Railway General Knowledge.

[Spamcan81]

Braking

Correct. A cable operated continuous braking system. Over to you.

 

[Grumpy]

Correct. A cable operated continuous braking system. Over to you.

Thanks.
Which workshops constructed the BR/Sulzer type 2 locos (cl 24/25) ?
ie name them all

 

[D1511]

Derby, Crewe, Darlo

 

[xotGD]

BR Derby
BR Crewe
Beyer Peacock, Manchester

 

[SuspectUsual]

Derby, Crewe, Darlo

BR Derby
BR Crewe
Beyer Peacock, Manchester

All four of them wasn't it?

 

[Grumpy]

Derby, Crewe, Darlo

No

 

[Grumpy]

BR Derby
BR Crewe
Beyer Peacock, Manchester

No

 

[Grumpy]

All four of them wasn't it?

Yes
Over to you...

 

[SuspectUsual]

How many different multiple working codes were there for first generation DMUs? Bonus points and huge prizes * if you can give the details of what they were

* maybe

 

[xotGD]

Four

 

[SuspectUsual]

Four

Not four

 

[Peterthegreat]

Five?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Five?

I’ll give you that

Five different symbols (blue square, red triangle, yellow diamond, orange star, white circle) but six usages as red triangle was reused for the class 127s

Your turn to give two buzzes and depart with the next question

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Staying with coupling codes.
The LMS diesels 10000 and 10001 could (in theory at least) work in multiple with which other class of diesel locomotive?

 

[D6130]

English Electric Type 4 (later to become class 40)?

 

[Cowley]

Thank you.
Staying with coupling codes.
The LMS diesels 10000 and 10001 could (in theory at least) work in multiple with which other class of diesel locomotive?

Were they something like Red Diamond which was also later used on class 58s?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Were they something like Red Diamond which was also later used on class 58s?

They were red diamond - but the red diamond used for class 58s (and 56s) was a different system!

So no.

 

[Peterthegreat]

English Electric Type 4 (later to become class 40)?

Not class 40s.

 

[Cowley]

Okay, I’m going to try for a North British class 41?

 

[D6130]

Bulleid Southern Railway 10201-3, which were later transferred to the LMR?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Okay, I’m going to try for a North British class 41?

Not that one.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Bulleid Southern Railway 10201-3, which were later transferred to the LMR?

Nor them.

 

[Gloster]

North British’s 10800?

 

[xotGD]

Class 28

 

[Cowley]

Class 14?

 

[Peterthegreat]

North British’s 10800?

Not 10800, class 14 or class 28.

 

[xotGD]

Class 17

 

[Cowley]

Is it the NBR 61xx class 21?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Class 17

That's the right answer.
I'm not sure why or indeed whether they were operational at the same time but the first Claytons had the red diamond.
Over to you.

 

[xotGD]

In July 1981, a Class 47 was named after an American.

Who was he? (Bonus points for the loco number.)