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Peterthegreat
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Rossendale
Torridge
Torridge
You've got more than anybody else, so I'll give it to you.
Derwentside, Teesdale, Richmondshire, East Northamptonshire, East Dorset, West Somerset, and North Cornwall are defunct post-1970s local authorities with no railway stations. Fermanagh and Omagh and Mid Ulster are the current Northern Ireland council areas without Translink stations.
martinsh
Established Member
According to my counting both Peterthegreat and I got 4 each ?
I forgot you got three at the start; I think you deserve it, as you got to four first (hoping that I've counted correctly this time).
martinsh
Established Member
Well we've not heard from Peter anyway, so here goes.
In the late 1920s the ex Leek & Manifold locomotive ER Calthrop was taken to Crewe works for overhaul. How was it different on it's return ?
In the late 1920s the ex Leek & Manifold locomotive ER Calthrop was taken to Crewe works for overhaul. How was it different on it's return ?
martinsh
Established Member
Well that was answered FAR quicker than I expected ! Your turn to take the tanks to Ecton creamery
Snow1964
Established Member
All 4 have more length of platform face out of use than currently in use ?
Nope…
DerekC
Established Member
They all opened under different names?
Not that I know of.
Peterthegreat
Established Member
Actually they did open with names different to today.
Bourne End = Marlow Road
Penychain = Butlins Pwllhelli Holiday Camp
Balmossie = Balmossie Halt
Kensington Olympia = Kensington Addison Road
Ashley Hill
Established Member
Bourne End was a station that had black enamel totems.
Penychain had unique blue totems with yellow lettering.
Balmossie Halt (I think) were wooden totems painted white with black lettering.
Kensington Olympia had some cream totems with brown lettering which were overpainted onto old Willesden Junction totems.
Penychain had unique blue totems with yellow lettering.
Balmossie Halt (I think) were wooden totems painted white with black lettering.
Kensington Olympia had some cream totems with brown lettering which were overpainted onto old Willesden Junction totems.
All absolutely correct - they had station 'hot dog' totems that didn't conform to the standard regional colours. Penychain was by agreement with Butlin's - there was a holiday camp there and the station's totems were coloured in the Butlins house colours of sky blue and yellow. Bourne End was the Western going off on one, as they did a few stations in white-on-black to mirror the old GWR station name colours; and Balmossie, as a halt, didn't qualify for new totems so some local bright employee made some and painted them white, with black lettering. I've no idea why 'reversed ' BR(W) colours were applied to some totems at Kensington Olympia.
I think that's a sign that I need to cede the floor...
Ashley Hill
Established Member
Open floor.
Ashley Hill
Established Member
As no one else has stepped forward I’ll ask one.
Which English railway station had Scottish blue totems?
Which English railway station had Scottish blue totems?
Gloster
Veteran Member
Newcastleton?
Ashley Hill
Established Member
Not that im aware of.
Ashley Hill
Established Member
Is the correct answer, one of those regional boundary anomalies.
Over to you…..
Gloster
Veteran Member
Murders?
Gloster
Veteran Member
Where was Stretford Bridge Junction?
Gloster
Veteran Member
Quite correct: it was where the Bishop’s Castle Railway left the GWR and LNWR/LMS Joint line north of Craven Arms.
To you for the next question.