Name That Engine!
Built in Brighton, England, this class of locomotives is what the "big blue dumpster" we adore is based off of.
What is the LBSC E-2 Class Tank Engine?
Originally created as simple bedtime stories for a child, this show ran successfully from 1984 to 2021 and spawned a reboot that many people hate in the process.
What is "Thomas and Friends"?
This brand of trains is most associated with annoying third rails, Bluetooth technology, and Christmases of generations after generations.
What is Lionel?
Originally designed in 1964, these train sets were revolutionary in being the ones used on the first-ever High-Speed Rail line in the world, the Tokaido Shinkansen.
What is the 0-Series? (Zero-kei in Japanese)
Designed by Robert Stevenson, this locomotive won the Rainhill Trials and established the "steam craze" of Victorian England.
What is Stevenson's Rocket?
Built for the Norfolk and Western Railroad, this engine is referred to by such nicknames as the "Queen of Steam" and "The Spirit of Roanoke."
What is N&W No. 611?
"It's early morning here at the train yard..." (proceeds to recite the whole thing by heart)
What is "My Day With Trains"?
Originally produced from 1909 to 1966, this manufacturer was known for realistic smoke and choo-choo sounds on their steam locomotives.
What is A.C. Gilbert/American Flyer?
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What is Norfolk Southern in Ohio?
Named after a Swedish singer, over 60 of these engines were built, including one of a different design named "Sans Pareil II"
What is the Jenny Lind class?
Name one of two steam locomotives owned by U.S. Sugar in Clewiston, Florida.
What is FEC 148/ACL 1504?
This show, originally produced from 1959 to 1977, followed a rather musical steam engine who sings First Bass.
What is Smallfilms' "IVOR the Engine"?
First produced in 1958, these trains formed the basis for the stereotypical "toy train" in today's wooden railway system.
*worships them*
What is BRIO (Brothers Ivarrson of Osby)?
Jupiter, Leviathan, Whirlwind, Reno, Storm, Antelope, Gazelle.
Which of these is not a name carried by an engine on the Central Pacific Railroad?
Answer: Reno (This engine, nicknamed the "Brass Betsy", was owned by the Virginia and Truckee R.R.)
This was the name of the first locomotive to work in Italy on the Royal Neapolitan Railway (HINT: It is not Bayard.)
What is Vesuvio?
This locomotive holds the distinction of being the only mainline steam locomotive never to be retired from active service.
What is Union Pacific No. 844?
Other than being choo-choo trains, Name one thing that Union Pacific 844 and Canadian Pacific 2816 have in common.
What is committing suicide?
A line of Thomas Train Sets that was exclusively released in Japan.
What is "Departing Now"?
It is in this continent that the longest stretch of continuous railway track is located. (It is 297 miles long.)
What is Australia?
The namesake of train characters from Bobby Gosh and Let's Go Alberto, this engine is the oldest surviving steam locomotive in the world.
What is the Puffing Billy?
Built sometime in the 1820's, this British locomotive holds the record for having the tallest smokestack on any steam locomotive ever built.
What is The "Agenoria"?
Starring humanoid trains, this musical production explains why steam locomotives are the G.O.A.T.
What is Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Starlight Express"? (1984)
This manufacturer is known for creating many wooden railway trains modeled after realistic prototypes.
What is Whittle Shortline Railroad?
MISCELLANEOUS QUESTION:
What is a word that goes well with "Hooterville" "Wabash" and "Orange Blossom"?
Answer: Cannonball.
This name is shared by the first locomotive to operate in Germany, the first to operate in The Netherlands, and the oldest surviving long-boiler Stevenson locomotive in the world.
What is "The Eagle"?