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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Inventions Trains 2
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Who built Der Adler which pioneered steam railways in Europe ?

 

George Stephenson
John Blenkinsop
Robert Fairlie
Charles Lartique

 A record speed of 142 mph for a diesel was set by which train in 1973 ?

 

British Rail HST
German ICE
TGV
Bullet Train
In 1879 the first electric railway opened on which seafront ?

 

Gt Yarmouth
Brighton
Blackpool
Clacton

 In 1938 which locomotive set a steam powered record on 126mph ?

 

Mallard
Rocket
Flying Scotsman
The Queen of Scots
Who improved Stehenson's locomotives and built his own in the mid 1800's ?

 

John Blenkinsop
Robert Fairlie
Thomas Russel Crampton
Charles Lartique

 Prior to 1835 the standard rail width was ?

 

3ft 8.5 inches
4ft 8.5 inches
4 ft
5ft
In 1912 the first diesel locomotive operated in ?

 

USA
France
Germany
Great Britain

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

 

Budapest
London
Berlin
New York
American George Pullman patented the sleeping car system in which year ?

 

1965
1915
1865
1815

 The TGV train service is found in which country ?

 

France
USA
Germany
UK


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