Right country -- Spain -- but not that line.
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End of the road, I reckon. The 750mm undertaking concerned, lay on the Mediterranean coast; but a good deal further down than the "SFG". It was the Onda -- Castellon system: abandoned, regrettably, in 1963; centring on Castellon de la Plana, some 70km north of Valencia. Local people nicknamed the railway -- especially its short, frequently-served roadside tramway section between Castellon town, and its nearby port on the coast -- La Panderola: which one learns, is a kind of cockroach (not to be confused, seemingly, with the Mexican Cucaracha !).
Since I fancy myself as somewhat kinder than his Imperial Majesty of All The Russias (sorry, @Peterthegreat
); @D6130 -- you got the country, and basically the side of it, right -- so, please set the next question.
Since I fancy myself as somewhat kinder than his Imperial Majesty of All The Russias (sorry, @Peterthegreat
); @D6130 -- you got the country, and basically the side of it, right -- so, please set the next question.
D6130
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Thanks. Now an easy one:
What is the normal gauge used for narrow gauge lines in Italy?
(There were a few exceptions, of course!)
What is the normal gauge used for narrow gauge lines in Italy?
(There were a few exceptions, of course!)
Peterthegreat
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I believe it is called Italian metre gauge. However I think it's actually a bit less. 950 mm?
D6130
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Absolutely correct! Your turn to take the rack up to Catanzaro Città!
Peterthegreat
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Thank you. Which UK railway, 8 1/2 miles long and opened in 1849 has had 3 different electrification systems since the early 1970s?
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The MSJ&AR?
(1500v DC, 25kv AC, 750vDC Metrolink????)
(1500v DC, 25kv AC, 750vDC Metrolink????)
Peterthegreat
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Yep. That is correct.
Please electrify us with the next question.
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The North London Railway Act of 1853 renamed a railway opened three years earlier to that name. What was it previously called?
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London & Blackwall Extension?
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Nope
DerekC
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Time to revive this one! Something like the London Docks and North Western Junction Railway?
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I’d completely forgotten about this question. So sorry. This isn’t right, but it’s pretty close. The Docks and Junction bits are right, but not London or North Western
DerekC
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OK - I didn't Google but I did find something in Christopher Awdry's "Encyclopedia of British Railway Companies". I believe the NLR was originally the East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway. Since I cheated a bit, I will, if that's correct, declare open floor*
* with the option of coming up with a question if nobody else has within a few days.
* with the option of coming up with a question if nobody else has within a few days.
EbbwJunction1
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I'll take this if I may.
According to the Locomotive & Carriage Institution, "Since 1999, almost 280 different British locomotives have been sent to work abroad." Where might you have seen members of the following classes?
Class 37 / 7
Class 58
Class 87
Class 86
Some of these just went to one country, but others went to more than one. One of them had to be renumbered on arrival at their new home - which one and why?
According to the Locomotive & Carriage Institution, "Since 1999, almost 280 different British locomotives have been sent to work abroad." Where might you have seen members of the following classes?
Class 37 / 7
Class 58
Class 87
Class 86
Some of these just went to one country, but others went to more than one. One of them had to be renumbered on arrival at their new home - which one and why?
Probably not complete but...
Class 37/7 Spain (a few had also earlier worked in France)
Class 58 France.
Class 87 Bulgaria.
Class 86 Hungary and Bulgaria.
Class 87 in Bulgaria and Class 86 in Hungary were renumbered The former as there was already a class 87 the latter to fit in with the local numbering scheme.
Class 37/7 Spain (a few had also earlier worked in France)
Class 58 France.
Class 87 Bulgaria.
Class 86 Hungary and Bulgaria.
Class 87 in Bulgaria and Class 86 in Hungary were renumbered The former as there was already a class 87 the latter to fit in with the local numbering scheme.
EbbwJunction1
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I think that I'll give this to you, as you've identified the majority of places!
Class 37/7s also went to Italy and Class 58s to Holland and Spain, but everything else is as you say. The explanation of the renumbering of the Class 86s is also correct.
Well done, and over to you!
D6130
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I'll step in if I may:
Name the capital city of the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.
....and for a bonus point, what is the English translation of its name?
Name the capital city of the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.
....and for a bonus point, what is the English translation of its name?
Could it possibly be Potenza?
What you say to a dozy old-fashioned haulier who, with his waggon and horses, gets in the way of your motor vehicle
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D6130
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Err, no....sorry. Wrong quiz! Blame the 30° heat!
However all the above is null and void due to my error.
Perhaps @Calthrop would like to set a railway general knowledge question, if nobody objects....while I go and lie down in a darkened room.
Correct! It translates as "Power"..... originally the Roman city of Potentia.Could it possibly be Potenza?
What you say to a dozy old-fashioned haulier who, with his waggon and horses, gets in the way of your motor vehicle
However all the above is null and void due to my error.
Perhaps @Calthrop would like to set a railway general knowledge question, if nobody objects....while I go and lie down in a darkened room.
I wondered; but just couldn't resist -- never been to Italy, but have read a fair amount about the country -- have a bit of a "thing" about Basilicata province; which has, I gather, the reputation of being the most grotty, backward, benighted, rural-in-the-worst-way, and most-short-of-things-of-any-interest: part of Italy (P.M. Kalla-Bishop is extremely slighting about it in his Railway Holiday in Italy) -- I tend to feel sorry for the poor place.Err, no....sorry. Wrong quiz! Blame the 30° heat!
Correct! It translates as "Power"..... originally the Roman city of Potentia.
However all the above is null and void due to my error.
Perhaps @Calthrop would like to set a railway general knowledge question, if nobody objects....while I go and lie down in a darkened room.
I have a potential railway question; if, as @D6130 says, nobody objects.
I'll do so.
Question inspired by an exchange on a current thread in "Railtours and Preservation", about the vexed issue of passengers (especially railfans) putting their heads -- and more -- out of coach windows. There is in the world, a "heritage" line of some general renown: which has long had a kind of "trade-mark" custom of passengers being allowed -- indeed encouraged -- to dangle their legs out of semi-open coaches. (There were problems a while ago; the practice was banned, but is now permitted once more.) Please identify the railway concerned.
Puffing Billy - Victoria, Australia
Yes, that's the one. (There was a late much-travelled enthusiast and sometime railway writer: who visited Australia a good many decades ago; and opined negatively in print, re this aspect of Puffing Billy -- re its being a bad accident waiting to happen -- and that it was un-photogenic from the point of view of lineside photographers. This chap was enterprising, widely-travelled and adventurous, and had a lot of worthwhile stuff to "say"; but he could occasionally, over basically small things, get a bit weird.)
Your question to set, cobber.
I don't have a question up my sleeve, so open floor
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On 30th January 1889 a party of seven including four civil engineers and contractors, a solicitor and two local guides set out to walk nearly forty miles across Rannoch Moor along the route of the yet to be constructed West Highland Line. They nearly died in the attempt. The name of one of them became very well known later in life. Who was he?