Railway General Knowledge.

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

As the returning officer nominated by Steamy to act for the constituency of Railway General Knowledge, I hereby declare Paul Sidorczuk duly elected to the position of next question setter.







( The wording is just to get us all into the mood for the imminent election night TV coverage! )

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What was the name of the British railway that was worked solely by prisoners under armed guard and ran from a quarry to a breakwater in which the prisoners were kept shackled in specially built coaches with barred windows when being transported to site..

 

[Springs Branch]

I think I saw this on the TV programme Coast.
Is it Portland Harbour & the railway built to transport stone from quarry to breakwater was the Admiralty Railway?

(was there also some other thing unique about this railway - unusual gauge or some such??)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I think I saw this on the TV programme Coast.
Is it Portland Harbour & the railway built to transport stone from quarry to breakwater was the Admiralty Railway?

(was there also some other thing unique about this railway - unusual gauge or some such??)

Whilst there is a similarity, the one that I have used is very many miles away from there.

 

[AndyPJG]

Peterhead Prison Railway.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Peterhead Prison Railway.

....is the correct answer. Over now to you.

 

[AndyPJG]

Open Floor, as no decent question to hand at present.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

An electric Bo-Bo locomotive was named after a Welsh actress who was born in Brecon in 1755. Who was she?

 

[Darren R]

Is it the legendary Sarah Siddons?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Indeed it is.....that locomotive is now in preservation in all its glory.

Over to you.

 

[Darren R]

Open Floor

 

[martinsh]

The Midland Railway was a participant in two Scottish joint lines. Name them both.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There were two joint lines that had tracks in Scotland that the Midland Railway were joint operators together with the Caledonian Railway, the Glasgow and South Western Railway and the London and North Western Railway....

The Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railways

The Carlisle Goods Transport Committee

 

[martinsh]

Not correct Paul ! Try again.
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To be more precise, those are not the two names I am looking for.
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I won't be revealing part of the answer before someone gets both

 

[Marton]

Forth Bridge Railway 32% share
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railways. 25% share

 

[martinsh]

Forth Bridge Railway 32% share
Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railways. 25% share

That's the answer I was looking for

 

[Marton]

Continuing the midland theme.

What was the eastern extremity of the Midland
Railway?

 

[dzug2]

ignoring joint lines I suspect it was St Pancras

 

[theageofthetra]

Shoeburyness?

 

[Marton]

correct. Shoeburyness. The LTS was take over in 1912 and operationally merged in 1920.

Over to you.

 

[theageofthetra]

There are many ways a rail vehicle has been propelled- name as many as possible and an example of a line which used that form of propulsion.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Horse....Port Carlisle Railway
Sail.......Spurn Head Railway
Atmospheric...South Devon Railway

 

[Marton]

Rope/gravity ingleby incline. The propellant being gravity.

 

[Buttsy]

Water - Lynton & Lynmouth cliff railway
Steam, diesel & electric - West Coast mainline
Battery - Ballater branch

 

[Springs Branch]

Maglev (magnetic levitation) - a people-mover system was used at Birmingham Airport from mid-1980s, but more highly developed in Shanghai now (does this count as a "rail" vehicle?)

Gas Turbine - the experimental APT-E train used this in the 1970s. APT-E was tested on the GW and Midland main lines (plus Old Dalby of course), but never in commercial service. Also some earlier experimental gas turbine locos trialled by British Railways in post-WW2 years & technology was implemented by some heavy-haulage US freight railroads.

Fireless Locomotives - a couple of variations on steam & atmospheric railways. A large tank is charged with steam or compressed air from an external source.
Several steam-powered examples preserved in the UK, but I'm not aware if and where the compressed air variants were used in this country.

How will we decide a "winner" for this thread?

 

[martinsh]

Human power - i.e. the self-propelled draisine.
All over the place, but seem to be very popular in Germany if Google images are to be believed. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8515/8525773030_79a1a6e2ff.jpg
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Solar Power - see this example from Hungary
http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/photos/7-modern-solar-powered-vehicles/vili-solar-train

 

[theageofthetra]

The winner will be the one who names the most forms of propulsion and a line they were used on.

 

[Buttsy]

Petrol - Donegal railcars
Propeller - Hannover in the 1930s

 

[Peter Mugridge]

The winner will be the one who names the most forms of propulsion and a line they were used on.

Since everyone seems to have failed to read the question even with this reminder, and they've done all the work for me:

Horse....Port Carlisle Railway
Sail.......Spurn Head Railway
Atmospheric...South Devon Railway
Rope/gravity ingleby incline. The propellant being gravity.
Water - Lynton & Lynmouth cliff railway
Steam, diesel & electric - West Coast mainline
Battery - Ballater branch
Maglev (magnetic levitation) - a people-mover system was used at Birmingham Airport from mid-1980s, but more highly developed in Shanghai now (does this count as a "rail" vehicle?)

Gas Turbine - the experimental APT-E train used this in the 1970s. APT-E was tested on the GW and Midland main lines (plus Old Dalby of course), but never in commercial service. Also some earlier experimental gas turbine locos trialled by British Railways in post-WW2 years & technology was implemented by some heavy-haulage US freight railroads.

Fireless Locomotives - a couple of variations on steam & atmospheric railways. A large tank is charged with steam or compressed air from an external source.
Several steam-powered examples preserved in the UK, but I'm not aware if and where the compressed air variants were used in this country.
Human power - i.e. the self-propelled draisine.
All over the place, but seem to be very popular in Germany if Google images are to be believed. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8515/...79a1a6e2ff.jpg
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Solar Power - see this example from Hungary
http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transp...li-solar-train

Petrol - Donegal railcars
Propeller - Hannover in the 1930s


Open floor.