These are the correct answers to the Railroad History Quiz

1.      In 1869, the Transcontinental Railroad was completed at:

a.      Midway, UT

b.      Promised Land, UT

c.      Promontory, UT

d.      Dotsero, CO

2.      Which of these railroads is NOT a predecessor road of CSX:

a.      Baltimore & Ohio

b.      Seaboard Coast Line

c.      Georgia & Florida

d.      New York Central

3.      Many railroad historians believe the first major merger of the modern era was:

a.      Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line

b.      Louisville & Nashville and Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis

c.      Norfolk & Western and Virginian

d.      Pennsylvania and New York Central

4.      The first stainless steel dome cars were put into service on the:

a.      Union Pacific

b.      Burlington

c.      Great Northern

d.      Northern Pacific

5.      Union Pacific’s first streamliner was the:

a.      Portland Rose

b.      City of Salina

c.      City of Los Angeles

d.      City of San Francisco

6.      The ‘Water Level Route” was located on the:

a.      Boston & Maine

b.      Illinois Central

c.      Florida East Coast

d.      New York Central

7.      At one time, this transcontinental railroad had over 600 miles of electrified territory:

a.      Union Pacific

b.      Milwaukee Road

c.      Southern Pacific

d.      Western Pacific

8.      All of these railroads ran directly between New York City and Chicago EXCEPT:

a.      Baltimore & Ohio

b.      Erie

c.      New York Central

d.      Pennsylvania

9.      These were all passenger train stations in Chicago EXCEPT:

a.      Union Station

b.      Dearborn Station

c.      Grand Avenue Station

d.      LaSalle Street Station

10. Mile Post ‘0’ on the original Union Pacific was located in:

a.      Omaha

b.      Ogden

c.      Promontory Point

d.      Council Bluffs