Riddle: What goes with a train, stops with a train, has no use for the train, but a train can’t go two feet without it?
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Noise.
Train riddles
Riddles about trains
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What’s the difference between a teacher and a train?
Riddle: What’s the difference between a teacher and a train?
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A teacher says “Spit out your gum!” and a train says “Chew, Chew, Chew!”
When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a train?
Riddle: When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a train?
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When it’s two to two.
What word can go before wreck, station and set?
Riddle: What word can go before wreck, station and set?
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Train.
What means of transportation gives people colds?
Riddle: What means of transportation gives people colds?
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A choo-choo train.
A mile-long train is moving at sixty miles an hour when it reaches a mile-long tunnel. How long does it take the entire train to pass through the tunnel?
Riddle: A mile-long train is moving at sixty miles an hour when it reaches a mile-long tunnel. How long does it take the entire train to pass through the tunnel?
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Two minutes. The back of the train would be at the beginning of the tunnel after 1 minute, and would leave the end of the tunnel at the 2 minute mark.
What do you call a train full of bubble gum?
Riddle: What do you call a train full of bubble gum?
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A chew-chew train.
What has two spines and a lot of ribs and carries much but never moves?
Riddle: What has two spines and a lot of ribs and carries much but never moves?
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Train tracks.
If an electric train is traveling north which way is the smoke going?
Riddle: If an electric train is traveling north which way is the smoke going?
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There is no smoke, it’s an electric train.