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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Inventions Trains 2
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Who improved Stehenson's locomotives and built his own in the mid 1800's ?

 

Charles Lartique
John Blenkinsop
Robert Fairlie
Thomas Russel Crampton

 Prior to 1835 the standard rail width was ?

 

5ft
3ft 8.5 inches
4ft 8.5 inches
4 ft
American George Pullman patented the sleeping car system in which year ?

 

1815
1965
1915
1865

 In 1912 the first diesel locomotive operated in ?

 

Great Britain
USA
France
Germany
The TGV train service is found in which country ?

 

UK
France
USA
Germany

 In 1879 the first electric railway opened on which seafront ?

 

Clacton
Gt Yarmouth
Brighton
Blackpool
In 1938 which locomotive set a steam powered record on 126mph ?

 

The Queen of Scots
Mallard
Rocket
Flying Scotsman

 Who built Der Adler which pioneered steam railways in Europe ?

 

Charles Lartique
George Stephenson
John Blenkinsop
Robert Fairlie
A record speed of 142 mph for a diesel was set by which train in 1973 ?

 

Bullet Train
British Rail HST
German ICE
TGV

 1863 saw the first underground system, powered by steam opened in ?

 

New York
Budapest
London
Berlin


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