martinsh
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Ah, MacArthur ?
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Indeed ! Douglas of that ilk... (Especially, a US wartime quickly-and-easily-built-for-rough-conditions 2-8-2 variety called the "MacArthur" type, for metre / 3' 6" gauge, long ran in large numbers in Australia / S.E. Asia / Indian sub-continent.)
martinsh, you got one of the three; Mvann got the other two. Would you like to arrange between yourselves, who goes next?
martinsh
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Mvann can have the floor
Mvann
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Great bear was the first Pacific built for a British railway. What was the second and what became of it
Peter Mugridge
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The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway's "Colossus", 15 inch gauge, built 1913 for the Staughton Manor Railway and converted in 1927 to form half of "River Mite". So technically it still exists.
Source: Page 7 of Steam Railway issue 465, which I just happened to have read yesterday! In the circumstances, I will therefore declare open floor rather than take it myself.
I'm guessing you read the same article and it inspired the question?
Mvann
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Correct. And yes I did read the same article
With it being "open floor", I'll have a go.
There is a site of a horrific and vicious World War II event, kept as a memorial, in its state as immediately after same. It includes parts of the infrastructure / gear of an electric narrow-gauge rail / tramway line (one route, of a big system) which served it at the time; and in fact lasted a few years longer, before abandonment. Please name the place, and the country which its in.
There is a site of a horrific and vicious World War II event, kept as a memorial, in its state as immediately after same. It includes parts of the infrastructure / gear of an electric narrow-gauge rail / tramway line (one route, of a big system) which served it at the time; and in fact lasted a few years longer, before abandonment. Please name the place, and the country which its in.
RJ21
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That would be Oradour-sur-Glane in France, abandoned and never rebuilt after the infamous massacre by occupying Nazi forces in June 1944. I have never been there myself but have read about the events there and a couple of friends have been, I remember seeing the wires for a tramway in some of their photos.
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I'm having a bit of a mind blank, so open floor.
CarltonA
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Which type of tank engine was to be found on the Waterloo & City line although it was not authorised for use down there?
Mvann
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An M7 tank. It fell down the lift shaft
CarltonA
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Yes, luckily the crew jumped clear before it took the plunge. It was cut up in situ as it was damaged a tad.
Mvann
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Which company had the falcon works built
Glenmutchkin
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Was it Hughes's?
Mvann
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Sorry been at work all day.
Yes it was Henry Hughes and Company.
My interest in this is that a Huram Coltmans company was involved with Hughes at the time, and Coltman was my grandmas family
Yes it was Henry Hughes and Company.
My interest in this is that a Huram Coltmans company was involved with Hughes at the time, and Coltman was my grandmas family
Glenmutchkin
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Best make this open floor.
theageofthetra
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Which US state had not one but two steam monorails?
theageofthetra
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They're the ones. Both had locos designed by a former civil war hero too.
Your very narrow floor.
theageofthetra
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Well both are in Zanzibar but no idea of the name of the line.
Just Zanzibar, will do fine for me. The island had a public 3ft. gauge line between the two places mentioned, via Zanzibar City -- "different bits at different times" -- in the overall time-window 1906 -- 1930 (passenger service withdrawn 1922, freight later). Durrant / Lewis / Jorgensens' Steam In Africa, describing the railway, gives no official title for it...
Whatever function a floor may carry out in the processing of cloves -- it's yours.
Whatever function a floor may carry out in the processing of cloves -- it's yours.
theageofthetra
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Which Central American country has a recreation of the famous Rhaetian Railway Brussio spiral viaduct?
A complete guess -- I'll say Costa Rica; if only because one has the impression that it's the only Central American country which is "together" enough, and touristy enough, to be likely to have anything like that.
theageofthetra
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Correct. Just got back from there. It is a narrow gauge line built as a labour of love in the 70's by a Swiss expat who was in the coffee trade. Its in the highlands on the well travelled tourist route between Arenal volcano and Monteverde reserve.
The farm and hotel are right on the lake and the whole area resembles a Swiss alpine scene with traditional houses & Swiss church
The line uses mostly ex mining equipment with homemade wooden carriages on old mine wagon chassis.
The line climbs up over several viaducts including the spiral one, tunnels, a zig zag section & eventually ends up in a station in a tunnel under a revolving restaurant.
A just wonderful trip with great views and a place rarely visited by foreigners.
Your floor.
Sounds grand, and enviable. I gather that CR's true-commercial railways -- 3' 6" gauge, basically Pacific to Caribbean via the capital -- ceased operation quite some years ago; but that there are some attempts at revival.
My answer was an utter blind guess; and I'm "low in the socket" with questions -- so will request "open floor".
My answer was an utter blind guess; and I'm "low in the socket" with questions -- so will request "open floor".
Nothing for a day-and-a-half; and I've dredged a question up -- so:
This could perhaps belong either in Railway General Knowledge or plain General Knowledge; but -- there was a British writer (well-regarded and highbrow) who played a big role in contributing to the demise of a large part -- arguably the most significant part -- of an extensive narrow-gauge rail system. (Ive never been able to get on with said writers works -- to some extent, probably, being prejudiced by their above actions.)
Who was the writer; and which railway was their victim?
This could perhaps belong either in Railway General Knowledge or plain General Knowledge; but -- there was a British writer (well-regarded and highbrow) who played a big role in contributing to the demise of a large part -- arguably the most significant part -- of an extensive narrow-gauge rail system. (Ive never been able to get on with said writers works -- to some extent, probably, being prejudiced by their above actions.)
Who was the writer; and which railway was their victim?
Glenmutchkin
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I recall Mark Tully writing an article about the closing of the Satpura Lines 2'6" system in Central India but I am certain that the closure had been announced prior to his article.
https://thewire.in/17445/the-end-of-a-much-loved-indian-railway-line/
https://thewire.in/17445/the-end-of-a-much-loved-indian-railway-line/
theageofthetra
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Was this one of the Irish NG systems?