Railway General Knowledge.

[D6130]

Correct.

Your turn to set the next question. Right!

Thanks! Next up:

In which year was there a head-on collision between two passenger trains on the approaches to Hull Paragon station?

 

[xotGD]

1900

 

[Gloster]

1920?

 

[D6130]

1900

Afraid not.

1920?

Closer....but not close enough!

 

[xotGD]

1930

 

[D6130]

1930

Going the wrong way now!

 

[Gloster]

1922?

 

[D6130]

1922?

Too early!

 

[Tester]

Not the answer you are looking for, but 'Greek meets Greek'.

I remember it from 'Red for Danger'.

 

[D6130]

Not the answer you are looking for, but 'Greek meets Greek'.

I remember it from 'Red for Danger'.

Indeed! @Peterthegreat gave me the correct answer in the pub in Carlisle yesterday lunchtime....but has so far been generous enough not to post it on here!

 

[xotGD]

1925

 

[D6130]

1925

Not quite....but getting warmer!

 

[Gloster]

1924?

 

[D6130]

1924?

Colder!

 

[Gloster]

1927? (Funny, I kept thinking it was in North Eastern Railway days.)

 

[D6130]

Bingo! Your turn to read 'A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain - Volume 4: The North-East' by Ken Google (David & Charles, 1971).

 

[Gloster]

A class of eighteen locos were taken over by the Great Western Railway, which kept nine of them (for a while, at least). One of the other locos passed to the Colne Valley & Halstead Railway, while the other eight all eventually became part of the fleet of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway. Which railway were they built for?

 

[D6130]

Brecon & Merthyr?

 

[Gloster]

Brecon & Merthyr?

Sorry, no.

 

[D6130]

Neath & Brecon?

 

[Gloster]

Neath & Brecon?

Sorry again, no? Completely the wrong area.

 

[D6130]

Looe & Caradon?

 

[Gloster]

Looe & Caradon?

Much closer, but the L&C never had so many locos. So, no again.

 

[D6130]

West Cornwall Mineral Railway?

 

[Gloster]

West Cornwall Mineral Railway?

I’ll give you that, although it was the Cornwall Minerals Railway. Operation taken over 1877, but not fully amalgamated until 1896, by which time it had built another line and bought another loco. The roundhouse at St Blazey was built for the locos, two to each of the nine roads as the they were intended to work back to back.

 

[D6130]

I’ll give you that, although it was the Cornwall Minerals Railway. Operation taken over 1877, but not fully amalgamated until 1896, by which time it had built another line and bought another loco. The roundhouse at St Blazey was built for the locos, two to each of the nine roads as the they were intended to work back to back.

Thanks! Here's another slightly obscure one:

For what reason has the railway between Caltagirone and Gela in Southern Sicily been 'bustituted' since 2011?

 

[xotGD]

A volcanic lava flow from Mount Etna has obliterated the railway line?

 

[Gloster]

Was it something to do with problems over regauging a narrow-gauge line to standard?

 

[D6130]

A volcanic lava flow from Mount Etna has obliterated the railway line?

Not on that line.

Was it something to do with problems over regauging a narrow-gauge line to standard?

Not that either.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Does the local Godfather "request" that they use buses ( presumably owned and run by his "family" )?