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    What railroad owns the premier coal transloading facility in the U.S., "Pier 6"?

    • Norfolk Southern
    • Union Pacific
    • Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway
    • CSX
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  • 2. 

    What was the name of the Camden and Amboy Railroad's first locomotive?

    • New Jersey

    • Allegrippus

    • James Guthrie

    • John Bull

    Correct Answer
    A. John Bull
  • 3. 

    What railroad garnered the nickname, "Rat Hole Division"?

    • Cincinnati Southern Railway

    • Washington, Idaho, And Montana R.R.

    • New York, Susquehanna, And Western R.R.

    • Illinois Terminal Road

    Correct Answer
    A. Cincinnati Southern Railway
  • 4. 

    What railroad did President Lincoln call "The Gut of the Confederacy"?

    • Valdosta Railway

    • Louisville And Nashville

    • Virginia And Tennessee Railroad

    • Central Railroad Of Georgia

    Correct Answer
    A. Virginia And Tennessee Railroad
  • 5. 

    What passenger train was dubbed "The World's Handsomest Streak of Varnish"?

    • Lehigh Valley's Black Diamond

    • Burlington Route's Pioneer Zephyr

    • Illinois Central's Green Diamond

    • New York Central's Vanderbilt

    Correct Answer
    A. Lehigh Valley's Black Diamond
  • 6. 

    What railroad was first to introduce "Individual Drinking Cups' to passenger train service?

    • New Jersey Central

    • Baltimore And Ohio

    • Boston And Maine

    • Delaware, Lackawanna, And Western

    Correct Answer
    A. Delaware, Lackawanna, And Western
  • 7. 

    What was the first railroad from the east to gain a route into Chicago?

    • New York Central

    • Baltimore And Ohio Railroad

    • Michigan Southern And Northern Indiana Railroad

    • Michigan Central

    Correct Answer
    A. Michigan Southern And Northern Indiana Railroad
  • 8. 

    What railroad had the "John Wilkes" passenger train?

    • Lehigh Valley

    • New York, New Haven, And Hartford

    • Western Maryland

    • New York Central

    Correct Answer
    A. Lehigh Valley
  • 9. 

    What railroad had a passenger train nicknamed, "The Honeymoon Express"?

    • Pennsylvania Railroad

    • Jersey Central Railroad

    • Atlantic Coast Line

    • Lehigh Valley Railroad

    Correct Answer
    A. Lehigh Valley Railroad
  • 10. 

    What railroad used the first Pullman Dining Car?

    • Illinois Central

    • Chicago And Alton Railroad

    • New York Central

    • Pennsylvania Railroad

    Correct Answer
    A. Chicago And Alton Railroad
  • 11. 

    What railroad featured the passenger train, "Nancy Hanks"?

    • Florida East Coast

    • Central Of Georgia

    • Norfolk And Western

    • Louisville And Nashville

    Correct Answer
    A. Central Of Georgia
  • 12. 

    What railroad offered the passenger train "Maple Leaf"?

    • Lehigh Valley

    • Maine Central

    • Central Vermont

    • New York Central

    Correct Answer
    A. Lehigh Valley
  • 13. 

    Who was known as the "Father of High Speed Trains"?

    • George Westinghouse

    • Eugene Beggs

    • Plimmon Dudley

    • John Reid

    Correct Answer
    A. Plimmon Dudley
  • 14. 

    What was the first American circus to travel by rail?

    • Spaulding Ad Rogers Circus

    • John H. Murray Circus

    • Bacon-Derious Circus

    • W.W. Cole Circus

    Correct Answer
    A. Bacon-Derious Circus
  • 15. 

    What was the name of the first engine of the Kanoma and Prattsburgh Railroad?

    • Steel

    • Homer

    • Liberty Belle

    • Hulda

    Correct Answer
    A. Hulda

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