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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Is it something crusadery? That was happening around that time or something involving the Mongol invasion? (Note i get my historical accuracy from playing total war games so i may be way out here)
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Chief Cheesemaker to the King
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    What's your latest acquisition?

    As promised the arrival of the motorised version of the Kiha 40. Just need some track to run it on now!
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    *International* Guess The Station

    I have seen the pictures, its quite the sight!
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    *International* Guess The Station

    Is the correct answer. The loco pictured is one of the old banking locos for the Usui Pass that was a 1:15 gradient. The shinkansen has since replaced the route. The pictured platforms are for the local train to Nagano. Your floor
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    *International* Guess The Station

    Nope, not the correct Shinkansen line. The loco in the picture used to work on this particular section of the route prior to the opening of the Shinkansen.
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    *International* Guess The Station

    Thanks. Another recent holiday snap. A starting clue i will give is that this is a Shinkansen station
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    *International* Guess The Station

    Leipzig?
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Open floor
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    EIffel tower = 20 They were all originally supposed to be temporary attractions and that is how long they were supposed to stand for
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Correct, we have one of them. The other was Air Albania. The floor belongs to you
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Nope. One is European, one is African
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Nope not them, an airline i have flown on, though they might have collapsed recently. Had more than 2 airplanes! Nope.
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    For some reason today at lunch time i was looking at the Dan-Air wikipedia page, i cant quite remember how i got there. Which is the smallest airline that is a flag carrier. (there are two answers here), both have 2 planes.
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Perhaps this was Davies and Newman Air?
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    Open the floor
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    General Knowledge Quiz

    That became Ryanair didnt it?
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    How Viable are Preserved Railways?

    I would say the first instance to look at for how viable the ongoing existence of a heritage railway is, is to look at the state of the permanent way and how much risk there is to that from an operational stand point. I would say the KWVR is very much a goldilocks railway: Rail connected...
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    *International* Guess The Station

    I believe the above mention of Beef was a pun on the stations actual location Correct, the station is Shin-Kobe. and i believe the floor has been declared open. (For the record there is a very nice walk up from Shin-Kobe station past a lot of waterfalls) It is very different to a lot of...
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    *International* Guess The Station

    well, maybe Wagyu

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