Railway Trivia
What HSR stands for
What is High Speed Rail?
This famous leaf is the national emblem.
What is the Maple Leaf?
This Liberal Party member, who previously served as Finance Minister, was appointed as Canada's Minister of Transport and Internal Trade on March 14, 2025.
Who is Chrystia Freeland?
After the Lac-Mégantic disaster in 2013, this regulator increased rules on the transportation of crude oil by rail.
What is Transport Canada?
This planet is closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
The number of km of railway tracks in Canada
What is 44,000?
The name of the first Prime Minister of Canada.
Who is Sir John A. Macdonald?
This iconic downtown Ottawa building was once known as Ottawa Union Station and served as the city's central railway station from 1912 until 1966.
What is The Senate of Canada Building?
Canada has this many time zones across the country.
What is 6?
Despite popular belief, this historical figure never actually said, “Let them eat cake.”
Who is Marie Antoinette?
The Toronto–Vancouver VIA Rail trip that takes four days
What is "The Canadian"
This province or territory has a license plate shaped like a polar bear
What is the Northwest Territories
OTTAWA'S OLDEST TAVERN, Established in 1849. Located in the heart of the BYward Market, in Ottawa, ONtario
What is the Chateau Lafayette
These types of tank cars, commonly used to transport hazardous liquids, were gradually phased out by Transport Canada due to safety concerns with a final phase out date of May 1st, 2025.
What are DOT-111 tank cars?
This is the only letter that does not appear in the periodic table of elements.
What is the letter J?
This famous luxury train, the setting of a classic Agatha Christie murder mystery, once linked Paris with Istanbul.
What is the Orient Express?
This city was home to the very first Tim Hortons store, which opened in 1964.
What is Hamilton, Ontario?
The name of the historic Canadian Pacific Railway hotel in Ottawa.
What is the Château Laurier?
This train control technology is designed to prevent collisions, speeding derailments, and unsafe movements.
What is Enhanced Train Control (ETC)?
The Beatles are the best-selling music act of all time. This group is second, with over 250 million records sold.
Who is ABBA?
Canada's only underground freight railway, once used to deliver goods and supplies through tunnels, operated in this major city.
What is Montreal?
The Tulip Festival is held every spring in Ottawa to celebrate the friendship between Canada and this country.
What is the Netherlands?
This OC Transpo station connects Line 2 & Line 4 of Ottawa's LRT network
What is South Keys station?
Known as a symbol of luxury and technological marvel in the 1930s, this German passenger zepplin airship tragically caught fire while docking in New Jersey in 1937, ending the era of luxurious transatlantic airship travel.
What is the Hindenburg?
Caroline's grandchild's name.
Who is Loen?