Railway General Knowledge.

[clagmonster]

Heathrow Junction? I very much suspect you are looking for the interim station.

 

[DasLunatic]

Heathrow Junction? I very much suspect you are looking for the interim station.

That's the one.

 

[clagmonster]

I wasn't too sure what it was called, I knew it was something like that. Being pedantic, does it count as actually being at the airport as there was a bus connection forward?

What was the first name carried by 91011?

 

[DasLunatic]

Terence Cuneo?

 

[clagmonster]

Terence Cuneo?

Correct.

I quite liked the Bounds Green mouse painted on the bodyside after removal of the name by those who remove proper names from locos. I very clever, subtle, protest.

 

[DasLunatic]

How many chains are in the distance between Colchester (North) and Hythe?

 

[steamybrian]

How many chains are in the distance between Colchester (North) and Hythe?

Colchester (North) station is at 51m 52chains from London
Hythe station is at 53miles 49 chains (direct not via Colchester Town)

Therefore a distance of 1 mile 77 chains or 157 chains

 

[DasLunatic]

Colchester (North) station is at 51m 52chains from London
Hythe station is at 53miles 49 chains (direct not via Colchester Town)

Therefore a distance of 1 mile 77 chains or 157 chains

Correct.

 

[steamybrian]

A nice easy one...

What was the first former BR station to be preserved and opened for passenger services by a railway preservation society.?

 

[Welshman]

Sheffield Park?

 

[steamybrian]

Sheffield Park?

correct...

(I thought it would be very easy)

 

[Welshman]

"I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the Temple" Isaiah 6.1-3

When was this heard on railway premises, where, and on what occasion, and by whom was it used?

 

[krus_aragon]

A facetious attempt:

Brunel driving the first train into Bristol Temple Meads :P

(I reckon he'd approve of the description "the Lord" being applied to him)

 

[Welshman]

I like it, but, unfortunately, I think not.

Clue:-

There were at least three Anglican Prelates in attendance, but not all in flesh and blood.

 

[Marton]

There were at least three Anglican Prelates in attendance, but not all in flesh and blood.

Isn't there a loco (LMS back 5??) named posthumously for Eric Tracey former Bishop of the now defunct diocese of Wakefield.

Was it named by a couple of live bishops.

Do know where though but I think Settle Carlisle sounds right.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Might it, then, have been the unveiling of the memorial plaque to Eric Treacy at Appleby station?

 

[Welshman]

You're warm!

It did involve two live Bishops and 45428 "Eric Treacy", but at a more recent event than its naming.

And it was not on the Settle & Carlisle Railway.

 

[Marton]

28 August 2010 Pickering. Hope. Platen?
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You're warm!



It did involve two live Bishops and 45428 "Eric Treacy", but at a more recent event than its naming.



And it was not on the Settle & Carlisle Railway.

One was an archbishop?

 

[Darren R]

On August 27th 2010, the newly-restored 45428 Bishop Eric Treacy was rededicated by the Right Reverend Stephen Platten, Bishop of Wakefield at the time, at a ceremony at Pickering station on the NYMR. The Right Reverend Dr. David Hope, former Archbishop of York and tenth Bishop of Wakefield, was also present. The seventh Bishop of Wakefield was, undoubtedly, also present in spirit.

 

[Welshman]

Hope and Platten are correct, but the date was 27th August 2010

Hence Darren R is the only one completely correct.

Well done, and over to you.

 

[Darren R]

I declare Open Floor - perhaps Marton should get first dibs should he want it, as he got most of the answer before I did.

 

[Marton]

Sorry missed this as I am away and don't think it would be me.

Open floor

 

[krus_aragon]

Here's one to fill the void:

Which companies participated in the "Race to the North"?

 

[Glenmutchkin]

Here's one to fill the void:

Which companies participated in the "Race to the North"?

1888 - West Coast Route LNWR & Caledonian
East Coast Great Northern & North Eastern

1895 - West Coast as above East Coast as above plus North British

 

[krus_aragon]

1888 - West Coast Route LNWR & Caledonian
East Coast Great Northern & North Eastern

1895 - West Coast as above East Coast as above plus North British

Got it in one. Your floor.

 

[Glenmutchkin]

Our school library had a copy of O.S. Nock's 'Railway Race to the North' . At the age of 13 I could probably recite it verbatim.

I hope that this counts as a railway question. What do the initials stand for in O.S. Nock's name?

 

[steamybrian]

Our school library had a copy of O.S. Nock's 'Railway Race to the North' . At the age of 13 I could probably recite it verbatim.

I hope that this counts as a railway question. What do the initials stand for in O.S. Nock's name?

Oswald Stevens

 

[Glenmutchkin]

Oswald Stevens

Correct. Your floor.

 

[steamybrian]

The trackbed of a disused railway crosses the site of the Glastonbury Music Festival (in progress at present). Name the two closed stations either side of where the line crosses the Music Festival site.

I will not answer until someone names both stations correctly together.

 

[Buttsy]

West Pennard & Pylle?