Railway General Knowledge.

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Were they specially adapted for the conveyance of dogs to the Atholl Estate during the grouse-shooting season?

Not the right type of "passenger", but these coaches had to specially adapted for their specific purpose.
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Since this particular conundrum has gone on long enough, I will now give the answer

The two coaches in question had to have specially constructed areas and protecting ironwork as the purpose that they were used for was the carrying of convicted felons to Peterhead Gaol.


I now say...OPEN FLOOR

 

[Welshman]

OK- try this:-

Which is the longest tunnel in preservation?

 

[Pink]

Is it on the Bluebell Railway?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Preserved as in "mothballed" - Mail Rail in London?

Preserved as in "heritage railway " - the one near Skelmanthorpe on the Kirklees Railway?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Is it on the Bluebell Railway?

There is a long tunnel on there called the Sharpthorne Tunnel.

 

[Welshman]

Preserved as in Heritage Railway.

Sharpthorne Tunnel at 731 yards long is correct, so Pink was first with the line, but Paul Sidorczuk named the tunnel.

So I think that makes it Paul's turn.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Pink actually named the Bluebell Railway...all I did was to name the tunnel on that railway.
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However, I will ask....


What class of locomotive had a sub-class that were fitted with Franco-Crosti boilers?

 

[EM2]

BR Standard Class 9F?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

BR Standard Class 9F?

Correct. Your turn now to set the next one.

 

[EM2]

Which station was originally called Lion's Holt?

 

[GNERman]

St James Park?

 

[EM2]

Indeed it is. Go ahead, sir!

 

[GNERman]

Can't think of one so OPEN FLOOR

Thanks

 

[Welshman]

Where can you find a station with the lines seperated from the original station building by a main road?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Welshpool?

 

[Welshman]

Welshpool is correct. Your turn.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Why was Jervaulx station given that name ?

 

[Welshman]

Please pardon the rather obvious reply, but was it because it served the village and Abbey of Jervaulx?

And was the abbey given that name because it was a Cistertian Abbey established by St Bernard of Clairvaux?

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Jervaulx abbey is near the station, which is situated in the village of Newton-le-Willows. The station took the name of the abbey to avoid confusion with the Lancashire town of the same name. Over to the Welshman again...

 

[Welshman]

What system was originally used at Manchester Victoria station for the transferral of parcels between platforms?

 

[clagmonster]

Was it some form of swing bridge, similar to the one at Brockenhurst?

 

[Welshman]

Not a swing bridge as in the type you'd find over a river, eg at Newcastle or Whitby.

But perhaps you don't quite mean that. Unfortunately, I don't know what the solution at Brockenhurst was to which you refer.

But I think you may be on the right lines. Please come back with a fuller description if you wish.

 

[clagmonster]

Essentially a system whereby part of the platform can swing over the running lines, thus forming a bridge between two platforms.

 

[Welshman]

Ah, no - sorry. Not that.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

It was an elevated motorised system with a large basket-type container slung underneath with an operative at its controls that ran at a 90 degree angle across the platforms on a supporting thin girder section.

 

[Welshman]

It was an elevated motorised system with a large basket-type container slung underneath with an operative at its controls that ran at a 90 degree angle across the platforms on a supporting thin girder section.

Couldn't have put it better myself!
Apparently it was designed by CME Aspinall himself, and required a nimble person with a head for heights to operate it.
[The operator also had to pay full attention at all times - there was a fatal accident in 1919 when a young woman on the roof of a carriage attending to the gas lighting of the carriage, was knocked-off by the moving basket when the operator moved off without sufficiently raising it].

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Here is a very easy one to solve.

What London Underground line has the least number of stations?

 

[Mvann]

Waterloo and city line

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Absolutely correct, I said it was a very easy one.

Your turn to set the next one.

 

[Mvann]

What product is connected to the original fairbourne railway?