Railway Related Quiz. Oscar should get 100%

Post by **Brian** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:08 pm

What and Where?

Number 1.

Number 2.

Number 3.

Number 4.

The railway link is a bit hard in No.2 but it is there. You need to know a bit of railway history for No.4

Post by **Oscar** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:17 pm

Sorry to disappoint you Brian, but except for the obvious Firth of Forth I am at a loss. At first I thought 1 was London Waterloo because of the glass, but the surroundings seem to be wrong. There are many bridges like no 2 in the world, including the Golden Gate in SF. No idea about 4.

mark white · Post by **mark white** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:27 pm

no1 Edinburgh Waverley?

mark white · Post by **mark white** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:30 pm

no4 in wales ? bit vague I know, made of timber and was replaced a few years back due to worms!

mark white · Post by **mark white** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:32 pm

no2 is probably the 1st severn road bridge and the severn rail tunnel is under the water

mark white · Post by **mark white** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:34 pm

no2 forth bridge

it's in scotland any way

Post by **Brian** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:40 pm

Mark,
You have got two right

mark white · Post by **mark white** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:42 pm

but what two

have to get my thinking head on

mark white · Post by **mark white** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:45 pm

no3 is the forth rail bridge

mark white · Post by **mark white** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:50 pm

no4 is I think is Barmouth, couldn't think of the name to start with

I am guessing I got 1&2 right

Post by **Brian** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:23 pm

Three out of four now

mark white · Post by **mark white** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:29 am

no4 must be wrong!

Sandy Mac · Post by **Sandy Mac** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:15 am

4 is tay bridge.

mark white · Post by **mark white** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:39 am

I was only a few hundred miles out

Post by **Brian** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:50 pm

Ok so the answers are:

1.. Waverley Station, Edinburgh.

2.. The Firth of Forth road bridge. Railway connection? I took it from the train as I passed over the rail bridge on the train.

3.. The Firth of Forth Rail bridge, one of the great engineering marvels of the railway age. Built without the use of computers and modern heavy equipment. The covers on the side are for the workmen.

4.. The Tay rail bridge. Scene of a great train disaster in the 1800's when a train went into the river in a storm.

Well done chaps.