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100
Who invented the full-sized steam train
Who is Mathias Baldwin
100
What were built to keep trains from running into each other?
What are sidetracks
100
What will water turn into if it is kept in a boiler?
What is steam
100
Who shovels coal and keeps the fire going?
Who is the fireman
100
Early steam locomotives had to stop a lot for what?
What is more water and fuel
200
Who built the first small steam engine
Who is Peter Cooper
200
What can travel up a river, against the current
What is a steamboat
200
What kind of fuel was used to keep a steam engine going?
What is coal
200
Who watches the tracks and is the train boss
Who is the engineer
200
If the fire in the boiler of the train got too hot, what would happen?
What is the boiler might blow up
300
Who invented the air brake
Who is George Westinghouse
300
What do you call a small steam engine on wheels?
What is a locomotive
300
The Railroad Act of 1862 gave how many companies the right to build the first transcontinental railroad
What is two
300
The size of Old Ironsides was bigger than what steam locomotive?
What is Tom Thumb
300
Was Tom Thumb bigger or smaller than Old Ironsides?
What is smaller
400
Who passed the Railroad Act of 1862
Who is Abraham Lincoln
400
What is the name of the full-sized train built by Mathias Baldwin?
What is Old Ironsides
400
Which Railroad company began laying tracks in Sacramento, California
What is the Central Pacific Railroad Comapany
400
The elevation of the Sierra Nevada Mountains is what?
What is greater than Omaha, Nebraska
400
The elevation of the Sierra Nevada in Sacramento, California is higher than what?
What is Omaha, Nebraska
500
Who shovels the coal into the firebox and keeps the fire going?
Who is the fireman
500
George Westinghouse invented what?
What is the air brakes
500
What railroad company began laying its tracks in Omaha, Nebraska
What is the Union Pacific Railroad Company
500
What it is afternoon in the East Coast, what time is it in the West Coast?
What is morning
500
The Railroad Act of 1862 gave how many companies the right to build the first transcontinental railroad?
What is two
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