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Take this ultimate quiz on railroad. It's pretty difficult so you might need extra time to score a perfect.
- 1.What does the railroad term "Join the Birdies" mean?
- A.
Adding On A Cut Of Cars
- B.
A Train Of Roadrailers
- C.
Jump Off Locomotive Before A Crash
- D.
Retiring Railroad Workers
- 2.What railroad features the company news magazine, "Thoroughbred Paces"?
- A.
CSX
- B.
Norfolk Southern
- C.
Lamoille Valley
- D.
Union Pacific
- 3.What railroad is known as the "J"?
- A.
Juniata Terminal
- B.
Jaxport Terminal Railway
- C.
Elgin, Joliet, And Eastern
- D.
Panhandle And Northern
- 4.What railroad did the Norfolk and Western swallow up in October 1964?
- A.
New York, Ontario, And Western
- B.
Wabash Railroad
- C.
Baltimore And Ohio
- D.
Pittsburgh And Ohio Valley
- 5.What railroad ran a passenger train called the "Flying Crow"?
- A.
Chicago And Northwestern
- B.
Maine Central
- C.
Kansas City Southern
- D.
Frisco
- 6.In "The Rock Island Railroad", what were "Energy Saver" and "Pride of Armourdale"?
- A.
Power Slug Locomotives
- B.
Cabooses
- C.
Large Hump Yards
- D.
Rotory Snow Shovels
- 7.What railroad featured the passenger train, "Iroquois"?
- A.
Santa Fe
- B.
New York Central
- C.
Alaska Railroad
- D.
Frisco
- 8.Where is the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad located?
- A.
Virginia
- B.
Kentucky
- C.
Colorado
- D.
Iowa
- 9.In which state is the Little River Railroad located?
- A.
California
- B.
Arkansas
- C.
Indiana
- D.
Massachusetts
- 10.What was the name of the first steam engine to pull a passenger train in England?
- A.
Locomotion
- B.
Londoner
- C.
England
- D.
Queen
- 11.What was Casey Jones' train's final destination on the night of his famous crash?
- A.
Canton, Mississippi
- B.
Memphis, Tennessee
- C.
Chicago, Illinois
- D.
Louisville, Kentucky
- 12.What railroad dubbed itself "The Standard Railroad of the World"?
- A.
Illinois Central
- B.
Northern Pacific
- C.
New York Central
- D.
Pennsylvania Railroad
- 13.What railroad featured the passenger train "Twentieth Century Limited"?
- A.
Pennsylvania Railroad
- B.
New York Central
- C.
Erie-Lackawanna
- D.
Milwaukee Road
- 14.What railroad was dubbed "The Water Level Route"?
- A.
Erie Railroad
- B.
Pennsylvania Railroad
- C.
New Jersey Central
- D.
New York Central
- 15.What railroad featured as it's top speed passenger train, "The Broadway Limited"?
- A.
Santa Fe
- B.
New York Central
- C.
Illinois Central
- D.
Pennsylvania Railroad
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