1. Home
  2. Library
  3. Data

Upcoming Games

(UTC times)

Full list
Add a game

Upcoming Events

No events to display

Who's Online

Christmas Quiz 2014

You are here: Home > Forum > Miscellaneous > The real thing (anything else rail-oriented) > Christmas Quiz 2014

Page 2 of 4

Christmas Quiz 2014 01/12/2014 at 23:48 #65959
pbinnersley
Avatar
431 posts 		" said:
8. Newark Flat Crossing.
Sorry, that is two double track lines.

Peter.
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 01/12/2014 at 23:48 #65960
Muzer
Avatar
718 posts 		2. Mottisfont & Dunbridge and Dean, operated by FGW but served by SWT.
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 01/12/2014 at 23:57 #65962
GeoffM
Avatar
6376 posts
Online 		16. I'm thinking Monorail - I thought the Maglev thing in Shanghai but that doesn't appear to have stations like that.
SimSig Boss
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 01/12/2014 at 23:59 #65963
pbinnersley
Avatar
431 posts 		" said:
2. Mottisfont & Dunbridge and Dean, operated by FGW but served by SWT.
Both correct,

FGW trains pass through, but don't stop.

Peter.
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 01/12/2014 at 23:59 #65964
Trainfan344
Avatar
262 posts 		11. All served by LM?
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 00:01 #65965
Trainfan344
Avatar
262 posts 		Sorry about double post

14. Longest bus route in London?
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 00:03 #65966
pbinnersley
Avatar
431 posts 		" said:
16. I'm thinking Monorail - I thought the Maglev thing in Shanghai but that doesn't appear to have stations like that.
Geoff,

Not Shanghai, the stations are better known by their names in the local language.

Peter.
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 00:05 #65967
pbinnersley
Avatar
431 posts 		" said:
11. All served by LM?
Strictly yes, but these stations have something in common that most others don't.

Peter.
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 00:08 #65968
pbinnersley
Avatar
431 posts 		" said:
Sorry about double post

14. Longest bus route in London?
and possible outside London. Check the destinations served.

Peter.
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 00:52 #65969
ZephyrLuke
Avatar
9 posts 		14; route 328 goes to World's End (in Chelsea)?
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 01:14 #65971
Gwasanaethau
Avatar
509 posts 		12: Does Yeovil Junction still have its junction?
Last edited: 02/12/2014 at 01:15 by Gwasanaethau
Reason: Wrong question number!
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 02:15 #65974
Muzer
Avatar
718 posts 		" said:
12: Does Yeovil Junction still have its junction?
Yes, there's a spur for up Waterloo trains to join the up line towards Castle Cary (or down trains on the latter to join the down line to Exeter). Used only as a diversionary route.
Last edited: 02/12/2014 at 02:16 by Muzer
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 06:58 #65977
pbinnersley
Avatar
431 posts 		" said:
14; route 328 goes to World's End (in Chelsea)?
Correct, you can't go further than the worlds end.
Peter.
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 07:12 #65978
pbinnersley
Avatar
431 posts 		" said:


Tondu? Theoretically you could have something coming from the stub of the Ogmore Valley line heading towards Margam crossing the route of a train on the Maesteg branch, but the two wouldn't pass. Depends if you count the Ogmore line as Quail shows it as OOU beyond the end of the loop.
Steamer,

Apologies for missing your post last night.
The question is in the present tense so I'm afraid the stub of the Ogmore branch doesn't count. Tondu is one of the boxes I would liked to have visited to see how they operated the layout.
Peter.
Log in to reply
The following user said thank you: Steamer
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 08:04 #65979
Forest Pines
Avatar
525 posts 		15: From the old Thameslink entrance at Kings Cross to the new St Pancras Domestic?

(or for a non-railway answer: from King George V to Woolwich through the foot tunnel!)
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 08:42 #65981
--miki--
Avatar
68 posts 		6a: Coventry and Nuneaton line (CNN)
6b: Somerset and Dorset line (SAD)
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 08:58 #65983
Peter Bennet
Avatar
5402 posts
Online 		" said:
" said:
14; route 328 goes to World's End (in Chelsea)?
Correct, you can't go further than the worlds end.
Peter.
The end of the Universe?
I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs!
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 11:43 #65985
clive
Avatar
2789 posts 		" said:
15: From the old Thameslink entrance at Kings Cross to the new St Pancras Domestic?
But are there other tunnels you can then turn into? For example, from the booking hall back down to the Northern Line?

Quote:
(or for a non-railway answer: from King George V to Woolwich through the foot tunnel!)
You can walk through the Rotherhithe Tunnel, which is about three times as long. I suspect that's going to be the winner.
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 11:50 #65986
Forest Pines
Avatar
525 posts 		" said:
" said:
15: From the old Thameslink entrance at Kings Cross to the new St Pancras Domestic?
But are there other tunnels you can then turn into? For example, from the booking hall back down to the Northern Line?

Quote:
(or for a non-railway answer: from King George V to Woolwich through the foot tunnel!)
You can walk through the Rotherhithe Tunnel, which is about three times as long. I suspect that's going to be the winner.
Unless you count only things people allowed to be on LU metals during a possession can do, in which case it would be "line walk from Morden to Camden Town and back to Kennington the other way". But I suspect for the purposes of this quiz that would be a bit of a cheat.
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 12:00 #65987
clive
Avatar
2789 posts 		" said:
6a: Coventry and Nuneaton line (CNN)
6b: Somerset and Dorset line (SAD)
6a: Bretby Branch (BBC), Carbis Branch (CBS); both do news.
6c: Radford Junction to Linby Colliery Branch (RAC).
6d: London Bridge to Windmill Bridge Junction (LBW).
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 13:47 #65989
clive
Avatar
2789 posts 		" said:

Unless you count only things people allowed to be on LU metals during a possession can do, in which case it would be "line walk from Morden to Camden Town and back to Kennington the other way". But I suspect for the purposes of this quiz that would be a bit of a cheat.
You can do a lot better than that! Off the top of my head:

East Finchley or Golders Green via CX to Kennington, then via Bank to Euston-ish, take the King's Cross Loop and then the Piccadilly to Finsbury Park, Victoria to Green Park, Jubilee to Baker Street, Bakerloo to Oxford Circus, then Central whichever way turns out to be longer. I'm sure I could do better with some thought.

Hmm: does using a parallel tunnel count as retracing your steps?
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 16:57 #65997
--miki--
Avatar
68 posts 		4a: Valencia
4c: Incheon
4f: Buenos Aires

12: Smallbrook Junction
Last edited: 02/12/2014 at 17:14 by --miki--
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 18:44 #66005
GW43125
Avatar
495 posts 		5) a) Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 19:16 #66012
pbinnersley
Avatar
431 posts 		" said:
6a: Coventry and Nuneaton line (CNN)
6b: Somerset and Dorset line (SAD)
Both correct - Well done.

Peter.
Log in to reply
Christmas Quiz 2014 02/12/2014 at 19:17 #66013
pbinnersley
Avatar
431 posts 		" said:
" said:
" said:
14; route 328 goes to World's End (in Chelsea)?
Correct, you can't go further than the worlds end.
Peter.
The end of the Universe?
Presumably on the No. 42 route!
Log in to reply
Back