Railway General Knowledge.

[xotGD]

Right railway, wrong location. Somewhere much more rural.

St Erth?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Right railway, wrong location. Somewhere much more rural.

GWR Mortonhampstead?

 

[444045]

St Ives ?

 

[DerekC]

GWR Mortonhampstead?

You are in the right county now. It was a junction, and had a station (well, a halt anyway) with no road access.

 

[444045]

Tavistock ?

 

[DerekC]

Tavistock ?

Don't think Tavistock had a junction and as far as I know the GWR station had road access.

 

[Calthrop]

Pure elimination / guesswork -- Morebath Junction Halt?

 

[DerekC]

Pure elimination / guesswork -- Morebath Junction Halt?

Spot on - Mrs Towns started work in 1890 and is the only case known of a signalwoman in the 19thC. She was still there in 1913 and very proud of her job.

Your rural box!

 

[Calthrop]

My thanks; but it basically sorted out that in the end, the answer was pretty much given away. Open floor, please.

 

[xotGD]

Since I did guess GWR I feel duty bound to step in:

In the 1980s, the name of which overseas sports team was written on the brickwork of an overbridge next to the East Coast Main Line in County Durham?

(It may be still there - I'm not sure.)

Not to be confused with another bridge a few miles south with 'This is North East England - Sorry No Vacancies' written on it.

 

[John Griffiths]

Inter?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Juve? Didn’t they play once play West Auckland for the World Cup or something?

 

[xotGD]

Inter?

Juve? Didn’t they play once play West Auckland for the World Cup or something?

Sorry, wrong sport and wrong continent.

 

[444045]

Wild guess - Was it the West Indies Cricketers after playing at Durham ?

 

[xotGD]

Wild guess - Was it the West Indies Cricketers after playing at Durham ?

Wrong sport again, but getting closer geographically.

 

[xotGD]

Clue: They are an ice hockey team.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Clue: They are an ice hockey team.

The Mighty Ducks

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Toronto Raptors?

 

[xotGD]

The Mighty Ducks

Sorry, wrong country.

Toronto Raptors?

Getting closer...

 

[444045]

Would it be the Ottawa Senators ?

 

[xotGD]

Would it be the Ottawa Senators ?

Heading in the right direction...

 

[SuspectUsual]

Montreal Canadiens

 

[xotGD]

Montreal Canadiens

Correct! Why someone had written their name by the lineside is a mystery, but seeing it was always a feature of a journey south from Newcastle. Made a change from the usual NUFC or SAFC.

Your turn to take to the ice.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Open floor

(the aforementioned Raptors are a basketball team, not ice hockey,by the way)

 

[GRALISTAIR]

What was the 1st Class 87 to be named and what was the name?

 

[Islineclear3_1]

What was the 1st Class 87 to be named and what was the name?

87.001 Stephenson around 1977?

(not 101 initially which later carried the name)

 

[GRALISTAIR]

87.001 Stephenson around 1977?

(not 101 initially which later carried the name)

Correct.

 

[Islineclear3_1]

Open Floor

 

[xotGD]

OK, nothing to do with hockey this time:

Which was the first Class 50 to be named?

 

[Strat-tastic]

50 035 Ark Royal