How much do you know about trains? National Train Day is this coming Saturday, May 10th at four U.S. Amtrak stations and to get ready, we're going to test your train knowledge! See how many of the following questions you can get right before someone else does!
Good luck!!
- What's the most recent train station to be a part of Amtrak's Great American Stations Project? (Hint, there will be civic conversation held there on May 7, 2008)
- What happened on May 10, 1869 that brought about National Train Day?
- Which state has no Amtrak trains running through it?
- Which Amtrak city has 6 Amtrak routes running into it?
- Which Amtrak route runs right by the Grand Canyon?
- How many Amtrak routes are there in the United States?
- How many Amtrak routes are there in Canada and Mexico?
- What is the longest passenger train in the world, with two engines and 40-plus passenger rail cars and vehicle carriers?
- Of the 391 national park sites, how many are within 100 miles of an Amtrak route or station?
- Name 3 of the 6 largest host railroads for Amtrak?
- What 4 Amtrak stations will celebrate National Train Day this Saturday, May 10th?
- Which route did Amtrak recently substitute electric locomotives for diesel locomotives to help improve fuel efficiency and schedules?
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2. On May 10, 1869, in Promontory Summit, Utah, the "golden spike" was driven into the final tie that joined 1,776 miles of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railways, ceremonially creating the nation's first transcontinental railroad. And America was transformed.
3. At the present time, Amtrak has some presence in all but two of the 48 contiguous states (Wyoming and South Dakota).
4. Washington DC
5. Amtrak Southwest Chief
6. 34 passenger train routes.
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8. The Auto Train
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10. BNSF Railway, Union Pacific Railroad & CSX Transportation
11. Washington, DC's Union Station, New York City's Penn Station, Chicago's Union Station and Los Angeles' Union Station.
12. Keystone Corridor between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa.,
2. to commemorate the "nation's first transcontinental railroad" which began on May 10, 1869. When the golden spike was placed in utah
3. Amtrak has some presence in all but two of the 48 contiguous states (Wyoming and South Dakota
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5.Southwest Chief - See the Grand Canyon!
6. 500 destinations in 46 states on 21,000 miles of routes, with nearly 19,000 employees.
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8.The Auto Train, which travels between Lorton, Virginia, and Sanford, Florida, is the longest passenger train in the world, with two engines and 40-plus passenger rail cars and vehicle carriers.
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10 BNSF Railway, 6.7 million train miles
Union Pacific Railroad, 6.16 million train miles
CSX Transportation, 5.7 million train miles
11. Penn Station NY, Union stations in Washington DC, Chicago and Los Angeles
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Well this is what I have come up with so far. I wqill be back to see if I can figure out more
4. Union Station Washington, DC with these trains coming into the station Acelo Express, Auto Train, Cardinal, Capitol Limites, Regional, Silver Service/Palmetto & the Vermonter
7. Canadian National Railway, operates 1.45 million train miles
12 Amtrak will substitute electric locomotives for diesel locomotives on the Keystone Corridor between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa., improving fuel efficiency and schedules - while reducing emissions.
I know because I was on it. In the year 1994. Check in out for yourself !