Railway General Knowledge.

[Whistler40145]

Barking Riverside?

Nearer Windsor

 

[Peterthegreat]

Henley on Thames?

 

[Whistler40145]

Henley on Thames?

No, but not far away

 

[xotGD]

Marlow branch?

 

[A S Leib]

Heathrow? Terminal 5 if I have to be more specific.

 

[Whistler40145]

Marlow branch?

Correct

 

[xotGD]

On 17th March 1984, 46026 hauled a charter train from Newcastle to where?

 

[Cowley]

On 17th March 1984, 46026 hauled a charter train from Newcastle to where?

Penzance?

 

[xotGD]

Penzance?

Not quite that far.

 

[D6130]

Plymouth?

 

[xotGD]

Plymouth?

Not quite that far either!

(I am using the word "quite" a bit mischievously!)

 

[SuspectUsual]

If this is what I think it is, I was on it, but I don’t have my old books any more. And I’m starting to doubt myself as in my head it was in winter not spring, but I may as well have a punt - the last train to Consett?

 

[xotGD]

If this is what I think it is, I was on it, but I don’t have my old books any more. And I’m starting to doubt myself as in my head it was in winter not spring, but I may as well have a punt - the last train to Consett?

That's the one.

Your floor...

 

[SuspectUsual]

Was it really? I remember it being bitterly cold and really gloomy for much of the day, but now I live (almost) in the north east maybe its just what passes for a spring day up here

Anyhow....a nice easy one.....

What "first" specifically links classes 56 and 87?

 

[D6130]

The first classes of diesel and electric locomotives fitted only with train air-braking equipment and unable to work vacuum-braked trains?

 

[Cowley]

The first classes of diesel and electric locomotives fitted only with train air-braking equipment and unable to work vacuum-braked trains?

Probably going to get the QI klaxon, but.
Class 87?

 

[SuspectUsual]

The first classes of diesel and electric locomotives fitted only with train air-braking equipment and unable to work vacuum-braked trains?

Correct

Your turn to release the (air) brakes and set off with the next question

 

[Grumpy]

ignore-mispost

 

[xotGD]

I'll step in, if I may...

What links 40005, 40039 and 40102?

 

[D1511]

The first of the class to be withdrawn in 1976?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Last in green (apart from 40106)?

 

[SuspectUsual]

The first of the class to be withdrawn in 1976?

I think @D1511 is right - I remember seeing a picture of them lined up at a depot (Tinsley???) waiting to be scrapped

 

[Ashley Hill]

I think @D1511 is right - I remember seeing a picture of them lined up at a depot (Tinsley???) waiting to be scrapped

Not D322 then?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Not D322 then?

First of the tranche of withdrawals that killed the class off then, rather than the ill-fated D322

 

[xotGD]

The first of the class to be withdrawn in 1976?

Yes, the three were withdrawn together that year.

Your turn...

 

[D1511]

Yes, the three were withdrawn together that year.

Your turn...

Thanks!

I think @D1511 is right - I remember seeing a picture of them lined up at a depot (Tinsley???) waiting to be scrapped

I remember that very pic. They were in numerical order, left to right, and 039 was still green.

Stadler have introduced a new series of articulated diesel battery units purchased by a number of European operators (eg NS) under the product banner "Innovative Modular Local Short Train".

What is Stadler's acronym for this family of trains?

 

[xotGD]

I'm Lost

 

[Ashley Hill]

BUMS - Battery Unit Multiple Short?

 

[D1511]

BUMS - Battery Unit Multiple Short?

That's a great effort and I'd love it to be true! Sadly not.

CLUE: The words that make up the acronym are German, but they make an English word. It is actually an action that you might associate with another Stadler acronym......FLIRT......!

 

[D6130]

KISS?