Railway General Knowledge.

[DaleCooper]

Would the fact that the first clue I gave was misleading help?

If it did it would be a paradox.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

142/0 = original specification.

142/1 = built with wheelchair space in the DMS.

?

 

[BurtonM]

Is the answer that there is no difference?

 

[NoMorePacers]

Is the answer that there is no difference?

Absolutely. Believe it or not, the answer is that there is NO difference.
BurtonM, your floor.

 

[DaleCooper]

Absolutely. Believe it or not, the answer is that there is NO difference.

Pictures on this page show different roofs

http://www.docbrown.info/docspics/ArchiveSteam/lococlass142.htm

 

[NoMorePacers]

To me, they are just different fleet numbers.

 

[DaleCooper]

To me, they are just different fleet numbers.

Did you not look at that page?

 

[NoMorePacers]

It's a GENERAL knowledge quiz, not a nerd quiz.

 

[DaleCooper]

It's a GENERAL knowledge quiz, not a nerd quiz.

I think it's inappropriate to accuse deltic1989 of being a nerd.

142/1 were the second order (051-096) the only real external difference was the number of strengthening rib in the roof.
142/1's only had 3 as opposed to the 142/0 which had 10 or 11.

 

[backontrack]

So. You make a question:

a) You turn out be wrong
b) You therefore belittle your 'opponent' and act like it doesn't matter

Please try to have some consistency...for your own sake...

 

[krus_aragon]

That was 45 years ago, I wonder how many members are going to know what you mean.

Well, at least one person did.

(I'd hope there are still some kids who, when looking at illustrations of Alice in Wonderland, ask (and are told) what the 10/6 means.)
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It's a GENERAL knowledge quiz, not a nerd quiz.

None of us are perfect, and you're far from the first question-setter to find alternate correct answers from other members. In such cases, it's best to accept any corrections gracefully.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Absolutely. Believe it or not, the answer is that there is NO difference.

*ahem*

The answer I gave was sourced by looking up in the 1987 Combined Volume.

All those without a wheelchair space were listed as 142/0 and all those with were listed as 142/1.

 

[backontrack]

So...two differences.

 

[OxtedL]

Let's move on. I invite someone to take the floor - BurtonM it's yours if you get here quick.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Assuming the floor is open, I'll take it

Which preserved railway has a Top Ten hit under its belt?

 

[theageofthetra]

Just to clarify- do you mean a preserved railway appeared in a video or on an album cover in which case there are a few.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Just to clarify- do you mean a preserved railway appeared in a video or on an album cover in which case there are a few.

Video

 

[theageofthetra]

There are a few. The Nene Valley and a 2-8-0 GWR loco was used in Queens 1989 'Breakthru', video is one.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

There are a few. The Nene Valley and a 2-8-0 GWR loco was used in Queens 1989 'Breakthru, video is one.

That is the correct answer

It is now your turn

 

[theageofthetra]

What was the first railway to have its sound recorded and why?

 

[krus_aragon]

What was the first railway to have its sound recorded and why?

My first thoughts are of the identification of the doppler effect, but I seem to recall that was done by a trumpeter holding a note as he passed by on a train (thus not really recording the railway itself).

 

[theageofthetra]

It was more to do with the type of sound and its effect on those living near the line
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A clue- it was in New York

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

It was more to do with the type of sound and its effect on those living near the line
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A clue- it was in New York

Coney Island?

 

[theageofthetra]

No- need the name of the railway.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Coney Island Railroad

 

[theageofthetra]

As no one has got close I'll give the answer and declare an open floor.

Thomas Edison recorded the sound wave profile of the Metropolitan elevated railway. He had premises near it and wanted to investigate why it created such high noise levels.

 

[krus_aragon]

An interesting factoid. A shame we didn't get close to it.

Let me offer this question to the floor instead:

How did a John Ramsbottom locomotive lead to an injunction against the LNWR?

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

If memory serves correctly, and it normally does, was it something to do with the DX Goods class and how an earlier version was later made for/sold to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Mr Justice Sir J Jessel granted the injunction

 

[krus_aragon]

If memory serves correctly, and it normally does, was it something to do with the DX Goods class and how an earlier version was later made for/sold to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Mr Justice Sir J Jessel granted the injunction

Very well recalled. The LNWR built 86 DX Goods locos for the L&YR, on top of the 857 they built for their own use. (Only the ubiquitous BR class 08 had more examples, IIRC.) Independent locomotive builders felt the LNWR were an an unfair advantage in using their own extensive works to sell to other railways, and secured an injunction against the practice in 1875.

Indirectly, this injunction against "selling or hiring" locomotives to other railways resulted in the Anglesey Central Railway (which had been hiring stock from the LNWR) agreeing to sell up to the LNWR in 1876.

Your floor.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Very well recalled. The LNWR built 86 DX Goods locos for the L&YR, on top of the 857 they built for their own use. (Only the ubiquitous BR class 08 had more examples, IIRC.) Independent locomotive builders felt the LNWR were an an unfair advantage in using their own extensive works to sell to other railways, and secured an injunction against the practice in 1875.

Indirectly, this injunction against "selling or hiring" locomotives to other railways resulted in the Anglesey Central Railway (which had been hiring stock from the LNWR) agreeing to sell up to the LNWR in 1876.

Your floor.

Thank you

Deltic drivers used to have an expression of "If you can get past Finsbury Park, you have a good journey" - what was the origin of this expression?