A Fun Little Test.

[illinoiscentral]

I thought this up while taking a test last night, here go's, Everyone on the forums loves trains right? Okay, I'm making a little test, for fun, to see just how much we all know about trains! These are questions I managed to think up. So try your best to answer them. Have fun!
1. How long did the Penn Central last?
A. 3 years B. 7 years C. 55 years D. 6 years

2. In what year was the Illinois Central Railroad finished?
A. 1901 B. 1848 C. 1851 D. 1863
The same railroad, IC merged in to what Railroad,
A. BNSF B.Canadian National C.Union Pacific D.Conrail in what year,
A. 1998 B.1944 C.2001 D.1999.

3. The Florida East Coast Key West Extension was destroyed by what?
A. Flood B.Tornado C.Tropical Storm D.Hurricane

4.Ditchlights were mandated in what year?
A.1994 B.2002 C.1995 D.1996

5.The Primary preference of builder for AC traction locomotives for the BNSF Railway is,
A.General Electric B.EMD

6.The Railroad most famous for running high hood engines is,
A.Reading B.Southern Pacific C.Southern D.Norfolk & Western

The last F-7A locomotive built at London, Ontario, Canada was,
A.AT&SF #303L B.Wabash#1189 C.CN #9076
Answer them with the number and your answer.

 

[JRT]

Since you like to do polls and tests (fun Tests) you need to try http://freeonlinesurveys.com/welcome.asp it is easy to use. I use it for Trainz Magazine!

JRT

 

[deeelare]

Since you like to do polls and tests (fun Tests) you need to try http://freeonlinesurveys.com/welcome.asp it is easy to use. I use it for Trainz Magazine!
JRT

And possibly these polls and tests could be started there ?

Just my thoughts --- , DLR

 

[illinoiscentral]

Thanks for the link but I'm only 15. I can't do that I have to keep with the frum. Thanks though. This will be the only one for awhile, I won't waste space every month.

 

[0099]

Ummm one problwm, Yea sure everyone likes trains but not everyone is American or has a huge knowledge of the railways over there...

 

[ex-railwayman]

Yeah, nice idea IC, but, we all have the internet and could easily find the answers and you'd never ever know how knowledgeable we really were......

ex. :wave:

 

[illinoiscentral]

ex- your right but I just wanted to have some fun. Just answer them. You know in school when you have a test, you can always look at your friends paper! Same idea!
0099- I'm sorry about that but I know very little about Australian Railroading maybe add your own questions!

 

[ex-railwayman]

ex- your right but I just wanted to have some fun. Just answer them. You know in school when you have a test, you can always look at your friends paper! Same idea!

Hahaha, you are obviously very young.......When I was at school matey, if you spoke out of turn in class you got slippered, and as for looking at your mates' papers, in a test/exam, that was good enough reason for being expelled. How times have changed in our education systems......

ex. :wave:

 

[trackplate]

1. How long did the Penn Central last?
B. 7 years is the nearest I can find though operated from 1968 until 1976 suggests this isn't true.

2. In what year was the Illinois Central Railroad finished?
A. 1901 I'll go for this as the branch to Omaha, Nebraska west of Fort Dodge, Iowa was opened as late as 1899

The same railroad, IC merged in to what Railroad,
B.Canadian National C.Union Pacific
A. 1998 though I believe this was a buyout not a merger

3. The Florida East Coast Key West Extension was destroyed by what?
D.Hurricane Labour Day 1935

4.Ditchlights were mandated in what year?
C.1995

5.The Primary preference of builder for AC traction locomotives for the BNSF Railway is,
A.General Electric

6.The Railroad most famous for running high hood engines is,
D.Norfolk & Western They say a good guess is better than a bad measurement so this is the basis of my answer
The last F-7A locomotive built at London, Ontario, Canada was,
B.Wabash#1189 Assembled in April 1953

 

[illinoiscentral]

Hahaha, you are obviously very young.......When I was at school matey, if you spoke out of turn in class you got slippered, and as for looking at your mates' papers, in a test/exam, that was good enough reason for being expelled. How times have changed in our education systems......

ex. :wave:

Yeah, tell me about it! Public Schools in the US are not much to brag about.

 

[wridenour]

1. How long did the Penn Central last?
B. 7 years is the nearest I can find though operated from 1968 until 1976 suggests this isn't true.

2. In what year was the Illinois Central Railroad finished?
A. 1901 I'll go for this as the branch to Omaha, Nebraska west of Fort Dodge, Iowa was opened as late as 1899

The same railroad, IC merged in to what Railroad,
B.Canadian National C.Union Pacific
A. 1998 though I believe this was a buyout not a merger

3. The Florida East Coast Key West Extension was destroyed by what?
D.Hurricane Labour Day 1935

4.Ditchlights were mandated in what year?
C.1995

5.The Primary preference of builder for AC traction locomotives for the BNSF Railway is,
A.General Electric

6.The Railroad most famous for running high hood engines is,
D.Norfolk & Western They say a good guess is better than a bad measurement so this is the basis of my answer
The last F-7A locomotive built at London, Ontario, Canada was,
B.Wabash#1189 Assembled in April 1953

...that shows just how much an englishman can know about american trains...A LOT! I don't even know the answers to most of those questions!

 

[brickbuilder711]

I totally do not know number three :hehe: Just kidding!

...and the same railroad number three corresponds to did not install ditchlights on their newest engines!

 

[K4driver]

you left out steamers as well. What year did the east broad top stop Operating. A 1956 B.1978 C. 1900 D It never stopped operating

When did the last Rio grande lettered Locomotive leave Durango
A. 1980's B.1900's C. 1990's D. They never stopped leaving E.2008 (Think carefully about this)

 

[illinoiscentral]

Depends, now its D&S then it was D&RGW. bET YOU DON'T KNOW THE LAST QUESTION!

 

[K4driver]

Depends, now its D&S then it was D&RGW. bET YOU DON'T KNOW THE LAST QUESTION!

I do know the answer....Lets see if you know it.

 

[bernhart_lossiemouth]

Yeah, nice idea IC, but, we all have the internet and could easily find the answers and you'd never ever know how knowledgeable we really were......

ex. :wave:

How can you possibly know we all have the internet???

bl. :wave:

 

[illinoiscentral]

If I didn't know it, why would I post the question?:hehe: Come on tell me!