Railway Trivia Question

[Iain]

Ah okay, railway trivia - I got mixed up with the more general facts thread. And it's two not one lol

[DrainBrain]

Nobody got my last question, to which the answer is that they were all "shrunk down" by the magic of television and travelled on model railways - Bernard for a Hornby advert, Ronnie C & B for a musical sketch about a narrow gauge train driver and fireman (filmed on the well-known Dovey Valley Railway layout) and Jules rode on his own model railway/slot car layout in the opening credits to one of his TV shows.

Now a new question - what do the numbers one, seven, nine and ten have in common? (And no, "One of Ten" wasn't a Borg Drone....)

They're the only numbers that appear on the tube map - Marylebone, Seven Sisters, Nine Elms and Tottenham Court Road

Maybe just tube stations specifically, because otherwise there's also Brentwood.

[RobbieM]

That's just if we're talking integers. Don't forget our friend pi. In Pinner...

[RJSRdg]

Nobody got my last question, to which the answer is that they were all "shrunk down" by the magic of television and travelled on model railways - Bernard for a Hornby advert, Ronnie C & B for a musical sketch about a narrow gauge train driver and fireman (filmed on the well-known Dovey Valley Railway layout) and Jules rode on his own model railway/slot car layout in the opening credits to one of his TV shows.

Now a new question - what do the numbers one, seven, nine and ten have in common? (And no, "One of Ten" wasn't a Borg Drone....)

They're the only numbers that appear on the tube map - Marylebone, Seven Sisters, Nine Elms and Tottenham Court Road

Also Totteridge and Whetstone and Leytonstone.

2,3,4 and 5 also appear on the Tube Map in Arabic numerals rather than as words.

[Lunaticonthegrass]

That's just if we're talking integers. Don't forget our friend pi. In Pinner...

And e in... more stations than I care to mention.

And if we include imaginary numbers...

[RobbieM]

And of course, a ‘number’ could refer to a song or performance, which could also be classed as a ‘turn’. How’s about Turnpike Lane?

Sorry folks, brain’s doing odd things again…