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Title: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: eightf48544 on December 06, 2021, 06:03:31 Station Oddities.
Q1 There were many stations with High Level and Low Level in their names. Which pair had the greatest vertical separation? Q2 Brighton is a three way junction. How many platforms can a train use to travel from the East Coast (Lewes) to the West Coast (Worthing) O3 What deterrent is Network Rail employing to prevent damage to the tetrafluoroethylene {ETFE} roof panels at Manchester Victoria Station. Q4. What was unusual about the train service to the now closed Woodville Road Halt. Which was between Cardiff Queen Street and Radyr? Q5. A scatological Question. Where are BOG PEA and POO? Usual rules 1 go in 24 hours. I’m back to bed. eightf48544 Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: CyclingSid on December 06, 2021, 06:57:50 Q5 BOGnor Regis, PEArtree, POOle
Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: PhilWakely on December 06, 2021, 07:14:30 Q1 Crumlin ?
Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: eightonedee on December 06, 2021, 07:51:41 4 I have read that they had seagull problems so l guess it is either playing gull distress or alarm calls or using birds of prey to keep them away
Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: Reginald25 on December 06, 2021, 07:55:03 Q2 One (plat 3) with a single reversal. (With multiple reversals 8.)
Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: Western Pathfinder on December 06, 2021, 08:55:30 Q3. OWL ?..
Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: grahame on December 06, 2021, 09:10:55 Q2 One (plat 3) with a single reversal. (With multiple reversals 8.) I would agree with that answer - or indeed suggest it's just half of platform 3, with a limit of just 4 carriages into / out of that platform from the west. Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: TonyN on December 06, 2021, 09:53:00 Q4 Woodville Road Halt and Maindy Halt had platforms on the up line (From Queen street) only. To travel to Queen street passengers joined the up train. The train reversed over a crossover at Maindy and returned on the down line.
Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: eightf48544 on December 06, 2021, 10:41:16 That was quick I'll try and make them harder next time.
Q5 BOGnor Regis, PEArtree, POOle CorrectQ1 Crumlin ? Correct 4 I have read that they had seagull problems so l guess it is either playing gull distress or alarm calls or using birds of prey to keep them away Nearly there can you be more specific.Q2 One (plat 3) with a single reversal. (With multiple reversals 8.) Correct Also Grahame for a fuller explanation.Q4 Woodville Road Halt and Maindy Halt had platforms on the up line (From Queen street) only. To travel to Queen street passengers joined the up train. The train reversed over a crossover at Maindy and returned on the down line. Correct in every respectStill need the specific deterent for Q3 Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: stuving on December 06, 2021, 11:11:15 Still need the specific deterent for Q3 Rocky the Harris Hawk! See MEN (https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-victoria-station-network-rail-15232974): Quote Meet Rocky the Harris hawk - the new recruit hired to deter seagulls vandalising Victoria Station The Harris hawk is a natural predator of the pesky seagull Rail bosses have hired a new recruit to tackle the problem of pesky seagulls on the Victoria station roof. A Harris hawk will be flown around the station every week for the next seven months in a bid to deter the winged pests - which have once again been pecking holes in the special 'bubble roof'. Hire of the hawk, whose name is Rocky, is costing the taxpayer £6,200 for its shifts, with two per week this month and next, then one a week until next April. The panels, made of a special plastic, were fitted in 2015 as part of the £44m transformation. But in October 2016, when two passengers were injured after tiles on the structure collapsed and they were 'blasted' by a torrent of water. Suspicions turned on the seagulls, and their guilt was confirmed following a full investigation. Then, in August this year, passengers noticed the roof was compromised once again - with pools of water forcing the panels downward. But the seagull problem was them attacking the roof panels and weakening them so water pooled and then they burst. So the official response was for the operators and NR to talk to each other so they could get them mended in time ... and by McDonalds to close down so as to not attract them (allegedly, but coincidentally). Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: grahame on December 06, 2021, 13:08:09 I found myself thinking "Upper" and "Lower" rather than High level and Low level when I first read that question and found myself thinking "Tyndrum" where I can recall a tiring uphill walk. How would that compare in height difference to the two parts of Crumlin? Excellent set of questions, eightf48544, thank you! Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: PhilWakely on December 06, 2021, 13:49:16 I found myself thinking "Upper" and "Lower" rather than High level and Low level when I first read that question and found myself thinking "Tyndrum" where I can recall a tiring uphill walk. How would that compare in height difference to the two parts of Crumlin? Excellent set of questions, eightf48544, thank you! My first reaction to the question was exactly the same - thinking of Tyndrum. Upper Tyndrum: 273m 895ft; Tyndrum Lower: 225m 738ft (a difference of 48m or 157ft). Crumlin viaduct was 200ft (61m) tall, so the height difference at Crumlin was still more than at Tyndrum. I guess the distance between each of the pairs would probably have been about the same. Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: eightf48544 on December 06, 2021, 14:21:08 Still need the specific deterent for Q3 Rocky the Harris Hawk! See MEN (https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-victoria-station-network-rail-15232974): Quote Meet Rocky the Harris hawk - the new recruit hired to deter seagulls vandalising Victoria Station The Harris hawk is a natural predator of the pesky seagull Thanks stuving Harris Hawk was the answer I was looking for. Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: eightf48544 on December 06, 2021, 14:25:20 Q2 One (plat 3) with a single reversal. (With multiple reversals 8.) I would agree with that answer - or indeed suggest it's just half of platform 3, with a limit of just 4 carriages into / out of that platform from the west. Fond memories of that platform where we turned 48544 from Hove to go back Light Engine to Redhill. Title: Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. Post by: eightf48544 on December 06, 2021, 14:29:15 Excellent set of questions, eightf48544, thank you! 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