Railway General Knowledge.

[SuspectUsual]

I’m wondering if it’s 50007 Hercules as it definitely didn’t spend long in large logo (first time around)?

It wasn’t that

 

[xotGD]

50004 (this may take a while!(

 

[SuspectUsual]

50004 (this may take a while!(

No (and yes)

Let me try to think of another clue

(I thought this would be the sort of thing that someone or other would just know)

 

[SuspectUsual]

A non-railway related clue

The unique numbers of this locomotive (ie excluding the 500) are next in sequence to two numbers closely related to the loco’s name

 

[SuspectUsual]

A non-railway related clue

The unique numbers of this locomotive (ie excluding the 500) are next in sequence to two numbers closely related to the loco’s name

I think this has run its course

The answer is 50013

(Which of course was named Agincourt, which was a battle in 1415)

Open floor

 

[DerekC]

On the same theme, there was a locomotive nicknamed "Empress of Agincourt" which ran on a railway overseas. In which country did it run?

(Edit: question amended slightly 08:03 23/6/2026)

 

[xotGD]

India

 

[DerekC]

India

A very plausible guess, but not in the subcontinent.

 

[D6130]

France?

 

[DerekC]

France?

Hmm - a bit like calling a French station Waterloo, perhaps. So not France - but it's a step in the right direction.

A clue - Agincourt in the loco name refers to a freight yard rather than directly to the battle.

 

[D6130]

Belgium?

 

[Gloster]

Canada?

 

[DerekC]

Belgium?

Not Belgium. Much further west - but being French speaking (or at least partially so) is a clue.

Canada?

Because that's the answer. Agincourt is a suburb of Toronto and the location for CPR (sorry, CPKC)'s Toronto marshalling yard. Empress of Agincourt was the nickname for a prototype diesel electric Co-Co freight loco produced by the Montreal Locomotive Works (a subsidiary of Alco since 1904). It operated local transfer freights from Agincourt Yard from 1959 until 1998. Not bad for a sole prototype! It is now in the Elgin County Railroad Museum as an example of design evolution in the mid 20th Century. More details on americanrails.com.

Your consist to transfer to the next question.

 

[Gloster]

On nationalisation the GWR had a series of locos numbered 3000-3049. What was notable about them?

 

[xotGD]

They didn't exist.

 

[RDP]

Robinson GC designed 2-8-0s acquired from the ROD. Similar to the LNER O4.

 

[Gloster]

They didn't exist.

They did, as they were…

Robinson GC designed 2-8-0s acquired from the ROD. Similar to the LNER O4.

To you to write the next question.

 

[RDP]

Cheers.

On the subject of the ROD 2-8-0s the last ones remained in service until 1973. Where?

 

[Gloster]

Mainland Railway, Australia?

 

[RDP]

Mainland Railway, Australia?

Near enough.

The railway was actually the Richmond Vale Railway serving several collieries in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. This joined the South Maitland Railway near Pelaw Main Colliery.

Your turn.

 

[Gloster]

In 1917 Kerr, Stuart delivered ten 0-6-0T to the Army’s Inland Water Transport and Docks Section. What was the class known as?

 

[Whistler40145]

Victory Class?

 

[Gloster]

Victory Class?

Indeed it was the Victory Class.

To you the laurels of providing a new question.

 

[Whistler40145]

Where's the geographical half way point on the West Coast Mainline?

 

[martinsh]

Wigan ?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Where's the geographical half way point on the West Coast Mainline?

Somewhere just south of Preston

(And apropos this, I was watching a video about the Selby deviation today - which made me wonder whether when this opened were the halfway signs on the ECML moved?)

 

[xotGD]

Leyland

 

[Peterthegreat]

Euxton Jn?

 

[Whistler40145]

Leyland

Correct

 

[xotGD]

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In what way does Class 86 86428 / 86628 resemble a Deltic?