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Union Pacific History

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Union pacific's biggest (and was almost from another) merger was the:

(a)  

2.

What is the Union Pacific's first turbine streamliner?

(a)  

3.

Who merged with the Union Pacific?

a)

Southern Pacific

b)

Western Pacific

c)

Central Pacific

d)

Eastern Pacific

e)

Northern Pacific

4.

Briefly explain the basics of UP signaling.

4 lines
5.

Which of these locomotives of the UP was restored first? (You can look up the only the locomotive so you can see what they look like)

a)

UP-4014

b)

UP-1989

c)

UP-6901

d)

UP-3985

6.

What is the largest locomotive?

a)

Big Boy

b)

DDA40X

c)

SD45

d)

Challenger

7.

Why is the DDA40X series dubbed the 69 series?

a)

Because its everyone's favorite number

b)

Because the locomotives were made 100 years after the finishing of the transcontinental railroad

c)

Because the 69 was a sign that the two engines are flipped to face each other (because 66 would mean they are facing the same direction)

d)

Because the other number series were taken at that time

8.

(UP quiz break) What is the full name of the failed merger?

a)

Silent passenger and super freight

b)

Southern Pacific and Santa Fe

c)

Southern Atlantic And Saint-Nick Fe

d)

Sleek Partners for Santa Fir

9.

Who is bigger than the Union Pacific?

a)

BNSF

b)

CSX

c)

NS

d)

No one

e)

(when they merge) CP-KCS Merger

10.

What is the name of the (used to be) narrow gauge line?

a)

D&RGW

b)

RGW

c)

SP

d)

DGRW