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D6130
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Yes....inside Standedge Tunnel to be precise.
Yes....you're currently in second place with four.
D6130
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A wee bit further North than that.
I'll give you that....although they were a few miles further North at Wiske Moor.
D6130
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Correct....see post #19,929.
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Dent?
Ashley Hill
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Exminster
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I am running out of options to get 10 without choosing those that have been mentioned already, but here goes:
GER: Ipswich
GNR: Langley Jn
NER: Lucker
Midland: Oakley and Garsdale
LNWR: Moore, Brock and Dillicar
GCR: Charwelton and Eckington
GWR: Aynho Jn and Hatton
Does the questioner have a comprehensive list? when we are done it would be nice to know where that list is.
GER: Ipswich
GNR: Langley Jn
NER: Lucker
Midland: Oakley and Garsdale
LNWR: Moore, Brock and Dillicar
GCR: Charwelton and Eckington
GWR: Aynho Jn and Hatton
Does the questioner have a comprehensive list? when we are done it would be nice to know where that list is.
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D6130
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Closer....I'll give you that one. They were immediately to the South of the statio0n formerly known as Hawes Junction. (Garsdale from 1959).
D6130
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All three are correct.
D6130
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All correct. Well done! You are the clear winner.
The list on Wikipedia ('Water Trough') gives the locations, lengths and mileages of all the water troughs on the East Coast, West Coast, Midland and Great Western main lines which were in use in 1936....which year was probably the zenith of their development. References can also be found by Googling 'water troughs' for installations on other lnes, such as the Great Central and Lancashire & Yorkshire (Luddenden Foot-Sowerby Bridge).
Thanks.
I've found this so thanks for that too. My source is the Ian Allan Pre Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer, which shows in the maps most but not all of those listed on Wikipedia, but does not give a list.
And I was annoyed at forgetting Tivetshall.
I've not participated in this before, but, looking at earlier questions, I see that I am supposed to ask a new question, and here it is:
What similar events happened for the last time on 15/10/65, 27/01/66 and 10/05/68?
D6130
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Last scheduled steam-hauled passenger trains on Western, Eastern and London Midland Regions respectively?
No, though they would be interesting dates to know. Possibly be quite close to these too, but that would be a red herring!
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Last loco of specific classes entered service?
1965: Class 37
1966: Class 20
1968: Class 50
1965: Class 37
1966: Class 20
1968: Class 50
No those are 09/11/65, 07/02/68 and 1/12/68 according to BR Database.
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The Queen travelled on a steam hauled rail train prior to the end of steam on BR,
xotGD
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Last train over three lines that were closed? Great Central, Waverley Route, Somerset and Dorset?
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The last time the royal train went over the Great Central, WAverley and Somerset and Dorset?
No but you are getting even warmer!
D6130
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The last three times that the Royal Train was steam-hauled? (Not counting trips in the last 10-15 years on the Calder Valley & Settle-Carlisle lines).
No, not related to steam traction.
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The last 3 times the Queen, travelling on the Royal Train travelled over 3 railway lines which are now disused
You are getting very close, though not all of them are disused.
And which lines on which dates?
Time for another hint. The quoted routes rarely saw the Royal Train. The dates relate to routes (and stations) that had lots of Royal Trains up to these dates.
I'm slightly surprised that you haven't recognised one of the dates, well known in NBL type 2 history.
One Bangor to Caernarfon in 1969
That was 01/07/69 for the investiture of the Prince of Wales. We will be having another one of those quite soon, but the Royal Family don't go to Caernarfon very often.
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Ah yes....Aberdeen-Ballater (1966), Kings Lynn-Hunstanton (1968....Wolferton station for Sandringham), but which one was in 1965?
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Well the Queen visited Bicester on that date so I guess the line from Bletchley?
You are gnat's crotchet away from the full answer.
19/10/65 was the last Royal Train out of Ballater, closest station to Balmoral, and hauled by D6142 and D6145. As you say, the Aberdeen-Ballater line closed in 1966.
27/01/66 was the last Royal Train out of Wolferton, closest station to Sandringham. The locos are not identified but train was booked a single Brush Type 2 to Kings Lynn and a pair from Kings Lynn to Liverpool Street. The Hunstanton branch closed in 1969 but was effectively out of bounds for loco hauled trains by Christmas 1966.
10/05/68 is another station, with big associations with Royalty going back to Queen Victoria, receiving its last Royal Train, this time an arrival not a departure. The line and station are still open, but something happened in 1968 so that it could no longer receive the Royal Train.