Railway General Knowledge.

[martinsh]

D0260 Lion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_D0260

 

[Ash Bridge]

D0260 Lion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_D0260

Absolutely correct. Over to you.

 

[martinsh]

What is the longest direct journey that can be made on London Underground (ei.e. without having to change trains), and what length is it ? [ within 1 mile / 2 kms ]

 

[theageofthetra]

West Ruislip - Epping 34 miles.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I don't have the mileage to hand, but what about Cockfosters to Cockfosters via the Heathrow loop?

 

[martinsh]

West Ruislip - Epping 34 miles.

That's correct - my source says 34.1 miles.
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I don't have the mileage to hand, but what about Cockfosters to Cockfosters via the Heathrow loop?

I forgot to add "without travelling through the same station more than once" !!

 

[theageofthetra]

A series of steam locomotives were built that had driving wheels with a tread of nearly a foot in width. Why was this & where was the railway?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

May I enquire if these were Aveling and Porter locomotives?

 

[theageofthetra]

They were not A & P

 

[Spamcan81]

Were these Russian locos built to run over frozen lakes?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Were these locomotives Russian built 2-10-0s, in operation in the US on the Western Maryland RR, originally built to Russian 5ft. gauge but with the tyres modified to operate on standard gauge track?

 

[Marton]

Russian designed but US built class Ye. 200 stranded in US after the revolution.

Erie RR, Seaboard Air Line RR and St Louis San Francisco RR were principle users.

 

[theageofthetra]

A good guess but not the ones I was looking for- the wider drivers on these did not have treads of nearly a foot width.

 

[Marton]

460T Hudson 2'6" gauge

Used in the WWI western front light rail system.

Helped with re-railing.

 

[theageofthetra]

Right region, wrong railway. Did it have foot wide treads? Much earlier too

 

[oddiesjack]

460T Hudson 2'6" gauge

Used in the WWI western front light rail system.

Helped with re-railing.

I am having trouble imagining how bad the track must have been for a loco with tyres a foot wide to derail in the first place!

Back to trying to answer the question - Were these tyres pneumatic ones perchance? sort of like this sort of thing...

http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2013/12/15/the-short-lived-experiment-with-rubber-tires-on-railways/

 

[Marton]

I am having trouble imagining how bad the track must have been for a loco with tyres a foot wide to derail in the first place!

These went very close to the front and the effects of the shelling would derail most things.

They were also flangless.

 

[theageofthetra]

Not pneumatic but flangless
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Ok to bump this on a bit- this railway was French, suburban & passenger carrying.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thanks for the hint. May I venture some very early Arnoux locomotives that ran on the Chemin de Fer Paris a Sceaux?

 

[theageofthetra]

Thats the one. The line was built with very sharp curves- including balloon loops of 25m radius at each terminus to negate the need to run round the loco. The locos had two cylinders driving each side of driving wheels separately as there was no common axle- dragging losses would be too great. The carriages also had pivoted single axles and were connected to each other rather like most model trains are. It seemed quite succesful & am surprised the system didn't find use on lightly built French colonial railways or in military/factory applications.

More details here-
http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/arnoux/arnoux.htm

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I will offer Open Floor to any forum member.

 

[Ash Bridge]

What is this interior shot of? Clue, it's not Wetherspoons

 

[Darren R]

That would appear to be an interior of one of the half-timbered Tavern Cars designed, I think, by Mr Bulleid.
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Some further info: In 1947 some Maunsell restaurant cars were modified to provide a buffet area for drinks and snacks. These inspired Bulleid to design Tavern Cars in 1949, complete with imitation brickwork and wooden beams externally at one end of the carriage. The other end contained a restaurant section with seats back to the carriage sides facing inwards and only had ventilator windows at the top of the sides. This was to make passengers concentrate on eating rather than watching the view, thus speeding up service and throughput. It meant, however, that passengers couldn't see where they were. Consequently they weren't popular and soon modified. The cars were given pub-style names.


Open floor, btw!

 

[cjp]

There is a place that appears on seven station name boards, what is that place?

 

[johnnychips]

As a a wild guess, Street, a town in Somerset, that is also on station names like Argyle Street?

 

[martinsh]

Acton ?

 

[cjp]

Correct

North Acton
South Acton
East Acton
West Acton
Acton Mainline
Acton Central
Acton Town

 

[martinsh]

open floor

 

[theageofthetra]

Two railways, one in France & one in what is now Germany had locomotives with chimneys over 8ft tall. Why?

 

[Ash Bridge]

4 Crampton type locomotives with chimneys rising about 8ft above the top of the boiler,were built in 1853 for service in a region of South West Germany.
In France, the Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz line used double-deck coaches, requiring a loco with an 8ft chimney to lift the smoke clear of the upper decks.