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100
The man who made train-trips more comfortable.
Who is Fred Harvey?
100
An engine that was the fastest steam engine to exist.
What is the "Mallard?"
100
When the "sunset limited," a luxurious passenger train owned by Amtrak, was on a railroad-bridge and hit a bump in the track, causing it to shoot up in all directions and land on a passing boat in Mobile, AL.
What is the wreck of the Amtrak "sunset limited?"
100
Station in Montgomery, AL, that is now only a place where trains pass.
What is Montgomery, AL station?
100
When rail-transport started, locomotives were powered by burning _____.
Coal.
200
The man who invented the articulated locomotive.
Who is Anatole Mallet?
200
Union Pacific Railroad's biggest engine. In fact, one of the biggest steam-engines in U.S.A.
What is the "Big Boy?"
200
When a freight train ran off a loop-line in Harperley, County Durham.
What is the Harperley derailment?
200
Yosemite Valley Railroad's hotel that was destroyed by a conflagration on October 27th, 1917.
What is the Del Portal Hotel?
200
Reputedly, a person or automobile gets hit by a train, every 3 ____.
Hours.
300
American railroad executive/president of the Union Pacific railway and Southern Pacific railway.
Who is Edward H. Harriman?
300
The locomotive that was the 1st to pull a passenger train at 100 mph.
What is the "Flying Scotsman?"
300
When a passenger train called the "Crescent city express" collided with another passenger train called the "Pacific coast express."
What is the Esmond train wreck?
300
A station that is no longer standing, and gave passengers a foretaste of Old Faithful Inn.
What is the Northern Pacific station in Gardiner?
300
The John Bull locomotive and "Jupiter" are now at the _____.
Smithsonian Museum of American History.
400
An American railroad executive/one of the founders of the Central Pacific Railroad.
Who is Charles Crocker?
400
1st and earliest locomotive to exist. The inventor named it after himself.
What is the John Bull locomotive?
400
When a Canadian Rail freight train collided with a Via Rail passenger train in Hinton, Alberta.
What is the Hinton train collision?
400
Seattle, WA's Amtrak and Sounder train station.
What is King Street Station?
400
The animals that used to pull trains.
What are horses?
500
Famous engineer who drove a passenger train called the "cannonball express."
Who is John Luther "Casey Jones?"
500
A famous locomotive that was built for narrow-gauge rails, and used to haul bananas. Became obsolete, when its railway, the Santa Cruz Railway, switched to standard-gauge.
What is the "Jupiter?"
500
When an Amtrak Northwest Regional ran off a curve, due to it going 100 mph in Philadelphia, PA.
What is the Amtrak 2014 derailment?
500
A station in London. The station where Harry Potter embarks the "Hogwarts Express."
What is King's Cross station?
500
The man who attempted to destroy all railroads.
Who is General Sherman?