Mixed railway quiz

[heart-of-wessex]

Hi all,

Here is a General Rail related quiz with mixed questions from todays rail to the real days of diesels.

1) Which place is bigger (town wise), Melksham (with 4 trains serving the station) or Freshford (with a good service nearly every hour)

Melksham - down here, the smaller the town, the more services it gets for some reason

2) what was the 1960s up 'Tees Tyne Pullman' Headcode?

1A15

3) There are two NR routes from Trowbridge - Wick I could take, both 2 changes but arrive into wick at a different time. Which two are these?

Trowbridge - Waterloo, KX - Inverness, Inverness - Wick

or

Trowbridge - Waterloo, Euston - Inverness, Inverness - Wick

4) What was the pre-TOPS number of the now scrapped prototype, FALCON

D0280

5) East Finchley station is in which area of Finchley on the compass (North, East, South or West)?

West

6) Which site is 09101 currently at until May?

Plymouth (Marsh Mills Clay Works to be exact)

7) What was Class 55 'D9001' named?

St Paddys

8 ) What was Class 52 'D1058' named?

Western Nobleman

9) If I said to you 'D8188' what would the TOPS number be?

20188

10) How many lineside trees are there in Britian? (LOL ok I dont know either but if you do, you are more than welcome to answer it, but be warned you may be called a 'Tree veg' :P

 

[CraigS]

4) What was the pre-TOPS number of the now scrapped prototype, FALCON

D0280?

9) If I said to you 'D8188' what would the TOPS number be?

20188.

 

[heart-of-wessex]

Those two are indeed correct Craig

 

[TDK]

7. Meld ?
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8. Western Nobleman ?

 

[heart-of-wessex]

7. nope

8. correct!

 

[1D53]

D9001 was St Paddy or St Paddys? Is 09101 still at Margam?

 

[CraigS]

2) what was the 1960s up 'Tees Tyne Pullman' Headcode?

1A50 or 1A15 I think.

 

[heart-of-wessex]

So far we are nearly completing this!

All right bar 09101 question, which AFAIK is not at Margam...

 

[CraigS]

So far we are nearly completing this!

All right bar 09101 question, which AFAIK is not at Margam...

Tavistock Junction?

 

[heart-of-wessex]

nope (clue those who read 'TRACTION' will have seen a picture of where it is!)

 

[Mintona]

1. Melksham is much bigger.

3. Trowbridge > Bristol Temple Meads > Birmingham New Street > Glasgow > Inverness > Wick
Trowbridge > Swindon > Reading > Edinburgh > Inverness > Wick
(at a guess)

 

[hairyhandedfool]

5) East, atleast according to google it is.

 

[heart-of-wessex]

only one right so far

Mintona, I shall re-phrase the question as that is too many changes than I was thinking lol

East Fincley is not East (Clue, those who have watched a certain Drivers Eye View, the answer is given there!)

 

[hairyhandedfool]

google must be wrong then, I'll just keep guessing, must get it right soon!!!!

South?

 

[heart-of-wessex]

Or, just blame Video 125 for getting it wrong! lol! and no its not South

 

[hairyhandedfool]

north?

 

[P156KWJ]

5) North.

6) toton?

 

[heart-of-wessex]

not north

and not Toton

 

[P156KWJ]

west??

 

[Beaker]

D8188 could be argued as 89188 on tops as thats what he had when on the ctrl... but im just boring like that.

 

[heart-of-wessex]

maybe a bit pedantic there

156401, yet it is indeed west, as the sentance on the DEV video goes

'Finchley East station is slightly more west...'

 

[heart-of-wessex]

right well the answers since no-one can get them is

3) 2 routes are

Trowbridge - Waterloo, KX - Inverness, Inverness - Wick

or

Trowbridge - Waterloo, Euston - Inverness, Inverness - Wick

6) Plymouth (Marsh Mills Clay Works to be exact)