Railway General Knowledge.

[Peterthegreat]

Nope.

 

[D6130]

Alan Soutar?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Alan Soutar?

Nope.

 

[Peterthegreat]

A clue.
He was a long time railwayman beforehand.

 

[D6130]

Chris Green?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Chris Green?

Not Chris Green.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Gordon Pettitt?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Not

Gordon Pettitt?

Not Gordon Pettitt.

 

[Whistler40145]

Are the grandson(s) of the legend still living?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Are the grandson(s) of the legend still living?

He is. Now in his late eighties.

 

[Peterthegreat]

A clue.
The grandfather worked for the Caledonian Railway before moving to the London & South Western.

 

[Whistler40145]

Sir Robert Reid?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Sir Robert Reid?

Nope. (Neither of them).

 

[Peter Mugridge]

A clue.
The grandfather worked for the Caledonian Railway before moving to the London & South Western.

Drummond...?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Drummond...?

Not Drummond.

 

[Gloster]

I know Urie’s son was also on the railway and had charge of the Isle of Wight in early Southern days, so perhaps his son (through a daughter?) also went on the railway. I always like the story that when Macleod took over from Urie, they did the handover on Ryde Pier while the ferry that Macleod came over on was unloading and loading, and Urie departed on it.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Urie is correct.
The grandfather was Robert Wallace Urie.
His grandson is also Robert ("Bob") Wallace Urie who is a former managing director of Regional Railways North East.

Your turn to manage the next question.

 

[Gloster]

What was the name of the original inland passenger terminus of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway?

 

[Peterthegreat]

What was the name of the original inland passenger terminus of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway?

Boot?

 

[Gloster]

Boot?

Well, that didn’t last long.

To you to boot up the next question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Between which two stations did the first Pullman car in the UK operate?

 

[Whistler40145]

Bradford Forster Square and London St Pancras?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Bradford Forster Square and London St Pancras?

Is absolutely correct.
Please set the next question.

 

[Whistler40145]

What date did electric hauled services start between Glasgow Central and London Euston?

 

[Peterthegreat]

6 May 1974.

 

[Whistler40145]

That was very easy to answer, compared with several recently

 

[Whistler40145]

@Peterthegreat has won and needs to set a question

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Between which two stations did the first regular sleeping car run in the UK?

 

[Whistler40145]

Glasgow Buchanan Street and London Euston?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Glasgow Buchanan Street and London Euston?

Not Buchanan Street or Euston.