Railway General Knowledge.

[steamybrian]

In the UK --On railway owned land adjacent to which now closed station was natural gas first discovered and extracted...? The gas was used by the railway company for lighting the station until the 1930s.

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25 hours have elapsed and no answers or even wild guesses... so here is a clue.......
In 2013 a location in the same county was in the press/media in regard to the proposed extraction of...............natural gas!!!!

time for some more clues.-
The station was a victim of the Beeching closures of the 1960s.
It shares its name with another closed station elsewhere in the country.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway had a station that seems to meet the clues:-

Heathfield railway station was opened in 1880, closed to passengers in 1965, closed to freight in 1968.

(There was another Heathfield station in the Devon area).

 

[steamybrian]

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway had a station that seems to meet the clues:-

Heathfield railway station was opened in 1880, closed to passengers in 1965, closed to freight in 1968.

(There was another Heathfield station in the Devon area).

Correct

see
http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/heathfield_sussex/index.shtml


Well done Paul..


Last week I was visiting the Cuckoo Trail (footpath/cycleway along the trackbed) which made me think of this question.

In 2013 the village of Balcombe, Sussex was in the news when exploration for natural shale gas was being undertaken.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wootten and Belpaire are types of what part that are found in steam locomotives.

 

[Buttsy]

Wootten and Belpaire are types of what part that are found in steam locomotives.

Boilers

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Boilers

Be a tad more specific.

 

[Buttsy]

Be a tad more specific.

I can't

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I had fireboxes as my answer

However, you can set the next one.

 

[Buttsy]

I had fireboxes as my answer

However, you can set the next one.

Sorry for being vague, but I meant for the answer to be given by someone else.

Open floor

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

In the days of steam locomotive traction, the 2-6-4 tank locomotive was quite a common sight, but was the name applied to such a wheel arrangement ?

 

[steamybrian]

In the days of steam locomotive traction, the 2-6-4 tank locomotive was quite a common sight, but was the name applied to such a wheel arrangement ?

Adriatic

 

[deltic1989]

I can answer this on my phone yay for signal.
Wheel arrangements on steam locomotives are commonly nicknamed after seas or oceans.
Examples being 4-4-2 Atlantic, 4-6-2 Pacific, and to answer your question 2-6-4 Adriatic.
Open Floor.

------EDIT------

Beaten to it.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Adriatic

First to the correct answer, so you may set the next one.

 

[steamybrian]

An easier question this time...

What now closed station or halt on the Isle Of Man was open on Sundays only for passengers to attend church services..?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Crosby was opened in 1873 and closed in 1968 and served St Runius Old Church at Marown at the time you state.

 

[steamybrian]

Crosby was opened in 1873 and closed in 1968 and served St Runius Old Church at Marown at the time you state.

Sorry...incorrect.
Crosby served the village and had a daily service.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sorry...incorrect.
Crosby served the village and had a daily service.

In that case, I will take my other option...

Braddan station. Opened 1897. Closed 1968.

Served Kirk Braddan parish church special services.

 

[steamybrian]

In that case, I will take my other option...

Braddan station. Opened 1897. Closed 1968.

Served Kirk Braddan parish church special services.

Correct

I have a copy of a 1968 timetable which shows Braddan was served on Sundays only by the 1020 Douglas to Peel and 1115 Peel to Douglas (Braddan dep. 1145).;

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What was the nickname given to the Class 33 diesel electric locomotives ?

 

[Buttsy]

Cromptons

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Correct. Over to you.

 

[Buttsy]

What was the number of the loco involved in the Great Train Robbery and what was it's subsequent number?

 

[steamybrian]

D326 later 40 126

 

[Buttsy]

D326 later 40 126

Correct

 

[steamybrian]

A different type of question to answer-
I thought I would pose a conundrum which my former colleagues on BR had to solve when working on the Tonbridge to Hastings line electrification in the 1980s. Geography is not important but this is an operating/engineering problem. How would you solve it.-
The scene-
Tonbridge to Hastings Line has 6 tunnels and double track except through Mountfield Tunnel which had been singled with the single line in the middle of the tunnel.
Except for Mountfield Tunnel all the other 5 tunnels had a strict limit of maximum width stock of 8 feet due to restricted clearances on each side of the double track tunnels and accordingly were worked only by "Hastings gauge stock" DEMUs.
The problem-
Deliver a new set of points measuring 60 feet long and 9 feet 6 ins wide to a location along the line which would involve travelling through all/some of the restricted tunnels.
It cannot be loaded diagonally onto wagons as it will still be to high to clear the tunnels.
The points cannot be dismantled and reassembled on site.
How was it done?

 

[andythebrave]

A simpleton's answer; load on wagon with the left side meeting the 8' requirement and an extra 1' 6" overhang on the right in conjunction with a route possession.

 

[theageofthetra]

Run a pair of wagons on each track (one running wrong way) and lay the points on some sort of cradle between the two.

 

[steamybrian]

A simpleton's answer; load on wagon with the left side meeting the 8' requirement and an extra 1' 6" overhang on the right in conjunction with a route possession.

Correct
It was loaded with the overhang on the other track.
After the last train of the evening had run then both lines were blocked as an engineers occupation. The train was run as an "out of gauge" load with no other train or work permitted on the fouled line.

 

[andythebrave]

Ruddy h**l!

I'm in the wrong line of work. Back in a bit with another.

 

[steamybrian]

Run a pair of wagons on each track (one running wrong way) and lay the points on some sort of cradle between the two.

This would not have worked as the train had to pass through Mountfield Tunnel which is single track.
I did not state it but the train in question did have to pass through thistunnel.