Train Day Quiz – Enthusiast

Based on American folklore, who famously died from exhaustion after competing with his hammer against a mechanical steam engine to build track?

What does three short blasts of the whistle or horn indicate?

In the game Monopoly, which of the four railroads featured was not a real railroad?

Who is in charge of the train?

What are the names of the two railroad companies that competed to build the Transcontinental Railroad?

What is the oldest and most continuously operated railway in the United States?

Which of the following is NOT a nickname for a caboose?

What does GP stand for in a locomotive name?

True or false: The United States has the longest railway network in the world?

"Wreck on the mainline" is train lingo for what?