Railway General Knowledge.

[Welshman]

It was the Halifax, Queensbury & Bradford route, but you were near enough!

Over to you to set the next one.

 

[jp4712]

Which was the only BR railway station to have 'sausage' totem signs with the station name in Upper and Lower Case instead of CAPITALS?

 

[theageofthetra]

Besses o' th' Barn?

 

[jp4712]

Yes it was, and very odd-looking too. Over to you.

 

[theageofthetra]

What is the worlds oldest working steam locomotive?

 

[Welshman]

The Austrian GKB 671?

 

[theageofthetra]

How old is that one?

 

[Welshman]

I believe it was built in 1860.

 

[theageofthetra]

The one I am looking for is older.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

EIR-22 in India, built in 1855 in Britain by Kitson, Thomason and Hewitson.

 

[theageofthetra]

Thats the one, your floor

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What was the name and number of the last "Castle Class" locomotive to be built ?

 

[steamybrian]

7037 Swindon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct... I had a feeling it would have been you to answer this

Over to you to set the next one.

 

[steamybrian]

How many BR steam locomotives were painted in the 1960s BR blue livery with the BR "double arrows" sign..?
Discount the former LNER blue or very early BR blue livery.

 

[jp4712]

Er, I think it was 3 and all on the Vale of Rheidol.

 

[Buttsy]

I thought it was only 1 on the VoR as one was in black and the other in green.

 

[steamybrian]

I thought it was only 1 on the VoR as one was in black and the other in green.

I agree-
My photographs show no.7 in blue, no. 8 in black, no. 9 in green livery.

 

[Buttsy]

I agree-
My photographs show no.7 in blue, no. 8 in black, no. 9 in green livery.

I suppose it might have been different in the early 70s though

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I think it was 3 and all on the Vale of Rheidol.

I concur with your view and I would add that after steam traction was officially withdrawn by British Rail, all three of the locomotives were then repainted in the corporate British Rail "Rail Blue" livery that incorporated the double-arrow symbol. This livery was retained by all three locomotives until 1981 when locomotive number 8 was repainted in a "heritage livery".

 

[steamybrian]

I concur with your view and I would add that after steam traction was officially withdrawn by British Rail, all three of the locomotives were then repainted in the corporate British Rail "Rail Blue" livery that incorporated the double-arrow symbol. This livery was retained by all three locomotives until 1981 when locomotive number 8 was repainted in a "heritage livery".

Before posing the question I also thought that all three were in blue but I checked my photographs in 1968 and 1969 with the 3 locos in different colours but as standard gauge steam was withdrawn in 1968 it may have been before they were all fully repainted.
My apologies..

 

[theageofthetra]

Were any Sentinel steam shunters painted in BR blue?

 

[jp4712]

They were all blue in the late 1960s, the black and heritage liveries came later.

Open floor...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What was carried on the Jellicoe Specials during World War 1 and what was the name of the Scottish railway ?

 

[theageofthetra]

They carried high quality Welsh coal to supply the RN fleet at Scapa Flow. This would have been over many pre grouping lines which where run by the government during WW1 so not sure what answer you need for the name of the railway.

 

[Welshman]

Didn't some also run from the South Wales Coalfield via the GWR to Banbury, and then transferring to the GC for the journey to Immingham and other East Coast ports?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

They carried high quality Welsh coal to supply the RN fleet at Scapa Flow. This would have been over many pre grouping lines which where run by the government during WW1 so not sure what answer you need for the name of the railway.

The mention of the Royal Navy fleet at Scapa Flow is correct.

The Jellicoe Specials were so-named for the conveyance of something different than coal.

The railway in Scotland that was a major railway system is the name of the railway company I need.
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Didn't some also run from the South Wales Coalfield via the GWR to Banbury, and then transferring to the GC for the journey to Immingham and other East Coast ports?

Coal was not the conveyance ... see posting comment above.

 

[Mvann]

It was the highland railway. Troop trains at a guess.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

It was the highland railway. Troop trains at a guess.

Highland Railway is correct. These specials were so named after a famous First World War British admiral as they conveyed naval personnel to Scapa Flow.

Please set a new conundrum.

 

[Mvann]

What gauge was the padarn railway?