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Post by Catweasel » Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:42 am

Got to be Buggleskelly, or the Basingstoke / Alton line
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Post by Matt » Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:58 am

no.

I already told you, when I said the line never carried passengers, what I meant was that it was not built to carry passengers.

I'll give you a clue to narrow it down. The railway in question has something in common with the railway in my last question.
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Post by Chris Cairns » Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:35 am

Edge Hill Light Railway.

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Post by Matt » Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:24 pm

got it!

Your turn.
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Post by Chris Cairns » Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:26 pm

Like the last railway, this line was built as an industrial railway and never carried passengers. It was isolated from the national rail network, and initially there was no road access either.

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Post by robc_wa » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:06 am

Chris Cairns:88398 wrote:Like the last railway, this line was built as an industrial railway and never carried passengers. It was isolated from the national rail network, and initially there was no road access either.

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Locahber narow gauge railway?

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Post by Chris Cairns » Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:15 am

No, when the Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway was built in 1925 there was road access to Fort William.

However you are very close.

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Post by robc_wa » Fri Sep 13, 2013 3:14 pm

Chris Cairns:88463 wrote:No, when the Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway was built in 1925 there was road access to Fort William.

However you are very close.

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Close in time, place or theme, or is that asking too much?

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Post by Chris Cairns » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:08 pm

robc_wa wrote:or is that asking too much?
Yes, but to answer your questions anyway - Earlier, same country & same theme.

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Post by hussra » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:30 pm

Aha - the Kinlochleven aluminium factory railway.
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Post by Chris Cairns » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:48 pm

Opened in 1907 it was the first electrically powered railway in Scotland, and the village of Kinlochleven apparently was the first village in the world where all houses had electricity, gaining the nickname "The Electric Village".

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Road access to Kinlochleven was gained in the 1920s when German POWs were employed to build the road.

Sadly nothing remains of the railway, and a recent scheme to run a tourist steam railway on the trackbed failed to gain the necessary support.

You have the baton Richard.

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Post by hussra » Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:06 pm

A nice easy one this time: connect this with the previous question, and tell me where we are.


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Post by Chris Cairns » Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:29 pm

You are certainly getting your money's worth out of your Northern Ireland & Ireland holiday Richard.

The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

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Post by METHSSNIFFER » Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:38 pm

Already had this one havent we!

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Post by hussra » Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:41 pm

Chris Cairns:88520 wrote:You are certainly getting your money's worth out of your Northern Ireland & Ireland holiday Richard.

The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
We go every year - parents live in Lisburn, and brother in Donegal Town. This particular photo is from six and a half years ago.

It is indeed Peckett works no. 1097, formerly at the British Aluminium plant at Larne where it was No. 2.

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I had my very first footplate ride on sister loco No. 1 (works no. 1026) at Shane's Castle aged about 3.
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Post by hussra » Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:42 pm

METHSSNIFFER:88522 wrote:Already had this one havent we!
Have we? I forget. Anyway, over to Chris.
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Post by Chris Cairns » Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:03 pm

Opened to traffic in 1925 this unique railway feature was used to join 2 railway stations over a rail distance of 9.6 miles and a change in altitude of approx 984'.

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Post by Chris Cairns » Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:29 pm

Bump.

The gauge used is 2 ft 5 & 15⁄16 in.

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Post by laurence703 » Sun Sep 15, 2013 11:06 pm

Funicular system?
No one expects the SPANISH ACQUISITION!!!

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Post by Chris Cairns » Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:19 am

No, an adhesion railway.

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