1. What is the highest point on the route of The Sunset Limited?

Paisano Pass - 5,017' above sea level

2. Name three Amtrak stations where passengers can easily walk to a ferry boat.

New London, CT - boats to Orient Point, Long Island
Bridgeport, CT - boats to Pt. Jefferson, Long Island
Port Kent, NY - boats across Lake Champlain
Yonkers, NY - express boats to downtown Manhattan
San Diego, CA - boats to Coronado (?)
Seattle, WA - boats to Puget Sound locations

3. Which Amtrak station would you use to attend The Grand National Tractor Pull?

Tomah, WI (Empire Builder)

4. Name five locations where Amtrak trains pass a nuclear power plant.

Indian Point, Montrose, NY (ex-NYC Hudson River Line)
Three Mile Island, Harrisburg, PA (ex-PRR mainline)
San Onofre, CA (Pacific Surfliner)
Kelso-Longview, WA (Coast Starlight, Cascades)
Prairie Island Power Plant, MN (Empire Builder)
Wm. H. Zimmer Power Plant, between Maysville, KY and Cincinnati, OH (Cardinal)

5. What is the oldest piece of rolling stock on Amtrak's roster?

I have not been able to authenticate an answer to this question. I searched and searched. Possibly a 1941 switcher.

6. What does the quote, “We will be judged not by the monuments we built, but by those we have destroyed?” refer to?

This quote refers to the old Pennsylvania Station in N.Y.C.

7. What Amtrak power generates 1,140 horsepower?

A turbotrain power car

8. Which Amtrak train passes through the Arbuckle Mountains?

The Heartland Flyer

9. Name four past or present Amtrak destinations where steam locomotives were built.

Lima, OH
Philadelphia, PA
Schnectady, NY
Montreal, PQ

10. Name three Amtrak stations located on a thoroughfare named Railroad Avenue.

Amherst, MA
Amsterdam, NY
Ashland, VA
Bay St. Louis, MS
Dillon, SC
Edmonds, WA
Essex Jct., VT
Granby, CO
Hammond, LA
Kingston, RI
Lordsburg, NM
Mc Cook, NE
Pascagoula, MS
Quantico, VA
Salinas, CA
San Luis Obispo, CA
Sandpoint, ID
Westerly, RI
Wishram, WA

11. BONUS #1 - Name the trains out of Chicago which terminate at a higher elevation than where they began.

Most every train out of Chicago ends at a lower elevation. Almost all long distance trains reach final destinations near sea level. Chicago itself is 650' Above Sea Level.

#21 - Texas Eagle (San Antonio, TX 800' ASL)(Although it is debatable whether this train 'terminates' at San Antonio, since for the most part the consist continues to LA)
#370 - Pere Marquette (Grand Rapids, MI is 790' above sea level)
#303 - Ann Rutledge (Kansas City, MO is 750' above sea level)

12. BONUS #2 - What is the approximate number of ties in a mile of railroad track?

Approx. 3,000

[This message has been edited by dnsommer (edited 11-17-2003).]