Railway General Knowledge.

[theageofthetra]

Thats plenty. Could have also had the jet engined Budd railcar and a number of rocket powered rail vehicles used to test ejector seats. I also wonder if elephants were ever used for shunting in India or Burma! Open floor

 

[pne]

Easy Peasy:

The power cars on an HST train are also known as a class What locomotive?

(And for bonus points, how many of them are there, both in total and at each individual TOC/owner/operator?)

 

[Buttsy]

Class 43 and there were 196 built in total on the production run.

 

[martinsh]

Thats plenty. Could have also had the jet engined Budd railcar and a number of rocket powered rail vehicles used to test ejector seats. I also wonder if elephants were ever used for shunting in India or Burma!

I'm wondering whether any of the following power sources have had rail applications

Mules
Bullocks
Clockwork
Flywheel

 

[pne]

Class 43 and there were 196 built in total on the production run.

Wikipedia says 197 (plus 2 prototypes), but Class 43 is correct.

Your floor.

 

[Buttsy]

Wikipedia says 197 (plus 2 prototypes), but Class 43 is correct.

Your floor.

As a follow-up, which locomotives were orginally given the Class 43 designation under TOPS (though none carried the class number) and who manufactured them?

 

[pne]

I'm wondering whether any of the following power sources have had rail applications

Mules
Bullocks
Clockwork
Flywheel

Flywheel power is behind Class 139 (aka Parry People Mover), as seen between Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town. (Though it’s not the only source of motive power; an LPG engine is on board for things such as getting the flywheel moving in the first place.)

 

[Ash Bridge]

As a follow-up, which locomotives were orginally given the Class 43 designation under TOPS (though none carried the class number) and who manufactured them?

The Warship B-B diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by North British (NBL) powered by German MAN engines.

 

[Buttsy]

The Warship B-B diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by North British (NBL) powered by German MAN engines.

Correct

 

[Ash Bridge]

Name a least seven classes of B-B/Bo-Bo,& C-C/Co-Co type diesel locomotives, built for British Railways mainline service during the 1950s/60s period that were fitted with twin engines.

 

[Springs Branch]

If you count prototype locos which worked on the main line......

• Class 41 Warships.
• Class 42 Warships.
• Class 43 Warships.
• Class 52 Westerns.
• Class 53 Brush prototype Falcon.
• DP1 prototype Deltic.
• Class 55 Deltics.

 

[Ash Bridge]

If you count prototype locos which worked on the main line......

• Class 41 Warships.
• Class 42 Warships.
• Class 43 Warships.
• Class 52 Westerns.
• Class 53 Brush prototype Falcon.
• DP1 prototype Deltic.
• Class 55 Deltics.

Those are the ones I had in mind except for the Deltic prototype, although I have to agree it did work on the main line and was built in the fifties and therefore fits the bill. The other loco I was thinking of was the Clayton class 17, well done, over to you

 

[Springs Branch]

I doubt this will be too strenuous for some of the regulars on here, but here goes....

Up until the late 1950s, there was a steam-operated, private light railway, originally built for goods, but which also accommodated passengers.

Any members of the public were carried for free, but were required to travel in goods brake vans modified by the local joiners.

What was the name of the railway and where were its termini?

 

[steamybrian]

Whittingham Hospital Railway with stations at Whittingham Hospital and Grimsargh

Open floor if correct

 

[Springs Branch]

Whittingham Hospital Railway with stations at Whittingham Hospital and Grimsargh

Open floor if correct

That was quick - correct on all counts. Open floor as stated.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

In what year and at what location did a locomotive collide with a farmer's cart on a rail crossing that was instrumental in the introduction of the train whistle on locomotives.

 

[Mvann]

I think it was glenfield in 1852. I know which line it was but it was one of two location and I'm not 100% sure wether glenfield is correct

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I think it was glenfield in 1852. I know which line it was but it was one of two location and I'm not 100% sure wether glenfield is correct

I have a different location and an earlier date to yours.

 

[Mvann]

It was somewhere on the Leicester swannington line. It might have been desford then. 1847

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

It was somewhere on the Leicester swannington line. It might have been desford then. 1847

Not that one and even older.

 

[Marton]

1832. Leicester Swannington.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

1832. Leicester Swannington.

This is indeed the one (though I have a location of Bagworth). It is one of the very first railway accidents.

Over to you.

 

[steamybrian]

Open letter to Paul,
It is now more than 48 hours since Marton correctly answered the last question.
If he has not got a question ready then may I take the floor.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

If a correct answer is given and accepted to be so in the confirmation posting, the person making the correct answer must set a new question within a period of 48 hours...or OPEN FLOOR will be deemed to be in operation

All I can do is to but show this extract above taken from the rules section that is shown upon the very first posting on this quiz.

 

[steamybrian]

What was the first London Underground station to have automatic ticket barriers and in what year.?

 

[Welshman]

Stamford Brook in 1964?

 

[steamybrian]

Stamford Brook in 1964?

Correct on both answers.

Attached is an example..
Those were days of 4d fares (less than 2p today)

 

[Welshman]

Which [now closed]Yorkshire station was named after the Wool Exchange, in whose proximity it was, and which station did it replace on opening?

 

[Glenmutchkin]

Which [now closed]Yorkshire station was named after the Wool Exchange, in whose proximity it was, and which station did it replace on opening?

Would that be Bradford Exchange which replaced Adolphus Street?

 

[Welshman]

Correct on both counts.

Over to you.