer
A. Cincinnati Southern Railway -
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What railroad did President Lincoln call "The Gut of the Confederacy"?
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Valdosta Railway
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Louisville And Nashville
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Virginia And Tennessee Railroad
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Central Railroad Of Georgia
Correct Answer
A. Virginia And Tennessee Railroad -
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What passenger train was dubbed "The World's Handsomest Streak of Varnish"?
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Lehigh Valley's Black Diamond
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Burlington Route's Pioneer Zephyr
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Illinois Central's Green Diamond
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New York Central's Vanderbilt
Correct Answer
A. Lehigh Valley's Black Diamond -
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What railroad was first to introduce "Individual Drinking Cups' to passenger train service?
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New Jersey Central
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Baltimore And Ohio
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Boston And Maine
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Delaware, Lackawanna, And Western
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A. Delaware, Lackawanna, And Western -
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What was the first railroad from the east to gain a route into Chicago?
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New York Central
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Baltimore And Ohio Railroad
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Michigan Southern And Northern Indiana Railroad
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Michigan Central
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A. Michigan Southern And Northern Indiana Railroad -
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What railroad had the "John Wilkes" passenger train?
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Lehigh Valley
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New York, New Haven, And Hartford
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Western Maryland
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New York Central
Correct Answer
A. Lehigh Valley -
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What railroad had a passenger train nicknamed, "The Honeymoon Express"?
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Jersey Central Railroad
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Atlantic Coast Line
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
Correct Answer
A. Lehigh Valley Railroad -
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What railroad used the first Pullman Dining Car?
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Illinois Central
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Chicago And Alton Railroad
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New York Central
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Correct Answer
A. Chicago And Alton Railroad -
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What railroad featured the passenger train, "Nancy Hanks"?
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Florida East Coast
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Central Of Georgia
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Norfolk And Western
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Louisville And Nashville
Correct Answer
A. Central Of Georgia -
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What railroad offered the passenger train "Maple Leaf"?
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Lehigh Valley
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Maine Central
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Central Vermont
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New York Central
Correct Answer
A. Lehigh Valley -
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Who was known as the "Father of High Speed Trains"?
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George Westinghouse
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Eugene Beggs
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Plimmon Dudley
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John Reid
Correct Answer
A. Plimmon Dudley -
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What was the first American circus to travel by rail?
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Spaulding Ad Rogers Circus
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John H. Murray Circus
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Bacon-Derious Circus
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W.W. Cole Circus
Correct Answer
A. Bacon-Derious Circus -
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What was the name of the first engine of the Kanoma and Prattsburgh Railroad?
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Steel
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Homer
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Liberty Belle
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Hulda
Correct Answer
A. Hulda -
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