This week’s quiz centers on trains and train travel in the U.S. and internationally. Enjoy!

1. Which fourteener mountain peak in Colorado can be accessed via a cog railway? a. Mount Sneffels; b. Mount Elbert; c. Pikes Peak

2. The original Orient Express route traveled from … a. Paris to Istanbul; b. Paris to Beijing; c. Rome to Istanbul

3. The AVE high-speed train between Madrid and Valencia, Spain, reaches speeds up to … a. 122 mph; b. 186 mph; c. 255 mph

4. Steamtown National Historic Site, a railroad museum and collection of locomotives, is located where? a. Chattanooga, Tenn.; b. Cheyenne, Wyo.; c. Scranton, Pa.

5. Which open-air street market in Thailand, also known as the umbrella pulldown market, has a functional railway running through it? a. Maeklong market; b. Patpong night market; c. Or Tor Kor market

6. Standing in downtown Denver’s Union Station train station you are at which meridian? a. 85th meridian west; b. 105th meridian west; c. 120th meridian east

7. What is the world’s highest-elevation train route, with a peak elevation of more than 16,000 feet? a. Ferrovías central, Peru; b. Qinghai-Tibet railway, China; c. Cumbres and Toltec scenic railroad, Colorado

8. What states were included on the 2024 Big Boy locomotive engine tour? a. Wyoming, Illinois and Missouri; b. Illinois, Indiana and Ohio; c. Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona

9. Riding the California Zephyr train from Chicago, in which city would the journey end? a. Los Angeles; b. San Francisco; c. Sacramento

10. Ireland’s major rail networks include Translink NIR in Northern Ireland and which railway in the Republic of Ireland? a. Dublin Express; b. Irish Rail; C. Shamrock Rail

Answers

1. Pikes Peak; 2. Paris to Istanbul; 3. 186 mph; 4. Scranton, Pa.; 5. Maeklong market; 6. 105th meridian west; 7. Qinghai-Tibet railway, China; 8. Wyoming, Illinois and Missouri; 9. San Francisco; 10. Irish Rail

Diane Jensen Valvano is a social worker and reader of The Denver Post who loves travel and geography and learning about new places.