Railway General Knowledge.

[theageofthetra]

Ok a nice easy one. 5 UK cities not presently served by any electrified railway.

 

[Whistler40145]

Cardiff, Hull, Lincoln, Sheffield & Aberdeen.

 

[theageofthetra]

Trams in Sheffield.

 

[Whistler40145]

Ok

Cardiff, Hull, Lincoln, Perth & Aberdeen?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Inverness, Aberdeen, Cardiff, Swansea, Bangor.

 

[Buttsy]

Oxford, Ripon, Worcester, Hereford, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Wells?

 

[theageofthetra]

Tim was first so his floor.
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As no response from Tim move it down to Paul who replied second. Your floor

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What is the name of the house to which the family moved in the novel "The Railway Children" by Edith Nesbit?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Three Chimneys?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct...Over to you.

 

[Ash Bridge]

On the same theme...To date, how many Radio, TV & Film adaptations of "The Railway Children" have been made, and in which years were these released/broadcast?

 

[deltic1989]

7, A radio show Broadcast in 1991. 4 Television series 2 in 1951, 1 in 1957 and one in 1968, and 2 films one in 1970 and another in 2000.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Correct Your turn.

 

[deltic1989]

As I have no question thought of I shall open the floor to any comers who do.

 

[Springs Branch]

The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway was something of a pioneer of suburban railway electrification.

How many different voltage systems were operated by the L&Y in the early 20th Century?

 

[Marton]

Three

 

[Springs Branch]

Correct.
(The Bury-Holcombe Brook line is less well-known than the Liverpool area and Manchester-Bury schemes)

Your go.

 

[Marton]

Why is a fishplate so named?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A reference to the French word...fiche (a fastener) ?

 

[Mvann]

It's to do with shape of the first rail joint fastenings being shaped like a fishplate.

 

[Marton]

Paul. You are getting there but there is a specific reference to an object used in a different form of transport.

 

[t_star2001uk]

A wooden bar with a curved profile used to strengthen a ships mast.


Open floor if correct....

 

[Marton]

Correct.

Open floor as you asked.

 

[martinsh]

What railway related event is alleged to happen annually on April 9th.

 

[AndyPJG]

The sun(rise) shining through Box Tunnel on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's birthday.

 

[martinsh]

You got it. Thought it wouldn't take long

 

[AndyPJG]

To continue the IKB theme, which earlier bridge was the precursor of his Royal Saltash Bridge?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol?

EDIT: if I may, I would like to correct that and state Maidenhead Bridge on the GW Mainline...

 

[AndyPJG]

I'm looking for the (railway) bridge that was of the same type of design, a 'test bed' of the Saltash design.

 

[Buttsy]

Severn Bridge?