Chugga Chugga Choo Choo!

Chugga Chugga Choo Choo! is the penultimate episode of The Amazing Race 31.

Story

Route Markers

The order of departure from Matejuška Pier is as follows:

Tyler & Korey (8:53 am)
Nicole & Victor (8:55 am)
Becca & Floyd (10:00 am)
Colin & Christie (11:31 am)
Leo & Jamal (11:35 am)

Teams must fly to Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Once there, teams will need to make their way by train to Kampen, and find the marked tandem bikes to find their next clue.

Teams must travel by bike to Jachthaven, and then search on foot to find their next clue.

Choice A: High
Teams must bike to a nearby farm, and place a cow statue on a tractor. They'll then follow the tractor to Nieuwe Toren, where they'll hoist a cow statue to the top of the tower in forty seconds to get their next clue.

Becca & Floyd, Colin & Christie, Leo & Jamal, and Tyler & Korey chose this task.

Choice B: Dry
Teams must travel by bike to a nearby farm, where they will need to vault over a water ditch, and pick up a set of two cheeses and a dozen eggs. They'll need to vault back and return the cheeses and eggs to Kampen Market to get their next clue.

Only Nicole & Victor chose this task.

Teams must travel by bike to IJssel to find their next clue.

At IJssel, teams would have the option to U-Turn a team, with two slots available. Leo & Jamal used the first slot of the U-Turn on Nicole & Victor. Nicole & Victor used the second slot of the U-Turn on Becca & Floyd.

Since Nicole & Victor completed the Dry Detour, they would be forced to backtrack and complete the High Detour before continuing.

Since Becca & Floyd completed the High Detour, they would be forced to backtrack and complete the Dry Detour before continuing.

Teams must drive themselves to Smit Giethoorn to find their next clue.

Teams must find a marked boat, using it to travel the canal to find two marked boats to attach to their boat. Once they have two boats, they must make their way to an island in Bovenwijde Lake to check in. For coming in first place, Colin & Christie won $7,500 each.

Leaderboard

Legend:
First Place • Eliminated • Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg or continue racing on a No-Rest Leg • Season winner • Season 2nd place • Season 3rd place • ⊂ User of the first Double U-Turn slot • ⊃ Recipient of the first Double U-Turn slot • ⋐ User of the second Double U-Turn slot • ⋑ Recipient of the second Double U-Turn slot• ∇ Team that lost the Double Battle

1st place

Colin & Christie
Life Partners

2nd place

Tyler & Korey
Best Friends

3rd place⊂

Leo & Jamal
Cousins

4th place⊃⋐

Nicole & Victor
Engaged

5th place⋑

Becca & Floyd
Friends

Trivia

Nicole's birthday occurs in this episode.
The Dry Detour uses the pole vaulting challenge seen in "I've Become the Archie Bunker of the Home" and "Part Like the Red Sea".
This episode's title was said by Becca after finding their final boat.

Reception

References

The Amazing Race 31 Episodes
"You're in Our Race Now" · "Knock the Newbie Out of Us" · "Here Fishy, Fishy, Fishy" · "I Took Out a Polar Bear" · "I'm a Bird, I'm a Plane, I'm on The Amazing Race" · "Who Wants a Rolex?" · "Living Fearlessly" · "You're the Apple in My Eye" · "Let's Split!" · "Chugga Chugga Choo Choo!" · "This One Is for One Million Dollars"