Thursday, January 28, 2021

Trains to industry Quiz

 

TRAINS TO INDUSTRY QUIZ

Historically  the railway served industry widely and many  locations had either a private siding or an internal  railway system . For this quiz, draw a  line from the commodity one or more of these 21 railway served locations or factory.

            Commodity

Location

HORSES

BRIMSDOWN

BRICKS

NEWMARKET

CARS

ROMFORD

CHALK & CEMENT

BECKTON

COAL

SHELL HAVEN

SOFT FRUITS

BECONTREE

IRONSTONE

THURROCK

MALT

TILBURY DOCKS

MILITARY ITEMS

PORT OF LONDON

MILK

FORDS DAGENHAM

OATS / BARLEY

MARKS TEY

PAPER  & NEWSPAPERS

SITTINGBOURNE

STEEL

WISSINGTON

SUGAR BEET

WISBECH & UPWELL

SAND & BRICKEARTH

SNAPE

 

 

 

 

EXPORTS

TIPTREE

PETROLEUM

CORBY

IRCHESTER

STOREFIELD

ILFORD (Seven Kings)

SHOEBURYNESS

 

 

 

 

Answers to news@earm.co.uk

 

Answers to Quiz the View from Space in CN83

 

Changes taken place between two satellite views of the museum site.

 

 

1 Removal of Shenfield 306 set from Picnic siding

 

2 a skeleton of the new Running Shed

 

3 A protective tent covering Chelmsford Water Tower

 

4 MR2 track laid

 

5 MR2 Thompson Green station building

 

6 MR2 Motive Power Depot and Station signalbox

 

7 Removal of the old Miniature railway tunnel near Picnic siding

 

8 Fewer trees in the Orchard lands, and pollarded trees alongside MR2

 

9 track in the from of Thompson centre has been removed

 

10 Drop Road stop block removed, (and siding levelled ~ not seen from above)                           

 11 new museum main line sturdy black plastic fencing in place