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Peter Mugridge
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Going a bit further back in time now but it's a ridiculously easy one... what were the two extremities of the Churnet Valley Line, both of which are still open...
Peter Mugridge
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You have one end right...
...and the other end.
Told you it was easy. Your floor.
...and the other end.
Told you it was easy. Your floor.
Thanks Mr. M.
Which line in which country might -- had it not been for dramatic events almost exactly 75 years ago -- have beaten the Talyllyn by about a decade, in being the first railway ever rescued from closure on a volunteer-enthusiast / preservation basis?
Which line in which country might -- had it not been for dramatic events almost exactly 75 years ago -- have beaten the Talyllyn by about a decade, in being the first railway ever rescued from closure on a volunteer-enthusiast / preservation basis?
EbbwJunction1
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Just a guess, and I can't tell you what the name was, but was it in Hong Kong?
A place I wouldn't ever have thought of being suggested in this context ! Hong Kong did have a 2ft gauge local line from 1912 to 1928; not to my knowledge, though, the target of any first-ever preservation venture. Not this one -- sorry...
theageofthetra
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Hawaii?
Getting warmer: there was an abortive venture of the kind in Hawaii in the late 1940s / early 50s; but the one I'm looking at, was a few years earlier than that. Right nation -- but a very long way from Hawaii.
martinsh
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"Almost exactly 75 years ago" sounds like Pearl Harbor to me - and you have confirmed the USA anyway.
I know one of the first "heritage" lines was the Edaville in New England, and Wikipedia says they got their stock from the Bridgton & Saco River RR, so I'm going to guess that.
I know one of the first "heritage" lines was the Edaville in New England, and Wikipedia says they got their stock from the Bridgton & Saco River RR, so I'm going to guess that.
You've got it -- certainly near enough to do the job. The Bridgton & Saco River, alias Bridgton & Harrison, was the last of the several 2ft gauge railways in the state of Maine, to keep a passenger service. The line closed completely in September 1941: a railway-enthusiast group was formed to look at ways and means of somehow reviving the line and running it largely, anyway, with volunteer labour. Then, as you say, Pearl Harbor and what resulted therefrom, came about. Frivolities such as railway preservation had to be shelved for a while: by the time life returned to normal, the railway had been dismantled, and the chance to save it "as had been", was gone. Locos and stock were still in existence, and -- as above -- were acquired for the ("purpose-built") Edaville line. Said outfit also got some motive power and stock from the 2ft gauge Monson Railroad in Maine, which outlived the Bridgton & Harrison by a little while; but was way up north in the very back of beyond, and had lost its passenger service long since.
Giving you the highball, buddy...
martinsh
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Open floor
EbbwJunction1
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Who were:
George Fisher (1869 - 1873);
Tom Hurry Riches (1873 - 1910);
John Cameron (1910 - 1922)
and what do the dates mean?
George Fisher (1869 - 1873);
Tom Hurry Riches (1873 - 1910);
John Cameron (1910 - 1922)
and what do the dates mean?
Mvann
Member
The dates are dates office held. I only recognise tom hurry riches and he was something like a CME for one of the welsh railways. Can't remember which one tho
EbbwJunction1
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All three were Locomotive Superintendents, and the dates are their years of service .... but for which railway?
martinsh
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Taff Vale
EbbwJunction1
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martinsh
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OK, easy one.
What was "Dartmoor Gauge", and what was the last line in the UK to use it ?
What was "Dartmoor Gauge", and what was the last line in the UK to use it ?
4ft. 6in. Last used by the Lee Moor Tramway (horse-worked, genuine everyday use ceased about end of WW2, but "token" operations to keep the company notionally functioning, continued until 1960).
martinsh
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Correct.
Your china clay wagon !
Your china clay wagon !
That must be the Bermuda Railway, as I can't think of many other railways in places where cars were banned.
Five minutes -- this has got to be a record. Congratulations !
Your turn on de coral outcrop, mon.
krus_aragon
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What connects Elon Musk and hungry rats?
DaleCooper
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I want to say "Muskrats".