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[Broken Viking]

Hail All!
Well...My question foxed 'em up nicely and they wern't able to answer it! Here's the log!

• Q: How many metres of wire - In total - Are used within all major circuits on a BR Class 91 locomotive? (Sent: 03:43)
• A: AQA: Sorry, AQA can't find how many metres of wire are used on a BR Class 91 locomotive. On mainline railways there are 2,500 station & 21,000 miles of track. (Received 07:04)

So by the looks of things, they don't have any NXEC or former GNER engineers working for them, then...I'm just thankful that I'm not having to extensively re-wire an APT's power car or Class 91 at any point in the forseeable future!

Incidentally - Going on what's used in the APT - The answer is surprisingly easy, I believe... hock:

• Length of wire in one OHLE AC transformer
• Length of wire in standard Brush AC traction motor (Multiply by four)
• Approximate the length of cabling used in control and communication feeds etc (Length of car times 5-25)
• For the 91: Add reasonable estimates for cabling used in the cabs at either end of the loco.

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...And I joined the AQA club, u get one free text a day it's telling me.

FYI: That doesn't mean one free question each day, if that's what ye thought it was. I also joined the AQA Club so I'd have an online place to collect answers (My handset isn't that reliable) and looked into the features - The "free text" that ye get when ye join the Club is a weeks delivery of popular answers on the subject selected...So if ye chose "Engineering" as your subject, ye'd receive the most popular engineering-related answer of the day for the next 5-7 days.

Farewell...
>> Death <<

 

[Techniquest]

I wanna know who put this one through!:

Q. Is Julian Whitby a stoat?
A. Julian is not a stoat but is in fact a weasel. A stoat is basically a short tailed weasel that grows bigger than a traditional weasel.

As for beating the system, my only suggestions would be to ask it where 43002 is operating at this time or what time the ECS of the 1951 PAD - GMN passes through Hereford.

EDIT: Asked the following one just now:

What time does the ECS off the 1951 London Paddington to Great Malvern pass through Hereford tonight?

As my mobile is OOU in the depths of Hereford library, I won't have a reply yet. Joined the AQA Club thing, will see what use it is later.

 

[Aureol]

• what came first...The chicken, or the egg?

Lidl

 

[me123]

As I've said already, I bet they're wondering how they keep getting train questions.

 

[Techniquest]

Well, they couldn't answer me when I asked when the ECS off the 1921 PAD - GMN passes through Hereford...:roll:

 

[Mintona]

Don't go through Hereford. Goes ECS to the Marsh via Worcester Shrub Hill

 

[Techniquest]

There's definately one booked via Hereford, although memory fails as to which one. Thought it was off the 1921, will check my diagrams.