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Oddly enough, right at this moment the Malton -- Driffield line is featuring in the Closed Stations Journeys quiz in this "Quizzes and Games" section; with, however, no clues concerning old Chas. :smile: ...
 
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The answer is that Charles's brother Alfred was one of the engineers that built the line. Open floor.
 
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As it has been quiet for a while...

Which Class 25 has most recently worked a passenger service on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.
 
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Time for a clue:

I didn't say anything about a diesel locomotive...
 
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Eyersey468 said:
What links Charles Dickens and the Malton and Driffield railway?
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Charles Dickens was a frequent visitor to Malton in the 1840s. His brother, Alfred, was a civil engineer on the York-Malton-Scarborough railway, and lived in the town during its construction. Charles Dickens' close friend, Charles Smithson, was a solicitor in the town. Dickens was said to have used Smithson's office in Malton as his inspiration for Scrooge's office in Christmas Carol. The office is still there today in Chancery Lane. Several of Dickens' characters are said to be based on the actual people he met whilst staying in Malton. None of this explains the Malton Dodger, of course, but the Dickensian links to the town are very strong and we'll documented
 
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yorkguy said:
Charles Dickens was a frequent visitor to Malton in the 1840s. His brother, Alfred, was a civil engineer on the York-Malton-Scarborough railway, and lived in the town during its construction. Charles Dickens' close friend, Charles Smithson, was a solicitor in the town. Dickens was said to have used Smithson's office in Malton as his inspiration for Scrooge's office in Christmas Carol. The office is still there today in Chancery Lane. Several of Dickens' characters are said to be based on the actual people he met whilst staying in Malton. None of this explains the Malton Dodger, of course, but the Dickensian links to the town are very strong and we'll documented
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Thanks that was interesting
 
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It will take someone with an ironclad knowledge of the KWVR fleet to get this...
 
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This could be one of those "scatter-gun" situations -- even if you have no idea of the correct answer: name Spanish cities at random, and sooner or later someone will get lucky. I like Salamanca; so I'll suggest it.
 
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DerekC said:
Alicante - I rode on one - I think in about 2007
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I'll give you that but I'm not sure it's technically correct. The city of Cadiz claimed to be the first tram-train in Spain when it opened last year. This system is definitely a tram-train as it involves trams and trains running over the same section of track.
However the Alicante system also claims to be the first system in Spain when it was converted from a train to a tram over ten years ago. However I'm not sure it is technically a tram-train as trains and trams do not share tracks (except Benidorm station??).
Hope that makes sense!
 
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As far as I remember, there are trams, tram-trains and trains involved in the Alicante operation. The trams operate the routes in the city area (lines 2 to 5, I think) and the tram-trains operate line 1 from Lucera in the city centre out to Benidorm. Diesel trains operate from Benidorm to Denia, although there are long term plans for that section to be electrified as well. And the trams and tram-trains share tracks from Lucera as far as El Campello.

Oh dear, now I have to think of a question. (This one prompted by the thread elsewhere on the age of locomotives):

What is the oldest class of locomotive listed in my Ian Allan "British Railways Locomotives" (1959 edition)? (Excluding preserved locomotives):
 
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