Railway General Knowledge.

[xotGD]

Total guess: D6710

 

[Ashley Hill]

D6700

Total guess: D6710

Sorry,neither of those.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

How about D6999.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

How about D6999.

Actually that cant be right as it was allocated to Landore or Canton. D6600?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Actually that cant be right as it was allocated to Landore or Canton. D6600?

Sorry,not that one.

 

[xotGD]

I have 'researched' the answer, but won't give it if that would be considered to be cheating.

 

[Ashley Hill]

So far it's only yourself and GRALISTAIR playing. Give it a go if he doesn't mind. .

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I think that D6707 was one of them?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

If I was in the UK I would get my old Ian Allan locoshed books out and find out which ones were allocated there and that would give me a clue.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Well,all 3 have been identified but not all by the same person. All 3 in one answer to win seems fair.

 

[xotGD]

OK then:

D6703
D6704
D6707

 

[Ashley Hill]

OK then:

D6703
D6704
D6707

Quite right,I wonder what happened to the nameplates?
The power handle is yours!

 

[xotGD]

On a similar theme, which Class 37 was named 'Great Eastern' in March 1992?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

372xx at a guess 37210

 

[xotGD]

372xx at a guess 37210

Close, but not quite.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Let’s go for 37215 then - a guess but 372xx I am certain about.

 

[xotGD]

Let’s go for 37215 then - a guess but 372xx I am certain about.

Even closer!

The locomotive in question is still with us in preservation.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Well I am going to go for 37216 - if I dont get that right I will nudge up and down till I get there

 

[xotGD]

Well I am going to go for 37216 - if I dont get that right I will nudge up and down till I get there

Yes, you've got it. Repainted into green at the time too.

It was my first 37 for haulage.

The floor belongs to you...

 

[GRALISTAIR]

I cant think of a question - so - Open Floor

 

[444045]

What was the loco that hauled the funeral train of Earl Mountbatten in 1979 ?

 

[Graham H]

I dont know the numbers but thought 3 were involved and subsequently named appropriately. Class 73 later named Broadlands which hauled the ecs to London and then two class 33's later named Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Burma Star took the train to Romsey.

 

[SuspectUsual]

It was a pair of 33s I think. 027 rings a bell. Not sure about the other. I remember being surprised it wasn’t the actual royal train, I recall it being a mismatch of mark 1s and mark 2s

 

[444045]

Both the above gents have got the correct answer - 33027 & 33056 were the loco's involved and afterwards had plates
fitted on 1st & 16th September respectively

Therefore can I ask you gents to decide between you who asks the next question please

 

[Romsey]

I dont know the numbers but thought 3 were involved and subsequently named appropriately. Class 73 later named Broadlands which hauled the ecs to London and then two class 33's later named Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Burma Star took the train to Romsey.

73142 was the EDL which worked the ECS into Waterloo.
The reason for the nationwide ex works mark 1 and mark 2 stock was that there were not enough seats on the Royal Train for all the family and dignitaries.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Both the above gents have got the correct answer - 33027 & 33056 were the loco's involved and afterwards had plates
fitted on 1st & 16th September respectively

Therefore can I ask you gents to decide between you who asks the next question please

I can’t think of a question so I’ll defer

 

[Graham H]

OK easy one on the same theme. The ED 73142 used for the ecs became (or already was) the preferred Royal/posh loco on the southern. Two years after the funeral train, it hauled what was locally known down here as the 'Have it Away Day' although I believe that term had been used previously. What was the occasion

 

[xotGD]

OK easy one on the same theme. The ED 73142 used for the ecs became (or already was) the preferred Royal/posh loco on the southern. Two years after the funeral train, it hauled what was locally known down here as the 'Have it Away Day' although I believe that term had been used previously. What was the occasion

Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's wedding - taking them on honeymoon?

And here is the loco in question...

 

[Graham H]

thats the one. Didnt last long. I mean the question rather than the marriage...oh hang on!

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's wedding - taking them on honeymoon?

And here is the loco in question...

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I have had that beast for haulage on more than 1 occasion.