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1. Why is the Fairbanks-Morse "Erie Built" so called?
2. Who built the C-Liner or Consolidation Liner?
3. Which of these is NOT an ALCO product?
4. Why can't Amtrak marshal Express Box Cars at the head of a train?
5. What were the pipe-shaped air reservoirs fitted to the roof of some GP7s and GP9s on North-West commuter services (and on other Geeps with the largest optional fuel and water tanks) colloquially known as?
6. How many DL-109s did the Chicago & North Western buy?
7. In EMD diesels, what does the "Dash 2" designation mean (as in SD40-2)?
8. What nickname did the Union Pacific RR Gas Turbine locomotives gain?
9. Did the Chicago & North Western ever buy any Erie-Built B-Units (a B-Unit is a cabless booster unit)?
10. Amtrak's Superliner passenger cars are well known, but for which service were their predecessors built by the Santa Fe?
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