Railway Infrastructure Quiz – Part 1

Thanks to correspondent Peter, we can see more. He was more successful in truffling out (Yikes; fbb has been watching too much Alexander Armstrong on Pointless!) a little more information. The vehicle was built by Ikarus as a one off. It sent most of its working days at the Budapest airport. 

But what fbb did not realise (oh unobservant old codger) was that the steps retracted for the journey back to the terminal, presumably to avoid pinging bits off the bus or buildings or even parked aircraft!

You can see bits of the staircase as black lines between top deck and driver’s/luggage area.

Clever, eh?

fbb suspects it was not put into production because of the very variable heights of a planes’ fuselage.

Puzzle Picture 1

Well, fbb knew hat Kewstoke was a “suburb” of Weston-super-Mud, a vital fact recently reinforced by the visit of church chums to partake of a short holiday there! But the blue baffled.

The bus was operated by Bristol Tramways – indeed the company was so named long after the trams departed from Bristol post WW2. What fbb did not know (slacker!) was that they were painted blue. Later the “Tramways” company and the green Bristol Omnibus Company were merged and all became green.

Puzzle Picture 2

Pennine Motor Services was based in Skipton. The company ceased operations in year 2000 but was, as they are wont to say, a much loved local operator.

The 215 Burnley to Skipton (as in the Puzzle Picture) was the company’s trunk route.

On each of the next few days, fbb will publish pictures of typical railway scene. All our loyal readers (and non loyal ones as well) have to do is to identify the location in each case.

This place had a link with Leigh Park

Now a bit more weather-proof