Railway General Knowledge.

[Calthrop]

Here's a completely foolish answer, but at least tangentially associated with railways.

The guy's first name is nearly the same as Ellon, north of Aberdeen: formerly the junction where the GNSR's Boddam branch diverged from its Fraserburgh line. The local newspaper is called, I gather, the Ellon Squeak. That's the noise rats make when they're hungry...

 

[krus_aragon]

I want to say 1984

Nope.

 

[krus_aragon]

I want to say "Muskrats".

I admire your restraint in not doing so.

 

[krus_aragon]

Here's a completely foolish answer, but at least tangentially associated with railways.

The guy's first name is nearly the same as Ellon, north of Aberdeen: formerly the junction where the GNSR's Boddam branch diverged from its Fraserburgh line. The local newspaper is called, I gather, the Ellon Squeak. That's the noise rats make when they're hungry...

Gloriously inventive, but nothing like what I've got on the card.

Clue time:
What connects hungry rats and one of Elon Musk's projects?

 

[DaleCooper]

Is it the use of rats to pull a cord through pipes which is then used to pull cables? For the Hyperloop perhaps.

 

[krus_aragon]

Is it the use of rats to pull a cord through pipes which is then used to pull cables? For the Hyperloop perhaps.

The hyperloop is the project in question, but you haven't got the connection yet.

 

[Calthrop]

Musk's hyperloop involves reduced-pressure tubes / air cushions / air compressors. Could it be seen as a modern counterpart of the early 19th-century atmospheric rail lines -- at Dawlish and other places -- which were vulnerable to rats eating the "self-sealing" leather vital parts?

 

[krus_aragon]

Musk's hyperloop involves reduced-pressure tubes / air cushions / air compressors. Could it be seen as a modern counterpart of the early 19th-century atmospheric rail lines -- at Dawlish and other places -- which were vulnerable to rats eating the "self-sealing" leather vital parts?

That is indeed the link I had in mind.

Your floor.

 

[Calthrop]

That is indeed the link I had in mind.

Your floor.

Thanks -- however, I'll say "open floor".

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I'll take it if I may, please.

What have the following all got in common?

Benjamin Shaw, William Simms, Charles Russell MP, Rt Hon Spencer Walpole MP.

 

[Cowley]

I'll take it if I may, please.

What have the following all got in common?

Benjamin Shaw, William Simms, Charles Russell MP, Rt Hon Spencer Walpole MP.

I have no idea, have they all been done for ticket evasion?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I have no idea, have they all been done for ticket evasion?

Well, they might well have done, but that's not what I was looking for!

 

[AlterEgo]

Were they all directors of railway companies?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Were they all directors of railway companies?

Yes, but which one - and what was their title?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I'll take it if I may, please.

What have the following all got in common?

Benjamin Shaw, William Simms, Charles Russell MP, Rt Hon Spencer Walpole MP.

I must admit that this has lasted longer than I thought, but here's a clue:

These gentlemen were the first four holders of a specific post, but what was it and for whom?

 

[AlterEgo]

West Shropshire Mineral Railway at a guess. Chief Executive?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I'm afraid not, both are wrong.

 

[t_star2001uk]

Chairmen of the Great Western Railway...


Open floor if correct

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Chairmen of the Great Western Railway... Open floor if correct

Yes, the first four as it happens ... well done.

Open platform noted!

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I'll take my own "Open Platform" with this one:

What's significant about the locos numbered 43924, 4144, 4110 and 4953?

 

[TheEdge]

43924 was the first loco out of Barry but I can't go any further than that with the other three...

 

[EbbwJunction1]

43924 was the first loco out of Barry but I can't go any further than that with the other three...

You're right about this one ...now think numerically about the rest!

 

[TheEdge]

Ah, 1st, 50th, 100th and 150th loco to leave Barry.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Ah, 1st, 50th, 100th and 150th loco to leave Barry.

Well done, you have it ... and the scrapyard is yours, sir!

 

[TheEdge]

I can't think of anything about now so floor open.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

A leaflet was published by the British Railways Board in November 1980 proposing the construction of what?

 

[theageofthetra]

Was this the one of another channel tunnel proposal that had an EPB or some other slam door EMU in the pictures?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Was this the one of another channel tunnel proposal that had an EPB or some other slam door EMU in the pictures?

No, I'm afraid not.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

1980.... is that when their patent for a flying saucer became public knowledge?

 

[t_star2001uk]

Was it the Advanced Passenger Train (APT)..

Open floor if correct....