Christmas Quiz 2013

Here are a few teasers to test your brain cells. No prizes.

1. Which national rail station has the highest scrabble score

Llanfairpwll (The station sign actually has the full name which I'm not going to try and spell, I spelt it on the sim once)

2. Where are the following stations:-
a. Austin & Chicago
b. Admiralty & Olympic
c. Somerset & Little India
d. Black Lake & The Crescent

3. Which four letter word appears most often within national rail station names.

4. Which Great Western Railway stations were never served by GWR trains?

Dartmouth

5. Which single line terminus used to have signals onto the signal line worked by two different signal boxes.

6. Which signal box which was located where a single track line went to double track could switch out?

7. What is the longest route on linked Simsig simulations (at 01-Dec-13) that could be set simultaneously for a single train?

Ivybridge - Barnt Green? (195m 28ch)

8. What is the shortest distance on national rail that a train can run between two terminal/bay platforms

Chester & Hooton?

9. Where would you find a squirrel on a national rail station sign?

Bache station sign with the Chester zoo logo on it.

10. Which national rail station has a kangaroo on the station building?

11. What was unusual about Old Lea Station Signal Box?

12. Which two national rail stations have the closest platforms?

13. What do the lines through London Blackfriars, Darwen and the Ladywell Loop have in common?

14. Which motor racing circuit has a level crossing on it?

15. Which country has the largest proportion of its railway lines under ground.

Singapore

16. Which signal box that has single line one side and double track the other could switch out.

Enjoy,

Peter.

12. Which two national rail stations have the closest platforms?

6. Which signal box which was located where a single track line went to double track could switch out?

16. Which signal box that has single line one side and double track the other could switch out.

3. might be "upon" (I think).

Here are a few teasers to test your brain cells. No prizes.

3. Which four letter word appears most often within national rail station names.

Upon

4. Which Great Western Railway stations were never served by GWR trains?

Dartmouth

5. Which single line terminus used to have signals onto the signal line worked by two different signal boxes.

6. Which signal box which was located where a single track line went to double track could switch out?

7. What is the longest route on linked Simsig simulations (at 01-Dec-13) that could be set simultaneously for a single train?

Ivybridge - Cleethorpes (assuming you include Derby, and allow chaining between Gloucester and Saltley)



8. What is the shortest distance on national rail that a train can run between two terminal/bay platforms

Stourbridge Branch?

11. What was unusual about Old Lea Station Signal Box?

It was temporary for a set of diversions due to engineering works (assuming you mean the current box)

12. Which two national rail stations have the closest platforms?

Scarborough between P1 and P2 and P2 and P3, separated by a single line only misinterpreted the question.


15. Which country has the largest proportion of its railway lines under ground.


Enjoy,

Peter.

" said:

Here are a few teasers to test your brain cells. No prizes.

1. Which national rail station has the highest scrabble score

Llanfairpwll (The station sign actually has the full name which I'm not going to try and spell, I spelt it on the sim once)

4. Which Great Western Railway stations were never served by GWR trains?

Dartmouth

7. What is the longest route on linked Simsig simulations (at 01-Dec-13) that could be set simultaneously for a single train?

Ivybridge - Barnt Green? (195m 28ch)

8. What is the shortest distance on national rail that a train can run between two terminal/bay platforms

Chester & Hooton?

9. Where would you find a squirrel on a national rail station sign?

Bache station sign with the Chester zoo logo on it.

15. Which country has the largest proportion of its railway lines under ground.

Singapore

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12. Which two national rail stations have the closest platforms?

St. Budeaux Ferry Road and St. Budeaux Victoria Road?


Aren't

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6. Which signal box which was located where a single track line went to double track could switch out?

and

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16. Which signal box that has single line one side and double track the other could switch out.

The same question?

Here are a few teasers to test your brain cells. No prizes.

6. Which signal box which was located where a single track line went to double track could switch out?

Peter.

8. London Cannon Street to London Blackfriars at 1mi 26ch

12. St Budeaux Ferry Road and St Budeaux Victoria Road

13. The respective ELRs are all triple-lettered (HHH, BBB and LLL respectively)

14. Isle of Mann TT Course?

7. What is the longest route on linked Simsig simulations (at 01-Dec-13) that could be set simultaneously for a single train?


How about Berwick-upon-Tweed to Aberdeen?

3 - Park (51 occurrences)

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Here are a few teasers to test your brain cells. No prizes.

7. What is the longest route on linked Simsig simulations (at 01-Dec-13) that could be set simultaneously for a single train?

Ivybridge - Barnt Green? (195m 28ch)

1. Depends on how you work it out - as a single play in Scrabble I'd go with Whimple: Placed on a Triple Word Score, and 50 point bingo for placing 7 tiles in one go. 101 points

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" said:

Here are a few teasers to test your brain cells. No prizes.

7. What is the longest route on linked Simsig simulations (at 01-Dec-13) that could be set simultaneously for a single train?

Ivybridge - Barnt Green? (195m 28ch)

Berwick-upon-tweed to Dyce via Stirling 225 3/4
Oh as per above throw Cowlairs into the mix.

Peter