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Puffing Billy Railway Timeline - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 7 times
- The average score is 32 of 36
Answer Stats
| Year | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|
| Construction approved by Parliament | 1898 | 100%
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| Line opens | 1900 | 100%
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| Worst accident on the line occurred | 1906 | 100%
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| New island platform built at Upper F.T. Gully | 1910 | 100%
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| New fleet of open air NBH carriages built | 1919 | 100%
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| New ATC single line automatic signal
system between Upper F.T. Gully &
Belgrave | 1921 | 100%
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| Gembrook line loses £13,000 in one year | 1924 | 100%
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| ATC single line automatic signal systemabolished | 1930 | 100%
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| Line was scheduled to be closed | 1936 | 100%
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| Parliament passed an act to extend the BG linebeyond Upper F.T. Gully | 1949 | 100%
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| Puffing Billy re-opens Lakeside - Gembrook | 1998 | 100%
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| Garratt G42 restored to service | 2004 | 100%
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| PBR celebrates 50 years since re-opening Belgraveto Menzies Creek | 2012 | 100%
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| PBR carries its ten millionth passenger | 2014 | 100%
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| 35th Great Train Race is held | 2016 | 100%
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| Giant landslide covers the track between Selby& Menzies Creek | 1953 | 80%
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| Line closed | 1954 | 80%
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| Citizens Committee established to run the railwayon weekends | 1955 | 80%
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| All rolling stock painted into cleaner colours | 1956 | 80%
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| Line between Upper F.T. Gully - Belgrave closed | 1958 | 80%
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| Landslide bypassed | 1959 | 80%
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| Puffing Billy re-opens Belgrave - Menzies Creek | 1962 | 80%
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| 6A becomes oldest locomotive on VR register | 1963 | 80%
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| Puffing Billy re-opens Menzies Creek - Emerald | 1965 | 80%
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| Garratt G42 arrives at the railway | 1968 | 80%
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| PBR carries its one millionth passenger | 1971 | 80%
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| Work begins to re-open Emerald - Lakeside | 1972 | 80%
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| Puffing Billy re-opens Emerald - Lakeside | 1975 | 80%
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| Gembrook line handed over from VR to ETRB | 1977 | 80%
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| PBR carries its two millionth passenger | 1978 | 80%
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| First Great Train Race is held | 1982 | 80%
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| First diesel locomotive arrives at the railway | 1983 | 80%
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| Work begins to re-open Lakeside - Gembrook | 1990 | 80%
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| PBR carries its five millionth passenger | 1997 | 80%
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| Centenary of Gembrook railway line | 2000 | 80%
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| Garratt NGG16 129 restored to service | 2020 | 80%
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