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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

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

    • A.

      Valdosta Railway

    • B.

      Louisville And Nashville

    • C.

      Virginia And Tennessee Railroad

    • D.

      Central Railroad Of Georgia

    Correct Answer
    C. Virginia And Tennessee Railroad
  • 2. 

    What railroad offered the passenger train "Maple Leaf"?

    • A.

      Lehigh Valley

    • B.

      Maine Central

    • C.

      Central Vermont

    • D.

      New York Central

    Correct Answer
    A. Lehigh Valley
  • 3. 

    What railroad had the "John Wilkes" passenger train?

    • A.

      Lehigh Valley

    • B.

      New York, New Haven, And Hartford

    • C.

      Western Maryland

    • D.

      New York Central

    Correct Answer
    A. Lehigh Valley
  • 4. 

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

    • A.

      Lehigh Valley's Black Diamond

    • B.

      Burlington Route's Pioneer Zephyr

    • C.

      Illinois Central's Green Diamond

    • D.

      New York Central's Vanderbilt

    Correct Answer
    A. Lehigh Valley's Black Diamond
  • 5. 

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

    • A.

      Pennsylvania Railroad

    • B.

      Jersey Central Railroad

    • C.

      Atlantic Coast Line

    • D.

      Lehigh Valley Railroad

    Correct Answer
    D. Lehigh Valley Railroad
  • 6. 

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

    • A.

      Norfolk Southern

    • B.

      Union Pacific

    • C.

      Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway

    • D.

      CSX

    Correct Answer
    A. Norfolk Southern
  • 7. 

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

    • A.

      New Jersey

    • B.

      Allegrippus

    • C.

      James Guthrie

    • D.

      John Bull

    Correct Answer
    D. John Bull
  • 8. 

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

    • A.

      Cincinnati Southern Railway

    • B.

      Washington, Idaho, And Montana R.R.

    • C.

      New York, Susquehanna, And Western R.R.

    • D.

      Illinois Terminal Road

    Correct Answer
    A. Cincinnati Southern Railway
  • 9. 

    What was the first American circus to travel by rail?

    • A.

      Spaulding Ad Rogers Circus

    • B.

      John H. Murray Circus

    • C.

      Bacon-Derious Circus

    • D.

      W.W. Cole Circus

    Correct Answer
    C. Bacon-Derious Circus
  • 10. 

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

    • A.

      Steel

    • B.

      Homer

    • C.

      Liberty Belle

    • D.

      Hulda

    Correct Answer
    D. Hulda
  • 11. 

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

    • A.

      New York Central

    • B.

      Baltimore And Ohio Railroad

    • C.

      Michigan Southern And Northern Indiana Railroad

    • D.

      Michigan Central

    Correct Answer
    C. Michigan Southern And Northern Indiana Railroad
  • 12. 

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

    • A.

      Florida East Coast

    • B.

      Central Of Georgia

    • C.

      Norfolk And Western

    • D.

      Louisville And Nashville

    Correct Answer
    B. Central Of Georgia
  • 13. 

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

    • A.

      New Jersey Central

    • B.

      Baltimore And Ohio

    • C.

      Boston And Maine

    • D.

      Delaware, Lackawanna, And Western

    Correct Answer
    D. Delaware, Lackawanna, And Western
  • 14. 

    What railroad used the first Pullman Dining Car?

    • A.

      Illinois Central

    • B.

      Chicago And Alton Railroad

    • C.

      New York Central

    • D.

      Pennsylvania Railroad

    Correct Answer
    B. Chicago And Alton Railroad
  • 15. 

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

    • A.

      George Westinghouse

    • B.

      Eugene Beggs

    • C.

      Plimmon Dudley

    • D.

      John Reid

    Correct Answer
    C. Plimmon Dudley

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