Railroad History
Where were trains invented?
Who are the leading locomotive manufacturers?
Progress Rail and General Electric
Pacific Surfliner
Which railroad was known for the Super Chief & El Capitan Passenger Trains
What is Santa Fe
Which type of train carries containers?
What is Intermodal Train?
When was Amtrak formed?
May 1st, 1971.
Which frieght locomotive is the most common on freight trains today?
GE Evolution Series (ES44AC, ES44DC, ES44C4, and ET44C4)
Coast Starlight
Which railroad did Union Pacific buy in 1996?
Southern Pacific
Which freight car carries containers?
Well Car
What Happened on May 10th, 1869?
The completion of the first transconinental railroad.
Who is the competitor to the GE Evolution Series?
The EMD SD70ACe
Which Amtrak trains has the most ridership?
Northeast Regional and Acela Express
Which railroad went over the Feather River Canyon before the UP buyout in 1983?
Western Pacific
Which type of freight train is carries UPS Traffic
Z Trains
The first sleeping cars were put in service on American railroads as early as the 1830s
What was EMD's most successful locomotive?
The SD40-2
Which Amtrak is the fastest?
Who took over Conrail in 1999?
Norfolk Southern and CSX
What type of train is the Shinkansen?
Bullet Train
When was the first high speed train built?
The first high-speed rail system, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, began operations in Japan in 1964 and was widely known as the bullet train.
Which type of locomotive can use it's on diesel engine and use a 3rd rail shoe?
Which Amtrak locomotive pulls long-distance trains now adays.
GE P42DC (Genesis)
Which railroad was known for the Coast Daylight?
Southern Pacific
Which type of train is the Metro Gold Line?
Light Rail