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1 trivia quiz  Heritage Railways icon
A quiz for those who are Heritage Railway fans
Difficult 10Q
72 plays
Jul 24 08
bigt1988
2 trivia quiz  I Am So SMRT! icon
This is a simple quiz about the world's fastest growing subway network, Singapore's SMRT system. This is a test on the North South Line.
Tough 10Q
93 plays
Aug 25 05
Blaynos
3 trivia quiz  Trains Around The World coolicon
In this quiz, I will give a brief description of a famous train and you will have to name it.
Average 10Q
357 plays
Dec 29 06
sreya18
4 trivia quiz  Train Speed Records icon
A short quiz about Steam, Diesel and Electric World speed records for trains.
Very Difficult 10Q
345 plays
Oct 19 01
wez
5 trivia quiz  Steam Locomotives icon
A short quiz about steam locomotives.
Tough 10Q
492 plays
Aug 20 02
StarWarsBuff
6 trivia quiz  Subway Systems
A 10 question quiz about the history and basic systems of the world's subways
Difficult 10Q
723 plays
Sep 01 00
chucksnow
7 trivia quiz  From Station to Station - Rails in Berlin icon
Look at a map of Berlin and you see rail routes all round it and large rail-related lands where there used to be stations in the centre. So this is my quiz about rail in Germany's new capital...
Tough 10Q
294 plays
Feb 15 04
patpending

Some sample questions from this category:

* Where was the world's first subway system located?
* Where was the first subway system on the European Continent?
* What is the common name given to the source of electrical power for a subway car?
* To the nearest fifty KILOMETERS, how much track is in the longest subway system?
* Which is NOT a 'line' in the Boston subway system?
* Roughly how many stations are in the New York City Subway System?
* What is the abbreviation for the San Francisco system?
* In which city do the subway trains ride on rubber wheels?
* What city tore up it's system consisting of 1000 miles of trolley lines around 1930?
* Which of the following power sources have not been used in a full scale subway system?
* Which railway company were attributed with the first fully authenticated speed record for a steam locomotive?
* What speed (in miles per hour), did this locomotive attain?
* The Flying Scotsman locomotive attained a World Steam speed record, with a maximum speed attained of 100mph. In what year?
* The USA attained thier only World Steam speed record, with a maximum speed attained of 112mph, in May 1935. Which company operated the locomotive?
* Which country was accredited with the first fully authenticated Word Diesel train speed record in December 1932?
* What was the name of the train that attained the second fully authenticated World Diesel speed record for the USA in May 1934?
* Spain have achieved only one World Diesel train speed record, with a maximum speed attained of 137.9mph. In May of which year?
* Up until 1990, only four countries were accredited with fully authenticated World Electric train speed records. Which countries are they?
* With a maximum speed attained of 126.1mph, what was the name of the train that held the World Electric speed record in July 1939?
* In what year was the first fully authenticated World Electric train speed record set?

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