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Cowley said:
How about Carmarthen shed? Wasn't there a Carmarthen and Cardigan railway that was probably taken over by the GWR?
I know Carmarthen has a castle at least :)
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That's not what I was looking for.

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Rhymney Railway works at Caerphilly ?
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That is what I was looking for!

Much to my confusion, I can't now find the answer to my bonus question - who opened the works? - so we'll have to pass on that!

martinsh ... the erecting shop is yours!
 
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The Strood & Higham tunnels in Kent are separated by a very short gap which exists for no real engineering purpose. Why are they two tunnels rather than one long one?
 
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Too long to have been built as one? Or is it handbuilt and it is to reduce the labour costs so they can start in the middle as well?
 
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The gap was created while it was still a canal tunnel, before the railway took it over.

The change to two tunnels would allow a "passing loop" to be put in the gap.
 
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EbbwJunction1 said:
The gap was created while it was still a canal tunnel, before the railway took it over.

The change to two tunnels would allow a "passing loop" to be put in the gap.
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Thats close enough. The canal which was constructed quite late in canal history carried Thames/Medway sailing barges which being wide could only pass through in single file. After many complaints they knocked a hole between the two to allow a passing place & it allowed them to increase the fees. It also became a change place for the horses which towed the barges and the farm above the tunnel for many years had decendants of these hard worked animals. The gap now is a Network Rail access point and can be used as an emergency evacuation route.

Your Barge.
 
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Thank you.

"Hercules", "Portishead", "Owain Glyndwr", "Llywelyn" and "Prince of Wales" are all names of steam locomotives.

What specifically do they have in common which distinguishes them from all other named locomotives, please?

My answer comes from the Rail UK web site; I'm prepared to accept other answers if proof is supplied!
 
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EbbwJunction1 said:
Thank you.

"Hercules", "Portishead", "Owain Glyndwr", "Llywelyn" and "Prince of Wales" are all names of steam locomotives.

What specifically do they have in common which distinguishes them from all other named locomotives, please?

My answer comes from the Rail UK web site; I'm prepared to accept other answers if proof is supplied!
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Well I think some are on the Veil of Rheidol so I will guess they all worked after the official end of steam on BR?
 
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martinsh said:
I can't find Hercules, but all the others were BR locomotives with single figure numbers - is that the connection ?
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Yes, it is, well done. In particular, these were the only named steam locos with single figure numbers. Here's the list from Rail UK:

Number Name

1 Hercules
5 Portishead
7 Owain Glyndwr
8 Llywelyn
9 Prince of Wales

"Hercules" was a Peckett 0-4-0ST at the Ystalyfera Tin Works, built in 1900 and scrapped in 1954.

Your shed, sir!
 
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There is a freight carrying railway system that has no locomotives or any power on the train (other than some sort of battery lighting). What is it called and how does the train move itself?

Hint. Its not entirely gravity or cable hauled.
 
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Is it some kind of coal mine somewhere that has a chain system to pull it up to a level that it can run by gravity to wherever it has to go including up and down hills? Maybe China or somewhere like that?
 
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theageofthetra said:
Not a chain but along the right lines on how modern roller coasters work. Re the other answers this a proper freight line but does resemble a roller coaster
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The only other things I can think of are rack and pinion, but with the rack mounted underneath the train and the pinions on the track, or similar but just friction drive (or wind powered with sails).
 
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