Ashley Hill
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I’ve no question prepared so open floor…
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Ashley Hill
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Got one.
Fill in the blanks:-
Signalman’s …………….. (7)
Signalman’s …………….. (8)
Signalman’s …………….. (9)
Fill in the blanks:-
Signalman’s …………….. (7)
Signalman’s …………….. (8)
Signalman’s …………….. (9)
Gloster
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I suspect that the link is A.V., but I can only remember the first.
Ashley Hill
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Ok, clue time. Three books by the well known railway author alluded to by @Gloster above.
Gloster
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7 is, I think, Morning. 9 came to me last night as probably being Nightmare (before Cowley’s post), but I still can’t remember 8.
I have read some of these but it was a long time ago and I think I must have borrowed them from the library.
How many did he write?
Ashley Hill
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Sorry,i didnt make it clear. The number refers to the number of letters in the missing word. So far you both have one correct answer.
Ashley Hill
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Gloster
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Which was the first panel Power Signal Box opened by BR Western Region?
Peterthegreat
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Newport?
D6130
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Plymouth?
Gloster
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Gloster
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Indeed it was: opened in the former 3rd Class Ladies Waiting Room in September 1960, two months before Plymouth. It was also the first to close, in September 1972.
To you to set up the road for the next question.
Cheers
An easy one methinks.
Dover used to have no fewer than eight signal boxes controlling the area. Line closures and rationalisation saw this reduced to three by 1995 these last three closing in 1998. Where is signalling in the area now controlled from?
An easy one methinks.
Dover used to have no fewer than eight signal boxes controlling the area. Line closures and rationalisation saw this reduced to three by 1995 these last three closing in 1998. Where is signalling in the area now controlled from?
D6130
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Ashford?
Not Ashford.
Whistler40145
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Gillingham?
D6130
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Dollands Moor?
Gloster
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Folkestone East?
Is correct. Dover Priory box though remains as an unmanned relay room.
Over to you to decide where the next question takes us.
Gloster
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The Severn Tunnel was the longest tunnel on the old GWR, but what was the longest tunnel on the GWR that was entirely in Wales?
Whistler40145
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Rhondda Tunnel?
Gloster
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Well, that really didn’t last at all long. Quite correct, the now closed ex-Rhondda & Swansea Bay one between Blaengwynfi and Blaenrhondda.
To you to bring us into the light with another question.
Whistler40145
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What's the longest straight section of the East Coast mainline?
Peterthegreat
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York (Skelton Jn) to Thirsk?
Whistler40145
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No, sorry