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« on: December 03, 2024, 06:20:56 »
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▸ (Great Western Railway) hotels at 1.1.1948)
9. 1610, 1615, 1617, 1618, 1629, 1639
10. Norwood, Sapperton, Greywell, Drakeholes ( Canal tunnels)
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2024, 06:51:20 »
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.
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« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2024, 07:45:52 »
2 are stations closed in 1966?
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« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2024, 10:03:37 »
1. These are 4-4-0T locos of the Cavan and Leitrim Railway, built by Robert Stevenson and Co
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« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2024, 10:14:25 »
5. All stations with a platform 0.

(Not all of the stations with a platform 0 - there four more, at least.)
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« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2024, 15:00:09 »
All correct so far - a couple were more specific. I have edited in the answers so far and added those more specific notes.
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« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2024, 21:21:51 »

8. All had GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) Hotels.
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« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2024, 21:32:29 »
Quote from: AMLAG on December 03, 2024, 21:21:51

8. All had GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) Hotels.


Indeed - they were the only five when it came to nationalisation in 1948. 
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« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2024, 21:39:17 »
Quote from: grahame on December 03, 2024, 21:32:29
Quote from: AMLAG on December 03, 2024, 21:21:51

8. All had GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) Hotels.


Indeed - they were the only five when it came to nationalisation in 1948. 

Well done, AMLAG - I was really struggling with that one!  Cheesy
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« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2024, 21:44:50 »
Quote from: PrestburyRoad on December 03, 2024, 06:51:20
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.

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.
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« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2024, 21:45:18 »
Anyway, back on topic - is 3 "staff halts"?
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« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2024, 22:35:51 »
4 All have Tower in their name, Middleton Towers, Alton Towers, Tower Hill and Tower Gateway.
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