The very first locomotive ever invented. The inventor named it after himself.
What is the John Bull locomotive?
100
Museum on weekdays, but train station on weekends.
What is the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, WA?
100
Setting: January 28th, 1903 in U.S.A. Caused by the Crescent City Express colliding w/the Pacific Coast Express.
What is the Esmond train wreck?
100
"Maglev" is an abbreviation of _______ ___________.
Magnetic levitation.
200
Man who made train-travel more comfortable.
Who is Fred Harvey?
200
Train that ran in the South and was like the Polar Express engine. It pulled Franklin Roosevelt's funeral train.
What is the no. 1401 (A.K.A., the "Charlotte")?
200
No longer a station. Just a place where trains just pass through today.
What is the station in Montgomery, AL?
200
Setting: July 4th, 1901, at Harperley, County Durham. Caused by a North Eastern Railway freight train running off the end of a loop line.
What is the Harperley derailment?
200
During the Civil War, railroads were the only way to get supplies?
Why were railroads so essential, during early American history?
300
President of Southern Pacific Railroad/co-founder of Central Pacific Railroad.
Who is Leland Stanford?
300
A two-car train set that had 98 seats and could go as fast as 99 mph.
What is the "flying hamburger?"
300
Seattle's major Amtrak and Sounder station.
What is King Street Station?
300
When trains were first invented, they ran on _____
Coal.
400
An American railroad executive/founder of Central Pacific Railroad.
Who is Charles Crocker?
400
First high-speed stream-liner in Germany.
What is the Schienenzeppelin?
400
Thailand's train-station
What is Bangkok station?
400
The collision between a Canadian Rail freight train and a Via Rail passenger train in Hinton, Alberta.
What is the Hinton train collision?
400
Horses.
What animal was once used as locomotives for trains?
500
Famous engineer who drove a passenger train called the "cannonball express."
Who is John Luther "Casey Jones?"
500
A narrow-gauge engine that once hauled bananas, but became obsolete, when its railroad, the Santa Cruz Railroad, switched to standard gauge. It's now in the Smithsonian museum of American history.
What is the "Jupiter?"
500
The station where Harry Potter embarks the "Hogwarts express."
What is King's Cross in London?
500
Caused by an Amtrak train going too fast down a curve at 100 mph. Happened in Philadelphia, PA.
What is the Amtrak derailment of 2014/how did it happen, and where did it happen?