Railway General Knowledge.

[Schnellzug]

Well, there were those three accidents that all happened in 1906, wasn't it; but Salisbury was obviously excessive speed, and according to one interesting theory I saw Grantham may have been because they were in a hurry and forgot to connect up the train brakes to the loco; so Shrewsbury, perhaps?
But then, it was never established why they went through the signal at Harrow & Wealdstone, was it ....

 

[Welshman]

Correct with Grantham.

Apparently it is L T C Rolt who is credited with describing it as the railway equivalent of the Marie Celeste.

[other explanations I've read range from the driver suddenly being struck ill or having a fight with the fireman]

 

[Schnellzug]

Thank you for being generous. Someone else can offer something if they wish.

 

[EM2]

Which Chairman of a railway company later became Prime Minister?

 

[Johnuk123]

Which Chairman of a railway company later became Prime Minister?

Are we talking world-wide here ?

 

[EM2]

Are we talking world-wide here ?

Ah, no. In the UK.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

I'll have a guess - Stanley Baldwin.

 

[EM2]

I'll have a guess - Stanley Baldwin.

Nope. Baldwin's pre-politics career was in iron manufacturing.

 

[LE Greys]

Again a pure guess, Gladstone, but only because he had a class of locomotives named after him by the LB&SCR.

 

[EM2]

Not Gladstone either.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Bonar Law was a businessman. Did he run the Canadian Pacific before entering UK politics?

 

[EM2]

Bonar Law was a businessman. Did he run the Canadian Pacific before entering UK politics?

No, he moved to Scotland with his family at the age of twelve, and also, coincidentally, worked in iron (but as a merchant).
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I'll give you a clue. The railway concerned had a London terminus.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Right, process of elimination time!
Too Scottish - Aberdeen, Rosebery, C-B, Home
Too Northern - Peel, Grey
Not rich enough, Gladstone, Dizzy, Asquith, Lloyd George, Ramsay Mac
Not interested - Palmerston, Balfour, Churchill
Too Brummy - Chamberlain

That leaves Derby and Salisbury. The latter had estates at Hatfield and enjoyed playing with electrickery, so is more likely - possibly as chairman of the Midland Railway???

 

[EM2]

It was Salisbury, or to give him his full title, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC also known as Lord Robert Cecil and Viscount Cranbourne.
From 1868 to 1871, he was chairman of the Great Eastern Railway, which was then experiencing losses. During his tenure, the company was taken out of chancery, and paid out a small dividend on its ordinary shares.
He was Prime Minister three times, between 1885 and 1902.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Should have got Salisbury first time - "Bobs Your Uncle" is a hardy perenniel in the local quiz league!

Back to the questions.

In the 1970's board game The London Game, which station did you "long to discover" if you drew the wrong card?

 

[LE Greys]

Should have got Salisbury first time - "Bobs Your Uncle" is a hardy perenniel in the local quiz league!

Back to the questions.

In the 1970's board game The London Game, which station did you "long to discover" if you drew the wrong card?

I think it's Kensal Green. I have the game (somewhere) and my aunt used to live within walking distance of the station, so I found that somewhat amusing (always wanted to change the card to 'go and visit Auntie').

 

[Mvann]

I think it's regents park for London zoo.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Not Kensal Green or Regents Park.

 

[Mvann]

Must be Camden town then.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Not Mornington Crescent?







Open floor if it is.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Not Camden Town.

Not Mornington Crescent either (Fassbender's Lateral easement only started in 1983 and the game precedes this :GRIN

As a clue, not now an underground station, although it is underground!

 

[Mvann]

I must have a newer version of the game. Farringdon is my next guess.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

My version showed the Underground network in approx 1972. (Not Farringdon) .

Full wording on the card was something like "Seized by a compulsion. You long to discover xxxxxxxxx. Go there at once and remain for three turns!"

 

[Mvann]

Must Be aldwych then.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Not Aldwych.

It was a terminus then, but is now a (NR) through station!

 

[LE Greys]

Hmm, what lines have NR swiped from LUL? Sounds like the East London, although I don't remember that being on the board. Still, New Cross.

The Kensal Green one might also be a new version, mine includes the Jubilee.

 

[4SRKT]

Drayton Park

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Drayton Park (Krapnot Yard) is correct.

 

[4SRKT]

Hehehe!

I'm thinking of a terminal station in a major UK city, which closed in 1992.

 

[Ivo]

Are you sure you've got the right year? The only stations in major cities that closed in 1992 to my knowledge were Primrose Hill and Westbourne Park, and the only termini were Folkestone Harbour and Tilbury Riverside (the latter of which rarely functioned as a terminus)...