Railway General Knowledge.

[D1511]

I can picture it but can't for the life of me remember the name. Is it the one with a massive rubber gangway? It's something like MP3 but not MP3...

Yes, I can see you know the exact units from their nicknames......they are very distinctive!

Class AM96?

That's the ones! I had the pleasure of a trip in one from Lille {or is that Rijsdel??) to Bruxelles last week!
For those unfamiliar, this pic shows why they have the nicknames they do.......Danish Nose is a reference to similar danish units, but Rubber Nose is also used, along with "toilet seat" for reasons that are fairly self-evident!



Time for you to hang a bog seat round your neck and give us the next question!

 

[D6130]

Thanks! Next up:

Which class of Belgian EMUs are known as 'Break' units?

 

[D1511]

I know this, as I was swatting up on Belgian trains before my trip the other week, but I'll give others a chance first.....

 

[Peterthegreat]

AM96?

 

[D1511]

AM96?

That's the "toilet seats" pictured above!

 

[Peterthegreat]

That's the "toilet seats" pictured above!

Oops. I meant AM80!

 

[D6130]

Oops. I meant AM80!

Correct. Your turn to avoid the toilet seat. (Hint: Don't drink four bottles of Trappist beer on the trot....so to speak! ).

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you. Please decipher.
34B 60A 8B73G.

 

[xotGD]

Thank you. Please decipher.
34B 60A 8B73G.

I only know 52A

 

[D1511]

I only know 52A

64B here!

 

[Ashley Hill]

HYISWARE?

 

[Peterthegreat]

HYISWARE?

You're on the right lines....

 

[RDP]

He is warm?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Is correct.
It is a conversion of the old shed codes in to the more modern TOPS codes.
Hornsey, Inverness, Warrington and Ramsgate.

Please warm us with the next question.

 

[RDP]

Cheers.

Trivia. The TOPS code for Ramsgate was originally RM then changed to RE then back to RM.

An easy one.

Which heritage railway celebrates its centenary in 2027?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch.

 

[RDP]

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch.

Correct.

Your turn to celebrate with the next question.