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25 Questions

1. TravelMath

2. What are some spectacular things a traveler will see traveling on Trans-Siberian Railway?

3. Rental Car Agency things to know

4. Who funded the invention of the steam engine?

5. Extra costs on road trips

6. What authors wrote great books of literature about their road trips.

7. What do American Driving Clubs recommend you get before renting a car in Europe?

8. What skills were handy for soldiers after the war?

9. What was Dr. Haratio's car called?

10. By 1830, the first steam locomotive, was called what? generated so much excitement in Baltimore that businessmen began investment in a great national project: a transcontinental railroad.

11. What problems has Amtrak had over the years?

12. Since these trains had a certain romantic charm, there are often campaigns to bring some of them back. What Amtrak train kept it's original colors from 1975.

13. When and why can it be beneficial to drive your own vehicle on a road trip?

14. How did the locomotive improve travel by train?

15. How were the trains already in service used during the Civil War?

16. How long did it take to travel by train from Merthyr Tydfil to Abercynnon Valley?

17. With his son Robert, Stephenson continued to perfect the steam engine. It took them only a few years to build a train that could how fast and what was it called?

18. What is the decor inside the Orient Express?

19. What was the name of the book Agatha Christie wrote?

20. Who helped Dr. Horatio out of sand drifts and offered them food?

21. What are some of the classic train lines across the country have been discontinued?

22. What type of rail system did the Germans adopt in 1550 that was similar to what was used in ancient times.

23. For America and Europe who are the major rental companies at airport likely to be?

24. When were new time zones established around the entire world to accommodate this faster way of life?

25. Almost 20 years later, who invented the locomotive?