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Page 1 of 1942 Quiz Book on Railroads and Railroading
THE RAILWAY PLANT
1. How many miles of railroad are there in the United States?
There were 233,670 miles of railroad in the United States at the beginning of 1941.
2. What is the total railway mileage of the world?
In 1937 there were 788,672 miles of railroad in the world.
3. How much of the world's railway mileage is in the United States?
With less than six percent of the world's land area and less than six per cent of the world's population, the United States has about 30 per cent of the world's railway mileage.
4. How does the railway mileage of the United States compare with that of
other countries?
The railway mileage of the United States is approximately 10 times that of Great Britain; 6 times that of France; 6-1/2 times that of Germany; 4-1/2 times that of Russia; 5-1/2 times that of India; 12 times that of Japan; 21 times that of Italy; and 37 times that of China. There is more railway mileage in the United States than there is in all of South America, Asia, Africa and Australia combined.
5. How does the United States compare with other parts of the world in railway
development on the basis of land area and population?
There is a mile of railroad in the United States for every 13 square miles of land area; in the remainder of the world there is a mile of railroad
for every 100 square miles of land area.
There is a mile of railroad in the United States for every 563 persons; in the remainder of the world there is a mile of railroad for every 3,628 persons.
6. What is the difference between miles of railroad and miles of track?
A mile of railroad may consist of a single track or it may consist of two, three or more parallel tracks, and it may also include sidings, spur tracks and yard tracks. Thus, a mile of railroad may embrace several miles of tracks.
7. How many miles of railway track are operated in the United States?
There were 414,414 miles of railway track operated in the United States at the beginning of 1941.
8. How many tracks would this form across the continent from coast to coast?
If all the railway tracks in the United States were so laid out, they would form 131 parallel tracks connecting New York with San Francisco.
9. If all railway tracks in the United States were extended in a single line, how long would it take a train, traveling at the rate of a mile-a-minute, to run
from one end of the track to the other?
Two hundred and eighty-eight days.
10. How many miles of railroad consists of two or more parallel tracks?
20,566 miles of railroad in the United States consisted of two or more parallel tracks at the beginning of 1941.
11. What states lead in railway mileage?
The ten states having the greatest railway mileage are: Texas, with 16,356 miles; Illinois, with 11,949 miles; Pennsylvania, with 10,328 miles; Iowa, with 8,950 miles; Kansas, with 8,564 miles; Ohio, with 8,501 miles; Minnesota, with 8,421 miles; California, with 7,947 miles; New York, with 7,739 miles; and Michigan, with 7,303 miles. These figures are as of December 31, 1940, and
do not include switching and terminal companies.
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