| AQ03 - what do these groups have in common Posted by grahame at 06:20, 3rd December 2024 |      |
1. Queen Victoria, Lady Edith, Violet and Katheen (Cavan and Leitrim locos survived until the end)
2. Melksham, Adlestrop, Horwich, Marchwood (Closed 1966)
3. Wimbledon, Hoo Junction, Battersea Pier, Folkestone East (Staff Halts)
4. Middleton, Alton, Hill, Gateway (Towers)
5. Cardiff, Haymarket, Doncaster, Redhill (Platform 0)
6. 311, 376, 379, 385
7. Beard, Taylor, Drew, Upton
8. Bath, Fishguard, Moretonhampstead, Paddington, St Ives (GWR hotels at 1.1.1948)
9. 1610, 1615, 1617, 1618, 1629, 1639
10. Norwood, Sapperton, Greywell, Drakeholes ( Canal tunnels)
| Re: AQ03 - what do these groups have in common Posted by PrestburyRoad at 06:51, 3rd December 2024 | |
10. Canal tunnels. I know that Sapperton has a famous railway tunnel which is still in use - I travelled through it last week - and it also has a famous canal tunnel which is blocked by roof falls but which still has elegant portals - I've seen them. Mr Google shows that the other three locations also have canal
tunnels.
| Re: AQ03 - what do these groups have in common Posted by eightonedee at 07:45, 3rd December 2024 | |
2 are stations closed in 1966?
| Re: AQ03 - what do these groups have in common Posted by Red Squirrel at 10:03, 3rd December 2024 | |
1. These are 4-4-0T locos of the Cavan and Leitrim Railway, built by Robert Stevenson and Co
| Re: AQ03 - what do these groups have in common Posted by stuving at 10:14, 3rd December 2024 | |
5. All stations with a platform 0.
(Not all of the stations with a platform 0 - there four more, at least.)
| Re: AQ03 - what do these groups have in common Posted by grahame at 15:00, 3rd December 2024 | |
All correct so far - a couple were more specific. I have edited in the answers so far and added those more specific notes.
| Re: AQ03 - what do these groups have in common Posted by AMLAG at 21:21, 3rd December 2024 | |
8. All had GWR Hotels.
| Re: AQ03 - what do these groups have in common Posted by grahame at 21:32, 3rd December 2024 | |
8. All had GWR Hotels.
Indeed - they were the only five when it came to nationalisation in 1948.
| Re: AQ03 - what do these groups have in common Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 21:39, 3rd December 2024 | |
8. All had GWR Hotels.
Indeed - they were the only five when it came to nationalisation in 1948.
Well done, AMLAG - I was really struggling with that one!
| Re: AQ03 - what do these groups have in common Posted by Richard Fairhurst at 21:44, 3rd December 2024 | |
10. Canal tunnels. I know that Sapperton has a famous railway tunnel which is still in use - I travelled through it last week - and it also has a famous canal tunnel which is blocked by roof falls but which still has elegant portals - I've seen them. Mr Google shows that the other three locations also have canal
tunnels.
tunnels.
Indeed!
Norwood Tunnel is on the Chesterfield Canal - indeed it's the current limit of navigation of the "connected section". (There's an isolated restored section beyond the tunnel.) Significantly collapsed; the restoration plans envisage opening up a large part as a cutting.
Greywell is on the Basingstoke Canal, also the limit of navigation. Full of rare bats so not going to be reopened. (Plus the "navigable" part of the Basingstoke has enough problems of its own without adding more.)
Drakeholes is also on the Chesterfield, but it isn't closed - it's part of the navigable section, and it's actually broad-beam (14ft) so that wider boats can proceed some way from the Trent before the locks start in earnest.
| Re: AQ03 - what do these groups have in common Posted by Richard Fairhurst at 21:45, 3rd December 2024 | |
Anyway, back on topic - is 3 "staff halts"?
| Re: AQ03 - what do these groups have in common Posted by TonyN at 22:35, 3rd December 2024 | |
4 All have Tower in their name, Middleton Towers, Alton Towers, Tower Hill and Tower Gateway.
