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

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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 does a steam train work?
  2. Why are most trains today electric?
  3. How many people does it take to run this railway?
  4. How long does it take to prepare a steam engine for use?
  5. How old are the trains used today?
  6. Why bother restoring old trains, why not just have new ones?

Can you also find out?

Signalman working the red and blue levers inside the signal box
  1. Why don't the trains have toilets?
  2. What is the signal box used for?
  3. Why did many lines and stations close on the Isle of Wight?
Vintage Southern railway carriage exterior resting at the platform
  1. How many stations did the Isle of Wight have in the past? (use the map to help you)
Map showing the historical and current railway lines and stations across the Isle of Wight