Railway General Knowledge.

[martinsh]

It's the railway near furzbrook that transported ball clay. One of their engines, secundus is on display at norden now.

That's the one !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furzebrook_Railway

 

[Mvann]

Where would you have found loco's named jumbo, sambo and negro?

 

[dzug2]

On the Great Southern and Western Railway in Ireland

 

[Mvann]

Correct.

 

[dzug2]

Where in the world would you find a group of steam locos virtually untouched since they were abandoned a hundred years ago?

My avatar is a clue - albeit a very misleading one.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Underwater? A batch of War Department locos sunk on the way to Egypt in 1915??

 

[dzug2]

Nope - in the open air, on land

 

[gordonthemoron]

saudi arabia?

 

[dzug2]

Not Saudi Arabia

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Paraguay? I've vague memories of an article in one or other of the railway mags about some old wood-burning locos at Encarnacion.

 

[dzug2]

Nope

I've changed my avatar to an actual picture - not a very good one. It was tipping it down and I was trying to keep dry and stay out of the mud

 

[David Goddard]

Uyuni in Bolivia?

 

[dzug2]

northern hemisphere

 

[Mvann]

Maine in the USA

 

[dzug2]

Right country, wrong state - by a long way
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Seems I've been too obscure/devious

The answer is near Nome in Alaska

Better pictures here:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t...edu%2Fbookstore%2Fberingsea%2F10.html;600;372

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The Alaskan Gold Rush was the reason for the railway and three locomotives and various items of rolling stock were delivered by steamer over a 15 month period to the town of Solomon which was the main settlement.

The name of the line that was commenced to serve the Gold Rush was the Council City and Solomon River Railroad which saw construction commence in 1903 but as the Gold Rush petered out and after only a 10 mile section had been completed, abandonment occurred in 1907.

 

[dzug2]

You've expanded on the correct answer Paul - so the floor is yours. Sorry not to have reacted before

I had thought - possibly wrongly - that the locos had been stranded when their bridge over the Solomon River had been washed away in a flood

I'll return my avatar to something more cheerful later

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

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Since I have just received a PM confirming that my posting above was correct, I will set the next one, this time not so far away...

In 1881, an inclined waggonway 525 yards in length with gradients of between 1 in 5.2 and 1 in 6.6 was built from the Furness Railway main line to the Earl of Lonsdale's Croft Pit. This waggonway closed in 1931 due to the financial situation of the colliery's owners. In May 1955, the incline was reopened to haul rail tanker wagons containing sulphuric acid from the main line to a factory and remained operational until its closure in October 1986.

What main line railway station was near to this waggonway and what colloquial name was given to it ?

 

[dzug2]

Corkickle station - the Corkickle Brake

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct. I hope that I gave enough clues.

 

[dzug2]

hopefully an easy one:

which singer (to use the term loosely) had the semi-fictional Trunch Central station featuring in one of his songs, and what song was he parodying?

 

[martinsh]

Spinal Tap ?

 

[dzug2]

Not spinal tap

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I am thinking back to the early years of the last century and would offer up the character Jimmy Kipper whose reference was to North Walsham station.

 

[dzug2]

Very close - Sid, not Jimmy

Yarmouth Races - to the tune of Blaydon Races

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

If I was partly correct, I shall declare OPEN FLOOR

 

[dzug2]

OK a much easier one - where was the highest standard gauge railway station in the UK outside Scotland?

And if Paul gets it right as I'm sure he will open floor continues.

 

[Buttsy]

I would say Dent, but it doesn't feel right, so I'll try Whistle Halt on the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway at just under 400m

 

[dzug2]

The one I'm thinking of it a bit higher

 

[steamybrian]

The one I'm thinking of it a bit higher

It is the next station up the P&B line..
... Waunavon

using "British" measurements of approx. 1400 feet above sea level