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1. 27 September First public railway when 20. George Stephenson- First steam locomotive used for
1825 1814 traction in railways
2. 75.2 route- Operational railway present 21. High-carbon steel To be able to withstand stresses,rails
kilometers are made of?
3. 120 years There has been rail transport in the 22. India About 1,158 billion passenger-
Philippines for over? kilometres are done solely in what
country?
4. 452 route- Operational railway after war
kilometers 23. Initial ballast in new Normal use of Moorum Ballast
constructions and
5. 1833 First railway in USA when
also as sub-ballast
6. 1835 First railway in Germany when
24. June 25, 1875 General plan for railroads on Luzon
7. 1891,1892 First Rail tracks, commercial run when when
8. Ballast Layer of broken stones, gravel, or any 25. King Alfonso XII of General plan for railroads on Luzon
other granular material placed and Spain who
packed below and around sleepers for
26. Memoria Sobre el Title of the general plan for railroads
distributing load from the sleepers to the
Plan General de on Luzon
formation
Ferrocarriles en la
9. Broken Stone Made from hard stone such as granite, Isla de Luzón
Ballast quartzite and hard trap
27. Mohawk and Hudson First railway in USA where
10. Cast iron (CI) Primary use of Coarse Sand Ballast
28. Moorum Ballast Reddish, and sometimes yellowish in
pipes
color Ballast
11. CI bearing plates For Joining rail to sleepers Type of
29. Nicholas Carnot-1769 Pioneering work of developing steam
Plate screws Fastening
energy
Pandrol clips
Rubber pads 30. Nurenberg to Furth First railway in Germany where
12. Coal Ash or Used as initial ballast in new construction 31. Office of the General plan for railroads on Luzon
Cinder Inspector of Public what office
Works of the
13. Coal Ash or Cheap and easily available ballast used in
Philippines
Cinder yards and sidings
32. Provides drainage as Role of Ballast
14. Coarse Sand Used with wooden and steel trough
well as longitudinal
Ballast sleepers in areas where traffic density is
and lateral stability
low
to the track
15. Corrosive Action Cinder is harmful for steel sleepers and
33. Rails Members of the track laid in two
fittings because?
parallel lines to provide an
16. Dog spike, round Types of Track Fastenings unchanging, continuous, and level
spike, fang bolt, surface for the movement of trains
and Screw Type
34. Railway Track Track Fittings and Fastenings
17. Double Headed Types of Rails Fasteners
Rail (DH), Bull Rail Clip
Headed Rail (BH), Track Material
Flat-Footed Rail Railway Screw
(FF)
35. Railway Track Gauge Minimum distance between two rails
18. Ferrocarril de First Rail tracks where
36. Richard Trevithick- Designed and constructed a steam
Manila-Dagupan
1804 locomotive
19. Fish plates, For joining rail to rail
37. Rolling Stocks, Modern Railway Networks
combination fish
Subway
plates, bolts, and
nuts 38. Sleeper density Number of sleepers per rail length
39. Sleepers Transverse ties that are laid to
support the rails
40. Speed tracks Good quality hard stone is usually use for?
41. Stockton and Darlington First public railway where
42. Switzerland What country has the highest kilometer traveled by train per population?
43. Track Permanent way on which trains run.
44. Transmit the wheel load from Role of Sleepers
the rails to
the ballast
45. United States, China and Russia 10,000 billion freight tonne-kilometres travelled around the world each year. About a quarter each
are in the what countries?