Who's line is it?
Names given to locomotive wheel patterns (Mogul=2-6-0)
Size matters, at least with model railroading
Riding the rails- Questions about track
Grab bag
100
This railroad has the initials BAR.
What is the Bangor and Aroostock?
100
It is a steam engine with a 4-4-2 configuration.
What is an Atlantic?
100
A popular scale for model trains is HO which is 1/8" scale. You can also figure model dimensions with this.
What is a scale of 1:86 or 1:87?
100
The gravel or crushed rock that supports the ties.
What is balast?
100
Amtrak restorded passenger service to Portland, Maine in this year/
What is 2002?
200
It is a steam engine with a 4-6-2 configuration
What is a Pacific type locomotive?
200
Another popular size is one twice that of HO. This has a scale of 1/4" to the foot, or 1:48 and is called this.
What is O gauge or scale?
200
Passanger service was again possible when Amtrak came to Brunswick in this year..
What is 2010.
300
BNSF was created when these two railroads joined together.
What are the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway.
300
This is a "newer" size which has a ratio to the real thing is 1:160.
What is N gauge or scale?
300
True or false. The "X" was added to CS (Chessie and Seaboard) Railroad to make it CSX for the stock market.
What is true.
400
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels.
What is the Mountain type
400
A scale of 1:22.5 which is used many times outside in yards.
What is G gauge?
500
A visit to the WW&F (Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington), a train operating from 1894 to 1937, can be done by visiting this town.
What is Alna. (The line ran from Wiscasset in the south, to Albion and Winslow in the north, never making it to either Waterville or Farmington).
500
N, very very small scale has this ratio.
What has a scale of 1:220?
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