Railway General Knowledge.

[Ashley Hill]

I am not sure what ATEs are

Sorry,they were Assistant Ticket Examiners.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Well,with no correct answer (other that the bonus question) I’ll draw this to a close. The answer was Marlbury!
BR wanted to close it and Richard DeVere wanted to build a supermarket on its site. In the end Marlbury station was reprieved.
Open floor…

 

[D6130]

I'll have a go, if I may:

Which 1950s romantic drama feature film - starring Stuart Granger and Ava Gardner - was filmed on the Longmoor Military Railway in Hampshire?

 

[Calthrop]

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[D6130]

Rather wild guess: North-West Frontier? (In my cognizance, it's either that or The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery; and your description doesn't sound like the latter.

Close....but not quite close enough!

 

[Calthrop]

Close....but not quite close enough!

"Crossing-over messing" -- had decided my idea was silly -- deleted, but too late !

 

[Gloster]

Bhowani Junction?

 

[D6130]

Bhowani Junction?

Correct. Your turn in the director's chair!

 

[Gloster]

Who was the LNER director’s first choice for Chief Mechanical Engineer on creation of that company?

 

[Snow1964]

I'm going to guess the North Eastern man that built some electric locomotives, Vincent Raven

 

[Peterthegreat]

J. G. Robinson.

 

[Gloster]

I'm going to guess the North Eastern man that built some electric locomotives, Vincent Raven

Sorry, not correct.

J. G. Robinson.

Correct. He considered himself too old and recommended Gresley.

To you to wield the draughtsman’s pen.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Sorry, not correct.



Correct. He considered himself too old and recommended Gresley.

To you to wield the draughtsman’s pen.

Yes I think he was about 67 at the grouping.
Question to follow shortly.

 

[Peterthegreat]

The Interrail pass was first introduced in 1972. How many countries participated?

 

[D6130]

12?

 

[Peterthegreat]

12?

Nope.

 

[D6130]

14?

 

[Peterthegreat]

14?

Nope again!

 

[Trainguy34]

17?

 

[Peterthegreat]

17?

Sorry.

 

[Cowley]

I’m going to shoot but I’ll probably sky it…

21?

 

[Peterthegreat]

I’m going to shoot but I’ll probably sky it…

21?

That is correct. Basically everywhere in 'Western' Europe plus Yugoslavia, East Germany Hungary and Poland.

Your turn to fill out the ticket.

 

[Cowley]

Oh god. Hang on a minute.

 

[Cowley]

Ok. Portugal, Tasmania and Australia were supplied with English Electric diesel traction, name me three other countries that also were please?

 

[SuspectUsual]

New Zealand

 

[Whistler40145]

Egypt was definitely one

 

[Cowley]

Ok now you’re giving them to me one at a time and I wasn’t prepared for that.

 

[Gloster]

One more: Sweden.

 

[Snow1964]

Nigeria - 1001 class

 

[Neo9320]

Ethiopia?