Amtrak
On an average day, Amtrak carries this many people on its 300 intercity trains.
How many is 89,100?
This project was the first for the Union Pacific Railroad, finished in Promontory, UT.
What is the first transcontinental railroad?
The southernmost city that holds a Metrolink station.
Where is Oceanside, CA?
Most rail cars can have a gross weight of up to this much.
How heavy is 286,000 lbs?
AAR
What is the Association of American Railroads?
Amtrak partners with 17 states – through 20 agencies – to operate 28 short-distance routes. California is the largest partner, supporting about this many trains each day.
How much is 60?
The Union Pacific Railroad used to be two separate rail lines. From the east of the U.S., the line was named Union Pacific. However, the western rail line was named this.
What is the Central Pacific?
Opening day for the first Metrolink service was this date.
When was October 26, 1992?
The transition curves of a railroad track are designed to be circular and this type of curvature.
What is a clothoid spiral?
PTC
What is Positive Train Control?
Amtrak began operations on this date.
When was May 1, 1971?
The Union Pacific Railroad was founded on this date under the Pacific Railway Act signed by President Lincoln.
When was July 1, 1862?
Metrolink’s first special Beach Trains made their debut on the IEOC Line in this year.
When was 1996?
This type of train is designed to ship domestic and imported automobiles, including cars, trucks, SUVs and vans by rail.
What is an autotrack?
SCRRA
What is the Southern California Regional Rail Authority?
The Union Station in Washington D.C. was modeled after these ancient Roman baths.
What are Diocletian and Caracalla?
One of the finest Union Pacific passenger trains was the Overland Limited. This luxury train, inaugurated in 1890, made the run between Omaha and San Francisco in "just" this amount of time.
How long is 71 hours?
San Bernardino County voters overwhelmingly approve the extension of the sales tax in this measure for transportation improvements; 80.03% vote to extend the measure through 2040.
What is Measure I?
This is the maximum grade for vertical curvature on a railroad for heavy rail transit.
How steep is 3.5%?
TOFC
What is Trailer on Flatcar?
Name the longest-serving Amtrak President and CEO.
Who is W. Graham Claytor, Jr. (served 1982-1993)?
Surveyor and civil engineer. Formerly Chief Engineer of the M&M in Iowa, he and a young assistant by the name of Grenville Dodge, undertook the first survey of a railroad across the state of Iowa.
Who is Peter A. Dey?
In February 2006, Metrolink’s Board of Directors awarded this company a contract to build 117 safety-enhanced railcars, the first in the U.S. to be equipped with Crash Energy Management (CEM) technology designed to absorb impact and reduce injuries in the event of a collision.
Who is Hyundai Rotem?
If 10% of the freight shipped by the largest trucks were moved by rail instead, it would cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than this much weight each year.
How much is 17 million tons?
ARTS
Amtrak Automated Reservation and Ticketing System (discontinued in 1982 by ARROW)