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Railway Related Quiz. Oscar should get 100%
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:08 pm
by Brian
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
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:17 pm
by Oscar
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.
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:27 pm
by mark white
no1 Edinburgh Waverley?
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:30 pm
by mark white
no4 in wales ? bit vague I know, made of timber and was replaced a few years back due to worms!
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:32 pm
by mark white
no2 is probably the 1st severn road bridge and the severn rail tunnel is under the water
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:34 pm
by mark white
no2 forth bridge
it's in scotland any way
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:40 pm
by Brian
Mark,
You have got two right
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:42 pm
by mark white
but what two
have to get my thinking head on
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:45 pm
by mark white
no3 is the forth rail bridge
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:50 pm
by mark white
no4 is I think is Barmouth, couldn't think of the name to start with
I am guessing I got 1&2 right
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:23 pm
by Brian
Three out of four now
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:29 am
by mark white
no4 must be wrong!
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:15 am
by Sandy Mac
4 is tay bridge.
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:39 am
by mark white
I was only a few hundred miles out
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:50 pm
by Brian
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.