Christmas quiz

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:28 am

Hi

How about a quiz to keep us entertained over the festive season. I suggest I start with a question, the first correct answer then sets the next question and so on..the winner is the one that answers the most questions. The topic being narrow gauge railways in England and Wales..you can use pics as well as. The quiz will run and finish at midnight on Boxing day!

So first question is

Where is this?

DolwyddelanLightRail · Post by **DolwyddelanLightRail** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:30 am

Tan-y-Bwlch

Old Station Hut (where the token machines are) I can't remember the name of it, it's also next to the water tower

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:31 am

That is correct you may now set the next question well done. In the event of no one being able to answer within 24hrs of the previous question being set, the question setter may receive a point and set a further question. If the question setter is not able to reset the question then the previous setter will provide the question and the point will be thus rewarded to that previous setter.

DolwyddelanLightRail · Post by **DolwyddelanLightRail** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:25 am

Funnily enough it wasn't the actual building that made me know where it is, it was the tree line in the background, then worked backwards! I'll have to dig through my photos now

DolwyddelanLightRail · Post by **DolwyddelanLightRail** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:34 am

I thought I'd set a challenging one:

Where is this:

I know it's standard gauge, BUT, before GWR arrived it used to be narrow gauge, and escaped the Beeching cuts and you can still see the line as it is here!

spooner · Post by **spooner** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:53 am

Is it the old Festiniog & Blaenqu Railway/Trawsfynydd branch.

DolwyddelanLightRail · Post by **DolwyddelanLightRail** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:32 pm

Correct! This was taken just before the old gantry was taken down at the end of the line where the Nuclear Flasks were put on the specially built waggons!

and the chairs that were used were old GWR ones that dated from 1900!

anyway, I thought I'd share that as I find it rather interesting, back on topic

spooner · Post by **spooner** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 6:58 pm

What railway did Slave help build?

invicta280 · Post by **invicta280** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:48 pm

was it CTRL or HS1 as we now call it?

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:20 pm

Moved to off topic because of the prototype rather then garden rail content, otherwise carry on quizzing!

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:21 pm

The Welsh Highland Railway!

spooner · Post by **spooner** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:23 pm

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:26 pm

wasn't the lynton and Barnstaple was it?

spooner · Post by **spooner** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:46 pm

That's write.Slave was a 0-4-0ST Bagnall.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:55 pm

Okay, here's mine.

What was the name of the second 0-6-0 supplied to the original Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway?

90733 · Post by **90733** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:59 pm

Matt:62427 wrote:Okay, here's mine.

What was the name of the second 0-6-0 supplied to the original Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway?

Devon?

Marquis DeCarabas · Post by **Marquis DeCarabas** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:08 pm

90733:62428 wrote:
Matt:62427 wrote:Okay, here's mine.

What was the name of the second 0-6-0 supplied to the original Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway?
Devon?

Nab Gill, wasn't it - 'Devon' was the first?

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:12 pm

Marquis DeCarabas:62431 wrote:
90733:62428 wrote:
Matt:62427 wrote:Okay, here's mine.

What was the name of the second 0-6-0 supplied to the original Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway?
Devon?
Nab Gill, wasn't it - 'Devon' was the first?

Correct, Devon was supplied for the opening in 1875, Nab Gill came a year later.

Marquis DeCarabas · Post by **Marquis DeCarabas** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:21 pm

Ooo. I'd better think of one then.. Watch this space.

This has three answers.....

In the Welsh [1] slate industry, three steam locomotives were converted to electricity - what were the original names of all three steam engines?

[1] can't recall if there was one in Cornwall, there wasn't in Lakeland slate.

DolwyddelanLightRail · Post by **DolwyddelanLightRail** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:34 pm

3 of them? I thought there was just 2? or is that just the amount that have survived today?

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