Types of Train Cars
Train Vocabulary
Thomas and Friends
Train History
Types of Trains
100
What is the post office car used for?
A. To carry animals
B. To carry passengers
C. To carry the food
D. To carry mail
D: To carry mail
100
What does the word “train” mean?
To sleep
To pull
To carve
To mine
2. To pull
100
What event goes around the country where you can ride on Thomas and friends trains?
1. A Day Out with Thomas
2. Ride Along
3. Choo-Choo Day
4. Friends Day
1. A Day Out with Thomas
100
Who built the first known electric train in 1837, running on DC battery current?
A. LJ Finkenworth
B. Crystal Rishell
C. Robert Davidson
D. Tom Hanks
C. Robert Davidson
100
What type of train carries people?
1. a coal tender
2. a freight train
3. a streamline train
4. a commuter train
4. a commuter train
200
In which car are passengers allowed to eat and drink?
1. The Engine Room
2. The Passenger Car
3. The Dining Car
4. The Freight Car
3. The Dining Car
200
What do you call a train driver?
1. Conductor
2. Pilot
3. Crystal
4. LJ
1. Conductor
200
Which green engine carries the mail and is Thomas's best friend?
1. James
2. Percy
2. Percy
200
In which city was the first underground railway, sometimes called the Tube, built in 1863?
1. London
2. DuBois
3. Punxsy
4. Rome
1. London - The London Metropolitan was built to ease traffic congestion in 1863.
200
What is special about a streamline engine?
1. They are small
2. They are rainbow colors
3. They are slow
4. They are fast
4. They are fast
300
What makes a dome car special?
A. You can look in all directions
B. You can go to the bathroom
C. You have to be silent when in it
D. You can sleep in it
A. You can look in all directions
300
What does the word shunt mean?
1. To empty a freight car
2. To load a freight car
3. To push or pull a train or part of a train
4. To hit a home run
3. To push or pull a train or part of a train
300
Which color is Thomas the Train?
Blue
300
Before trains what were carriages, wagons, and carts pulled by?
1. Boats
2. Horses
3. A team of dogs
4. Donkeys
2. Horses
300
What are trains being fueled by today?
1. Electricity or Diesel fuel
2. Gasoline
3. Steam
4. Water
1. Electricity or Diesel Fuel
400
Which of the following is NOT a real train car?
1. Gondola
2. Boxcar
3. Autorack
4. Carriage Wagon
4. Carriage Wagon
400
What trains are used to climb steep hills and mountains?
1. Model Trains
2. Cog-and-rack trains
3. Goat trains
4. Flying Trains
2. Cog-and-rack trains have a cog that meshes with the toothed rail on the track to make it easier to climb.
400
Which of Thomas's friends works at Brendam Docks and isn't very happy?
1. Happy
2. Sleepy
3. LJ
4. Cranky
4. Cranky
400
Besides walking and riding animals how did people move around before trains were invented?
1. Cartwheels
2. Motorcycle
3. Jet Packs
4. Boats
4. Boats
400
What type of train carries lumber, cattle, food, and coal (freight)?
1. Chugging trains
2. Electric trains
3. Freight trains
4. Bullet trains
3. Freight Trains
500
What are some of the items that are transported in a boxcar?
1. Fence posts and other building supplies
2. sand, corn, wheat, barley
3. tractors, military vehicles, logs
4. paper, lumber, beverages
4. paper, lumber, beverages
500
What do you do when these lights flash red and the arm comes down?
STOP!! A train is about to cross the road
500
What are the names of Thomas's 2 reliable passenger cars?
1. Annie and Clarabel
2. LJ and Barb
3. Heather and Crystal
4. Thing one and Thing two
1. Annie and Clarabel
500
Which was the fastest steam train ever?
1. The LJ
2. The Sloth
3. The Turtle
4. The Mallard
4. The English locomotive Mallard reached 126mph in 1938, it was a world record.
500
Which Train will take you to the north pole?
1. Polar Express
2. Monorail
3. Tejas Express
4. Luxury Trains
1. Polar Express