Railway General Knowledge.

[Peterthegreat]

72

Also nope.

 

[RDP]

50

 

[Peterthegreat]

50

Sorry also incorrect.

 

[RDP]

84

 

[Peterthegreat]

84

Again incorrect I'm afraid.

 

[Gloster]

0.

 

[Peterthegreat]

0.

Also incorrect I'm afraid.

 

[Ashley Hill]

23?

 

[Peterthegreat]

23?

Correct.The 22 Deltics plus "Falcon". At the time the 50 class 50s were not owned by BR. The right of way is yours.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Sorry I can’t think of a question so open floor!

 

[RDP]

I will set one.

Edith Nesbit, Author of The Railway Children spent her final years at a location which now has a heritage railway station next to it. Can you name the station.

 

[Gloster]

Tenterden?

 

[RDP]

Not Tenterden.

 

[xotGD]

Ramsbottom

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

New Romney station on the narrow-gauge Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway.

 

[RDP]

No but one of those answers is very close

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Romney Sands

 

[Gloster]

Dymchurch.

 

[RDP]

Neither of those.

 

[Peterthegreat]

St Mary's Bay.

 

[xotGD]

Rawtenstall

 

[RDP]

St. Marys Bay (RH&DR) is correct although the railway did not open until 1927, three years after her death. The road that runs behind the down platform is called Nesbit Road in memory of her..

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

St. Marys Bay (RH&DR) is correct although the railway did not open until 1927, three years after her death. The road that runs behind the down platform is called Nesbit Road in memory of her..

The matter of the station opening after her death was one that caused me not a little confusion, as I did not read the set question correctly.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Apologies I wasn't sure whether you were actually confirming St Mary's Bay as the correct answer to the question.
Unfortunately I will be quite busy this week so open floor please.

 

[341o2]

If I may

Which is the slowest express train in the world?

 

[yoyothehobo]

Is it the Eiger Express? (Jungfraubahn?)

 

[341o2]

No, but you are in the right country

 

[D6130]

The Glacier Express?

 

[yoyothehobo]

The Glacier Express?

OH, this is probably the answer. They were in back to back videos i watched and i think i might have got the facts confused!

 

[341o2]

The Glacier Express?

That's the one, runs between Zermatt and St Moritz, taking 8 hours to complete the journey at an average speed of approx. 36kph.
Still, with such stunning scenery, who is complaining
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