General quiz

[P156KWJ]

http://mark-youdan.fotopic.net/p45296475.html

Count the rails

doesn't look like a 3rd rail DC bit - it's only on one line! old rails get left by the side of em all the time - sorry im pedantic like that

 

[bluenoxid]

Do you or do you not accept that the above is a picture of Hunts Cross

http://mark-youdan.fotopic.net/p45296475.html

What about this

http://mark5812.fotopic.net/p45279141.html

And do you accept that Merseyrail serves Hunt Cross?

http://www.merseyrail.org

Hunts Cross is a through station with P1 and P2 through lines and P2 and P3 used for terminating Merseyrail services

 

[1D53]

Hunts Cross is a through station with P1 and P2 through lines and P2 and P3 used for terminating Merseyrail services

Pretty much. If you think its just old rail you are more than welcome to hop down to touch and see

 

[me123]

TBH, it really does look like old rail. Don't particularly want to test it myself, though

 

[Coxster]

TBH, it really does look like old rail. Don't particularly want to test it myself, though

So how do you explain the insulators then?

The first and last trains operated by Northern in and out of Leeds on a Monday to Friday are? (and not looking on LDB). Including departure and arrival times.

I think....

By the clock:-
2Y46, 23:15 SHF to LDS 00:30 (first revenue earning NT arrival/departure after 00:00)
2E67, 22:19 MCV to LDS 23:58 (last revenue earning NT arrival/departure before 00:00)

By service hours:-
2M00, 05:08 LDS to MCV 06:46 (first revenue earning NT service of the 'day')
2E71, 23:19 MCV to LDS 00:54 (last revenue earning NT arrival/departure of the 'day')

 

[heart-of-wessex]

sorry to butt in about the post privatisation list, FGW cant be one as they are to keep hold of three 180s, there are post privatisation...IIRC..

 

[1D53]

Spot on all counts Coxster.

 

[P156KWJ]

name 3 other common train container brands on intermodal trains other than
Cosco
K-Line
China shipping
MSC

 

[1D53]

sorry to butt in about the post privatisation list, FGW cant be one as they are to keep hold of three 180s, there are post privatisation...IIRC..

Not permanantly from what I've heard.

 

[Coxster]

name 3 other common train container brands on intermodal trains other than
Cosco
K-Line
China shipping
MSC

Hanjin
Hapag Lloyd
P&O Nedloyd (now Maersk Line)

 

[P156KWJ]

Maersk line? thought they were just maersk sealand
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dont forget safmarine love their containers

 

[Coxster]

Maersk line? thought they were just maersk sealand

Sea-Land Corporation was a seperate company that was bought by the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group from the CSX Corporation in November 1999. In fact, Maersk also actually own P&O Nedlloyd and your Safmarine, however they chose not to merge the latter into the Sealand brand and keep it seperate. Torm Lines was merged into the Safmarine brand in 2002.

 

[P156KWJ]

we've got Yang Ming too

st pancras international's eurostar platforms are CTRL rules, whereas MML platforms are NR - true or false?

 

[O L Leigh]

technically class 158/159 units are not classed as 15X, as they are very different to their origins. It's actually true. Only class 158/159 units are cleared for service on the 3rd rail. this is to do with the electric jumper cables between vehicles hanging low to the rail, which could cause short circuits etc

Sorry, but that's rubbish.

All the jumpers and pipes between MU vehicles hang in-board of the running rails and a good way clear of the ground in any case to prevent them from snagging on lineside objects. This means that they are well clear of the juice rail at all times. If there was going to be a short it would be to the running rail or to ground before it went up a jumper, both of which are a damn sight closer and much more electrically conductive. Don't forget that the air pipes are rubber and the jumpers are electrically shielded.

Cl14X and Cl15X units are not banned from DC lines. Any suggestion to the contrary is just a myth.

O L Leigh

 

[RJ]

technically class 158/159 units are not classed as 15X, as they are very different to their origins. It's actually true. Only class 158/159 units are cleared for service on the 3rd rail. this is to do with the electric jumper cables between vehicles hanging low to the rail, which could cause short circuits etc

I've seen 142s and 150s reported on Great Malvern - Brighton serivces.

 

[CraigS]

all 14X and 15X units are banned from DC electrified lines

A class 150 on 3rd rail DC lines http://craigrailpics.fotopic.net/p41225282.html
A class 153 on 3rd rail DC lines http://craigrailpics.fotopic.net/p41225300.html

 

[class 313]

st pancras international's eurostar platforms are CTRL rules, whereas MML platforms are NR - true or false?

True.

And an answer to the container question...

Medite.

 

[Coxster]

And an answer to the container question...
Medite.

Medite (The Mediterranean Shipping Company (UK) Ltd) were excluded by the question maker

name 3 other common train container brands on intermodal trains other than
MSC

 

[P156KWJ]

Medite (The Mediterranean Shipping Company (UK) Ltd) were excluded by the question maker

thank you Mr Damon!

here's a tough one

in class 25/26/27 locos, next to the engine stop / start buttons, what is the other button to the right for??

 

[Broken Viking]

In class 25/26/27 locos, next to the engine stop / start buttons, what is the other button to the right for??

It wouldn't be Buffet Open/Closed would it? Every time I travel on loco-hauled services, the buffet always seems to be operating to a very random schedule... :grin::razz:

(Sorry to dig up an old thread, but was flicking through a few old topics and just couldn't resist it! )

 

[TDK]

A class 150 on 3rd rail DC lines http://craigrailpics.fotopic.net/p41225282.html
A class 153 on 3rd rail DC lines http://craigrailpics.fotopic.net/p41225300.html

Class 153, 150, 158's are all permitted into platform 7 at Chester and this is DC electrified for the Mersey Rail

 

[P156KWJ]

It wouldn't be Buffet Open/Closed would it? Every time I travel on loco-hauled services, the buffet always seems to be operating to a very random schedule... :grin::razz:

(Sorry to dig up an old thread, but was flicking through a few old topics and just couldn't resist it! )

I've actually forgotten hock: I'm 90% sure it's the horn high-tone opposite end valve

 

[BJMorley]

next question lol
Brandon

 

[hairyhandedfool]

Class 153, 150, 158's are all permitted into platform 7 at Chester and this is DC electrified for the Mersey Rail

158s used to go into Waterloo for Wales and West, and I think they went into Brighton too!

 

[class 313]

158s used to go into Waterloo for Wales and West, and I think they went into Brighton too!

well 158s still go into Waterloo with SWT.

And 159s have been into Brighton. I'm not sure about a 158!

 

[westcoaster]

fgw 158's/150's do to brighton on scheduled services

 

[P156KWJ]

look! I was wrong - I'M SORRY!

What multiple working system do class 25s have (what's it called) and what other classes is it compatible with? And for a bonus, how do you tell if a loco has it by looking at it?

 

[CraigS]

I'm not sure about a 158!

I've seen quite a few of them in Brighton, both SWT ones and as westcoaster said FGW ones.

158888 http://craigrailpics.fotopic.net/p42542008.html
158815 http://craigrailpics.fotopic.net/p42784940.html
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What multiple working system do class 25s have (what's it called) and what other classes is it compatible with? And for a bonus, how do you tell if a loco has it by looking at it?

Blue Star? Other locos it is compatible with would be any with Blue Star, off the top of my head they would be classes 24, 26, 27, 31, 33, 37, 40 and 73. And you can tell if a loco as it by seeing if it has a small little blue star?

 

[43106]

159s have been into Brighton. I'm not sure about a 158!

On a Monday Morning in mid-September 1996, I saw a 158 at Brighton on a service to TENBY! Dunno who the TOC was - Wales and Wessex? It was a long time ago

43106

 

[P156KWJ]

I've seen quite a few of them in Brighton, both SWT ones and as westcoaster said FGW ones.

158888 http://craigrailpics.fotopic.net/p42542008.html
158815 http://craigrailpics.fotopic.net/p42784940.html
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Blue Star? Other locos it is compatible with would be any with Blue Star, off the top of my head they would be classes 24, 26, 27, 31, 33, 37, 40 and 73. And you can tell if a loco as it by seeing if it has a small little blue star?

correct. You forgot class 20s (not DRS ones though - they have the DRS Multi system