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10 Questions you must ask at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway

KS3 English Spoken Language Asking Questions Listening Skills
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Cartoon of a station guard in a peaked cap holding a green flag next to wooden crates

Student Introduction

Vintage red railway warning sign reading: Stop Look & Listen Before Crossing the Line

Questions

(You may get several answers)

  1. How fast do the trains go?
  2. How old are the trains?
  3. What are the trains made of?
  4. Why do the trains not have toilets?
  5. How long does it take to prepare a steam engine before it is used?

Can you also find out the following information:

Signalman working the red and blue levers inside the signal box
  1. How many people does it take to run this railway?
  2. What is the signal box used for?
Vintage Southern railway carriage exterior resting at the platform
  1. Why did most lines and stations close on the Isle of Wight?
  2. How many stations did the Isle of Wight have in the past? (use the map below to help you)
Map showing the historical and current railway lines and stations across the Isle of Wight
  1. Why do we now have electric trains, not steam trains?