Don't know a specific locomotive class, but would it have anything to do with lines at high altitude? I looked at booking train journeys the other day in Chile and somewhere it mentioned the passenger cars having oxygen masks just in case of problems at the high altitude the trains ran at.
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Don't know a specific locomotive class, but would it have anything to do with lines at high altitude? I looked at booking train journeys the other day in Chile and somewhere it mentioned the passenger cars having oxygen masks just in case of problems at the high altitude the trains ran at.
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theageofthetra
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It wasn't specifically for altitude, although that may have been a useful side effect on part of their route. The type of loco was developed specifically to resolve the problem too.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Was it the DX class of diesel locomotives that had to pass through the Otira rail tunnel on the Midland line in the South Island of New Zealand ?
theageofthetra
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Sorry not aware of that one. The one I was looking for were the Southern Pacific 'cab forwards' Due to the long snow sheds over the Sierra Nevada drivers were getting asphyxiated in normal locos. As they were oil burners they were converted to run cab forward with an oil line from the trailing tender. This lead to a series of cab forwards and the last series ( of which one survives in the Californian Railroad museum in Sacremento) were fitted with oxygen masks and equipment left over from WW2 era aircraft. Open floor.
cjp
Member
Name the second longest tunnel in the UK (London Underground excluded).
I expect an answer in minutes!
I expect an answer in minutes!
Buttsy
Established Member
Glasgow subway?
steamybrian
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HSI tunnel from St. Pancras to Stratford...7.5km
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cjp
Member
Totley does it.
I only know as I was up at Grindelford last week.
Over to you Sir
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Hey you have edited your answer but . . .
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Buttsy
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Totley does it.
I only know as I was up at Grindelford last week.
Over to you Sir
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Hey you have edited your answer but . . .
The Glasgow subway is 6.5 miles long and your question didn't exclude it...
steamybrian
Established Member
Although I initially put Totley I subsequently have rechecked it on "Google"
HS1 London Tunnel (St.Pancras- Stratford)...7.5km (I cannot find miles/yards)
Severn Tunnel....7km
Totley in third place
...I excluded Glasgow Underground
...I have also excluded Liverpool Merseyrail underground section.
I was going to declare open floor from me..
HS1 London Tunnel (St.Pancras- Stratford)...7.5km (I cannot find miles/yards)
Severn Tunnel....7km
Totley in third place
...I excluded Glasgow Underground
...I have also excluded Liverpool Merseyrail underground section.
I was going to declare open floor from me..
cjp
Member
The Glasgow subway is 6.5 miles long and your question didn't exclude it...
Well it is open floor so off you go Maestro
Buttsy
Established Member
An easy one: Which re-opened station was only served by southbound trains until 1993?
martinsh
Established Member
Ribblehead ?
Buttsy
Established Member
Correct
martinsh
Established Member
Open floor
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
I am thinking of the story of Mary Timney, the last woman to be publically executed in Scotland in 1862 in Dumfries......or is it anything to do with the Camera Obsura in Dumfries ?
cjp
Member
Was it one of the railway cats?
I can only think of Mr Mestopholes (even if I cannot spell it)
I can only think of Mr Mestopholes (even if I cannot spell it
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cjp
Member
Welsh and Scottish stations bear Celtic names.
Which station bears a Punjabi name?
Which station bears a Punjabi name?
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Are you referring to Southall station that has the station name boards in both English and Punjabi ?
cjp
Member
Correct.
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
What is the function of a sand drag ?
cjp
Member
slow down or better still stop a train when it goes through a buffer stop. Not seen one for years.
Did they not also have them after some catch points?
Did they not also have them after some catch points?
Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Correct.
The baton is yours.
The baton is yours.
cjp
Member
Some buffer stops do not have red lights. What do they have instead of red lights and why?
Another five minute question I am afraid
Another five minute question I am afraid
Whistler40145
Established Member
Instead of using red lights on a buffer stop, they use a Stop sign. I presume the reason for this is that drivers may treat a red light as the rear light of a train?
cjp
Member
Not quite
Peter Mugridge
Veteran Member
I recall from the discussion on the Chester Voyager buffer stop incident a few months ago that some buffer stops have a white light on instead. Is that it?