Below is a Railroad quiz with no particular theme other than railroad related.  I figure that there will be a varity of people taking it so I tried to make some easy questions and some tougher ones.

1.  When was the first transcontinental railroad completed and by which two railroad companies.  Bonus if you know the time!

2.  True or False,  There was a golden spike used at the completion of the transcontinental railroad.

3.  What railroad operated the longest passenger train in Canada and how many cars was it?

4.  Between 1993 and 1994 did the COFC or TOFC traffic have a higher percent of increase?

5.  Where is the busiest Jct. in the Pacific Northwest region?

6.  What state in the US does not have an operating freight railroad?

7.  What year (bonus if you know the exact date) did Amtrak's last Pioneer run through the Columbia River Gorge?

8.  What man built his mansion and a stonehenge monument at Maryhill, WA?

9.  What date was Amtrak created?

10.  Which railroad has the shortest route between LA and Chicago and how many miles long was it?

11.  How long is a normal section of ribbon rail?

12. Which railroad is the largest transporter of aircraft parts?

13. An average intermodel train can carry as much as how many trucks?

14. What date did Burlington Northern and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe merge?

15. Where did the longest freight train operate, and how long was it?

16. How fast is the fastest conventional train record?