Railway General Knowledge.

[Llama]

Just to interject, that isn't strictly right.

You can only pass a *controlled* signal (no other type) (under AB or TCB) when it has been confirmed that the controlling signalbox is closed.

You can only pass an IB signal under your own authority if you are unable to contact the controlling signaller by any means of communication (SPT defective, no other nearby working phones, no GSMR/NRN/mobile etc).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

This particular conundrum is running to lengths never seen before on this quiz.

 

[High Dyke]

Passing an intermediate block home signal at danger
If a driver cannot contact the signaller by any means, they may pass an intermediate block home signal at danger on their own authority. They must then stop at the next signal regardless of aspect and try to contact the signaller.

Passing a signal at danger controlled from a signal box that is closed
A driver may only pass a controlled signal at danger on their own authority if they have confirmed that the controlling signal box is closed.

 

[317663]

Open floor? I think that one's a bit too tricky for some people

 

[cjp]

I have being dying to say this since the question was set

Ok what are the only two situations where a driver may pass a signal at danger without any authority.

Answer
A driver may pass a signal at danger etc any time he chooses -
provide he can live with consequences of his inattention.
SPAD anyone?
But most times they do not

Sorry about my sense of humour
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An easy one...
What is the name of the Scottish viaduct which the Hogwarts express is filmed crossing?

 

[Whistler40145]

Glenfinnan Viaduct

 

[cjp]

Glenfinnan Viaduct

Indeed, your turn

 

[Whistler40145]

What practice sometimes occurred at Carstairs during the period of Loco Hauled portion working?

 

[cjp]

Slipping?

 

[Whistler40145]

Unfortunately, not that.

 

[Welshman]

Joining/Dividing portions to/from Edinburgh & Glasgow.

 

[Whistler40145]

It relates to something that happened to the two portions on arrival from the South.

 

[Marton]

The portions from different. Parts of England (Birmingham and Liverpool/Manchester?) both had Edinburgh and Glasgow parts.

Thus it wasn't just split but some parts needed to be
shunted before rejoining.

 

[Whistler40145]

Not that.

I'll give a clue, it's something that actually happened to the bogies of the trains.

 

[Welshman]

Did the wheeltapper used to do his work?

 

[Whistler40145]

Correct Welshman.

Please set another.

 

[Welshman]

What, in pre-grouping days, did the stations of Helpston, Manchester Exchange and Peterborough North have in common?

 

[theageofthetra]

Is it because they changed names more than once pre-grouping?

 

[Welshman]

Peterborough North changed name, but, sorry, that is not the answer, as both Helpston and Manchester Exchange retained their names until closure.

 

[Whistler40145]

Were they all served by the Midland Railway?

 

[Welshman]

They were not all owned by the Midland Railway, but the question of ownership relative to other companies is integral to the answer.

 

[Marton]

They all had lines running through by another railway co than the one owning the station but the other companies' did so without without stopping

 

[Welshman]

They all had lines running through by another railway co than the one owning the station but the other companies' did so without without stopping

Correct.
Manchester Exchange was run by the LNWR, but L&Y trains from Victoria passed by; Peterborough North was run by the GN, but Midland trains too and from Peterborough East passed by, and the situation was reversed at Helpston, which saw Midland trains but GN passed by.

Your turn.

 

[Marton]

Why did British Railways reopen some closed stations for a 3 month period in the 1950s?

 

[theageofthetra]

Was it to allow passengers to go to either the coronatio or the Festival of Britain?

 

[Marton]

Not that (I had replied earlier, but doesn't seem to have registered)

 

[Welshman]

To see if the "new" dmus being introduced in the late 1950s would generate any extra traffic?

 

[Marton]

Not that either. They had hardly been introduced when this happened.

 

[cjp]

because they had not correctly followed the closure procedure

 

[steamybrian]

because they had not correctly followed the closure procedure

I agree on this..

.. A few stations had legally clauses set originally by land owners that stations could only close by an Act of Parliament (a classic case was the Bluebell Railway)