E: 30/07 WIN! Railways Restored (book)(help please)

weeowens

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Competition closes on Tuesday, 31st July 2012 at 5:00pm

Which two heritage railways were visited by the Olympic Torch in 2012?
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway and North Yorkshire Moors Railway
West Somerset Railway and Ffestiniog Railway
Snowdon Mountain Railway and North Western Railway


answer: ?


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I think it is : West Somerset Railway and Ffestiniog Railway


But I'm not 100%


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StokieBecks

Difficult one as i believe it has done snowdon and festiniog which are both listed separately

Also visited north yorkshire moors railway

weeowens

That's what had me a bit baffled as well,StokieBecks

mjbutcher

I can find no reference to either the North Western Railway or the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway in the Olympic Torch reports.Therefore I must agree with weeowens that the answer is: West Somerset Railway and Ffestiniog Railway

holnrew

They must have made some sort of mistake..

All I can find about the WSR is nearby towns it visited. I went with you guys.

One-Eye

This article mentions all the heritage railways the torch has or will visit, and I have checked separately as well:

http://railwayherald.com/preservation/olympic_torch_tours_heritage_railways

It did NOT visit the West Somerset Railway, nor the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway, and there is no such thing as the North Western Railway - the closest is the London & North Western Railway site at Crewe which it also did not visit.

It did visit the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, the Ffestiniog & the Snowdon Mountain Railway.

Caryne

It DID visit the West Somerset Railway, here is a link that proves it,

http://www.sdrt.org.uk/news/article.php?article=116

So the answer is as stated in the original post, West Somerset Railway and Ffestiniog Railway, and there is no mistake.

One-Eye wrote: »

This article mentions all the heritage railways the torch has or will visit, and I have checked separately as well:

http://railwayherald.com/preservation/olympic_torch_tours_heritage_railways

It did NOT visit the West Somerset Railway, nor the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway, and there is no such thing as the North Western Railway - the closest is the London & North Western Railway site at Crewe which it also did not visit.

It did visit the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, the Ffestiniog & the Snowdon Mountain Railway.

One-Eye

Caryne wrote: »

It DID visit the West Somerset Railway, here is a link that proves it,

http://www.sdrt.org.uk/news/article.php?article=116

So the answer is as stated in the original post, West Somerset Railway and Ffestiniog Railway, and there is no mistake.

The torch relay went through the village of Washford on the A39 and will have passed close to the WSR station there. It did not go through Washford in order to visit the railway, and was never on railway property. Although it may not be a true "visit" to the railway, it is certainly closer than the other options.

We_Laugh_Indoors

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Pulcinella

The options have now changed to:

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway and Ivor T Engine Railway
West Somerset Railway and Ffestiniog Railway
Snowy Hill Railway and North Western Railway

So definitely go with West Somerset Railway and Ffestiniog Railway