Oklahoma
Oklahoma has mountains.
True
False
True, the Witchita Mountains are in Southwest Oklahoma.
How many lines does Metra operate?
A. 11
B. 6
C. 8
A. 11, along with 4 downtown terminals in downtown Chicago.
There is a large body of water in Northern Canada that borders New Brunswuck, Ontario, and a few more provinces. What is the name of this body of water?
A. Lake Manitoba
B. New Brunswick Sea
C. Hudson Bay
D. Churchill Lake
C. Hudson Bay, and it is the second largest bay in the world, only beaten by the Bay of Bengal.
Which town is the Illinois Railway Museum closest to?
A. Union, IL
B. Rockford, IL
C. Beloit, IL
D. Elgin, IL
A. Union, IL, a town of 500.
What is the nickname for Oklahoma?
A. The Golden State
B. The Silver State
C. The Sooner State
D. The Prairie State
C. The Sooner State, which came from an event in 1889 when 50,000 guys went to go buy land in central Oklahoma. Some of them went into the 2 million acre space before they were supposed to, which those people were called Sooners.
Why could Metra be considered one of the worst commuter railroads in the country?
A. They operate some of the worst lines in the world, with less then 10 trains operating per day on some lines.
B. They have locomotives and railcars from 50 years ago, with the oldest locomotives built in 1977.
C. Most of the stations on some lines are surrounded by either railyards or parking lots. Good examples are both of the station that serve Grayslake, Illinois.
C, because the other two can be solved pretty quickly and aren't big issues.
But if you operate the best rail line in the world but all of the stations have nothing but parking lots and strip malls around them, no one's gonna ride it. Some stations can also be devoid of parking lots but they're in the middle of nowhere.
This service serves the suburbs of the 3rd largest city in America and yet they don't care to make a good station.
There is a train service running from Vancouver to Toronto that takes over 4 days to complete. What is the name of this service.
A. The Prairieland Star
B. The Rocky Mountaineer
C. The Ontarioan
D. The Canadian
D. The Canadian, which is a once weekly service that runs over 2,000 miles!
How do museums bring large objects into their buildings?
A. They deconstruct the object they're trying to put in the museum peice by peice then reassemble it.
B. They demolish a part of a wall and then move the object in via crane.
C. They remove the roof and lower it in via helicopter.
B, a good example is when the MSI moved a whole Boeing 737 into their museum. They demolished a wall and moved it in via many cranes.
What is the name of the one Amtrak passenger train that serves Oklahoma?
A. The Cherrokee Charger
B. The Heartland Flyer
C. Fort Worth Flyer
BONUS QUESTION: How long is the route of this service, in miles? Worth 206 points!
B. The Heartland Flyer, going between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, Texas. The route length is 206 miles.
Fact: This train serves my hometown of Norman, Oklahoma. It was the first and only Amtrak train I have been on.
If you got both questions right, you get 1106 points.
If you got only the main question right, you get 900 points.
If you only got the bonus question right, you get 206 points.
What is the locomotive manufacturer that Metra buys their locomotives from?
A. Electro Motive Division (EMD)
B. General Electric (GE)
C. American Locomotive Company (ALCO)
A. EMD, they haven't considered any locomotives from any other manufacturer. Every single locomotive they own has an engine built by EMD.
What is the largest Canadian Province?
A. Ontario
B. British Columbia
C. Manitoba
D. Quebec
E. Alberta
D. Quebec, which has cities like Montreal and Quebec City. Other than those two cities it is mostly rural.