Railway General Knowledge.

[theageofthetra]

Thats them- both had double deck coaches. Your floor

 

[Ash Bridge]

Thats them- both had double deck coaches. Your floor

Will have to declare open floor, Happy New Year To All BTW

 

[johnnychips]

Easy one for the new year. Which two stations have seven TOCs?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Crewe and Peterborough.

 

[johnnychips]

EC
XC
EMT
GA
GN
are all I could find for Peterborough. Crewe is correct.

 

[Ash Bridge]

EC
XC
EMT
GA
GN
are all I could find for Peterborough. Crewe is correct.

I was including FHT and GC, presuming they call ?

 

[johnnychips]

Hi, no they don't stop.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Hi, no they don't stop.

Ah right! Back to the drawing board
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
How about Doncaster?
EC,XC,TP,Northern, FHT,GC and EMT, That last one caught me out!

 

[johnnychips]

Over to you!

 

[Ash Bridge]

A LSWR railway station that closed to passenger services in October 1966 under the control of BR Western Region. The station had a double barrel name as it served two villages, but these villages were in different counties, what was its name(s)?

 

[Whistler40145]

Halwill and Beaworthy?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Halwill and Beaworthy?

No, not that one.

 

[steamybrian]

Whitstone and Bridgerule

 

[Ash Bridge]

That's the one, your floor!

 

[steamybrian]

In what year and at which station were horses last used to haul wagons (or carriages) on British Railways. ?

 

[Spamcan81]

I believe it was Newmarket in 1967 and the horse's name was Charlie.

 

[steamybrian]

I believe it was Newmarket in 1967 and the horse's name was Charlie.

Correct

 

[Spamcan81]

On which former railway would you find a Cuckoos Nest?

 

[Whistler40145]

Kirklees Light Railway?

 

[Spamcan81]

Kirklees Light Railway?

Whilst Kirklees is on the route of a former standard gauge line, the Light Railway is still alive and kicking so is not a "former railway" in itself. Thus it and its Cuckoos Nest doesn't meet the criteria of the question. A good try nevertheless.

 

[Whistler40145]

I'll have a guess at the former Polegate to Eridge line, known as the Cuckoo line, it was nicknamed this by drivers, because a lady would release a cuckoo at the annual fair in April at Heathfield, therefore would be the first release in spring of a cuckoo.

 

[Spamcan81]

I'll have a guess at the former Polegate to Eridge line, known as the Cuckoo line, it was nicknamed this by drivers, because a lady would release a cuckoo at the annual fair in April at Heathfield, therefore would be the first release in spring of a cuckoo.

Sorry, not the Cuckoo Line.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I am going to hazard a guess that at Eaton Hall, the Cheshire residence of the Duke of Westminster, the Victorian private railway there had a terminus with that name.

 

[Spamcan81]

I am going to hazard a guess that at Eaton Hall, the Cheshire residence of the Duke of Westminster, the Victorian private railway there had a terminus with that name.

We have a winner.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Once again, I declare Open Floor

 

[Welshman]

Where might you have found another junction whose name continued the ornithological theme? What was its title, and who has written a recent piece of music based on it?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Could it be Throstles Nest Junction?

 

[Welshman]

It is indeed.
And the composer is?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Peter Maxwell Davies, (forgot that bit)

 

[Welshman]

Correct on both counts.
Well done!
Your turn.