Controls
This lever controls how much power goes to the wheels.
What is the throttle.
CSX 8888
What is Unstoppable
This famous passenger train was once the flagship of the Great Northern Railway and connected Chicago with the cities of Seattle and Portland.
What is the Empire Builder
This passenger train derailment occurred on its inaugural run of a new route.
What is the 2017 DuPont train derailment of the Amtrak Cascades.
The meeting place of every class 1 railroad.
What is Chicago.
There are two of these on a locomotive, one for the locomotive and one for the train cars being pulled.
What is the independent brake and the air brake.
This famous TV show has an episode featuring a race between a train, a motorcycle, and a car.
What is Top Gear
CB&Q, D&RGW, WP.
What is the California Zephyr
This pass in Southern California has been the sight of three major derailments.
What is Cajon pass.
What is Positive Train Control.
This control is usually round and can be found on all rail cars.
What is a hand brake.
Southern Pacific 4449
What is Tough Guys
LA to SF on the SP
What is the Coast Daylight
Big Bayou Canot.
What is the Sunset Limited.
The French national railway known as SNCF recently left this project to pursue other developments in Northern Africa.
What is California High Speed Rail.
Fill in the blank. Electric and diesel electric locomotives have a reverser while steam locomotives have what.
What is a Johnson bar.
This crime TV show has an episode where a former railroad employee recreates famous accidents caused by railroad negligence.
What is NUMB3RS
This iconic passenger train ran between London and Edinburgh.
What is the Flying Scotsman
In 1938 the Rio Grande Southern Railroad famously and embarrassingly did this to every single locomotive they owned.
What is get them all stuck in the snow.
A subway train based on the New York City Subway R38 can commonly be found in what video game.
What is Grand Theft Auto 4.
This valve is used to help draft the firebox when a steam locomotive is stationary.
What is the blower valve.
Cliff Underwood wrote this song about a New Jersey Transit GG1 numbered 4877.
What is “Ol’ Big Red”
This high speed railway opened in 1964 was the first to feature its own dedicated track.
What is the Shinkansen.
This was the worst train disaster in Japan, causing 107 fatalities.
What is the Amagasaki Derailment.
What is a Schnabel car.