Railway General Knowledge.

[Ash Bridge]

Close to home for me this one. On the route of today's Stockport- Stalybridge parliamentary service there was until the late 1960s a marshalling yard. It lay between Heaton Norris Junc. And Reddish South Station, it received its name after an event in 1887. What was its name, and what was the event?

 

[Marton]

Jubilee Sidings.

Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee was in 1887

 

[Ash Bridge]

Jubilee Yard.

Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee was in 1887

It was known as Jubilee Sidings, but other than that spot on!
Well done, and over to you

 

[Marton]

Thank you. I did change it almost immediately but you got there quicker.
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What is the railway connection between Bradfield and Uppingham?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Uppingham was the original name of Southern Rly. Schools Class Locomotive 923. It was renamed Bradfield in August 1934.

 

[Marton]

Correct.

Over to you.

 

[Ash Bridge]

A certain New Zealand born locomotive and railway mechanical engineer,in his time designed locomotives powered by coal, diesel fuel, and electricity. He also developed two prototype locomotives powered by another type of fuel, which country were these locos designed for, what was the fuel, and who was he?

 

[Marton]

Follows on well from Schools as he was best known for the SR.

Bulleid.

Irish Republic. Peat.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Follows on well from Schools as he was best known for the SR.

Bulleid.

Irish Republic. Peat.

Obviously, that was a walk in the park for you, well done
Your turn.

 

[Marton]

What was founded on 2 January 1842?

 

[Ash Bridge]

The Railway Clearing House (RCH) commenced operations.

 

[Marton]

Correct.

 

[Ash Bridge]

During the late 1950s, what was different about mk1 SK coach no. M25282 and also two other mk1 SKs, in comparison to the rest of the fleet?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Were these part of the Blue Pullman train?

 

[Marton]

I thought the Blue Pullman was all FO coaches.

I think it was different bogies. Metro-Schlieren?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Were these part of the Blue Pullman train?

Well there is a connection,M25282 was constructed by Metro-Cammell, as was of course the Blue Pullman. But no, not part of that train.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

This wasn't one of the XP64 carriages was it?

 

[Ash Bridge]

No connection with XP64 Stock I'm afraid.

 

[Spamcan81]

I seem to recall it being involved in bogie trials but can't recall exactly which bogies were being trialled.

 

[Ash Bridge]

I thought the Blue Pullman was all FO coaches.

I think it was different bogies. Metro-Schlieren?

First of all, your post has only just appeared when I logged back on for the second time this morning at 10:15 even though it's timed at 22:26 last evening! Very odd! But secondly, you are absolutely correct
Well done! and your turn.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Point of order - there were at least 20 of those SKs that had different bogies; everything in Lot 30949. Or was that a separate trial in the same batch?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Point of order - there were at least 20 of those SKs that had different bogies; everything in Lot 30949. Or was that a separate trial in the same batch?

The Schlieren bogied vehicles do appear to be separate. Three coaches built by Met-Cam were so fitted, the other two appear to be M25280/M25281. The publication British Railways Mark 1 Coaches interestingly states that M25282 survived with these bogies as late as 1981, and thus had the distinction of its own diagram (AA204) in the renewal of Coaching Stock Diagram book, though it was apparently withdrawn from service soon after the diagram was prepared.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Interesting, thank you - maybe that needs a thread in the relevant section? It sounds to me as if there is much to be said on the matter.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Interesting, thank you - maybe that needs a thread in the relevant section? It sounds to me as if there is much to be said on the matter.

Indeed Peter, infact until I read your previous post,I was completely unaware that BR had trialed so many different types of bogie design because of the dissatisfaction of the performance of the BR1 design until finally settling on the Commonwealth then B4 bogies. Just to add, the same publication mentions that the Schlieren design proved quite sucessful on the mk1 trials, and this led to Schlierens being used on the Blue Pullman sets, where by all accounts the ride quality on these trains was slated as being their Achilles Heel, like you say, there's much to be said.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Who will be setting the next conundrum, once all this learned discussion has been completed?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Sorry I do ramble on a bit sometimes would you take the floor Paul?

 

[Marton]

I thought it was me so here goes.

Which English Public School is reputed to wear a particular tie as a result of a Railway Accident.

If possible also give details of the tie and the date and place of the accident.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Struggling here, so purely a guess at it being Harrow School, and the accident would be the Harrow multiple train disaster on 8th October 1952?

 

[Marton]

Good guess but not that one.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ampleforth railway accident on 30th December 1865.

I think there was also another accident where 6 boys from Ampleforth were killed during the Second World War