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100

This lever controls how much power goes to the wheels.

What is the throttle.

100

CSX 8888

What is Unstoppable 

100

This famous passenger train was once the flagship of the Great Northern Railway and connected Chicago with the cities of Seattle and Portland.

What is the Empire Builder

100

This passenger train derailment occurred on its inaugural run of a new route.

What is the 2017 DuPont train derailment of the Amtrak Cascades.

100

The meeting place of every class 1 railroad.

What is Chicago.

200

There are two of these on a locomotive, one for the locomotive and one for the train cars being pulled.

What is the independent brake and the air brake.

200

This famous TV show has an episode featuring a race between a train, a motorcycle, and a car.

What is Top Gear

200

CB&Q, D&RGW, WP.

What is the California Zephyr 

200

This pass in Southern California has been the sight of three major derailments.

What is Cajon pass.

200
In 2008 congress implemented a mandate for this system to be installed on all class 1 railroad tracks by 2015. However, when the mandate went into effect, less than 5% of track nation wide had it in operation.

What is Positive Train Control.

300

This control is usually round and can be found on all rail cars.

What is a hand brake.

300

Southern Pacific 4449

What is Tough Guys 

300

LA to SF on the SP

What is the Coast Daylight 

300

Big Bayou Canot.

What is the Sunset Limited.

300

The French national railway known as SNCF recently left this project to pursue other developments in Northern Africa.

What is California High Speed Rail.

400

Fill in the blank. Electric and diesel electric locomotives have a reverser while steam locomotives have what.

What is a Johnson bar.

400

This crime TV show has an episode where a former railroad employee recreates famous accidents caused by railroad negligence.

What is NUMB3RS

400

This iconic passenger train ran between London and Edinburgh.

What is the Flying Scotsman 

400

In 1938 the Rio Grande Southern Railroad famously and embarrassingly did this to every single locomotive they owned.

What is get them all stuck in the snow.

400

A subway train based on the New York City Subway R38 can commonly be found in what video game.

What is Grand Theft Auto 4.

500

This valve is used to help draft the firebox when a steam locomotive is stationary.

What is the blower valve.

500

Cliff Underwood wrote this song about a New Jersey Transit GG1 numbered 4877.

What is “Ol’ Big Red”

500

This high speed railway opened in 1964 was the first to feature its own dedicated track.

What is the Shinkansen.

500

This was the worst train disaster in Japan, causing 107 fatalities.

What is the Amagasaki Derailment.

500
The largest of this freight car type has 72 wheels and is used to transport extremely large cargo like nuclear reactors. 

What is a Schnabel car.

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