Railway General Knowledge.

[theageofthetra]

Correct-all navvie camps on the S & C. There's a drama series starting on ITV this week about them I believe. Your floor.

 

[96tommy]

Can't think of a good question so..

OPEN FLOOR

 

[kevconnor]

Sorry wrong forum for this qs. Deleted

 

[krus_aragon]

As the floor remains open...

How did Watt get ursurped by the Lady of the Lake?

 

[Welshman]

LNWR engines Watt [No.229] and Lady of the Lake [No.531] were both fitted with scoops to allow water to be picked up without stopping.

In 1862, Watt completed the journey from Holyhead to Stafford in record time, collecting water at the newly-installed Mochdre troughs.

However, at the International Exhibition later that year, it was Lady of the Lake which was exhibited, and won the bronze medal, rather than Watt.

 

[krus_aragon]

LNWR engines Watt [No.229] and Lady of the Lake [No.531] were both fitted with scoops to allow water to be picked up without stopping.

In 1862, Watt completed the journey from Holyhead to Stafford in record time, collecting water at the newly-installed Mochdre troughs.

However, at the International Exhibition later that year, it was Lady of the Lake which was exhibited, and won the bronze medal, rather than Watt.

Full marks. Both engines were of the Problem class, named for the first example built. As Lady of the Lake was exhibited to the public at the International Exhibition, they became popularly known as Lady of the Lake-class engines instead.

Your floor.

 

[Welshman]

What part did Nant Hall Hotel near Prestatyn play in railway preservation, and why?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The Kitson 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotive, Austin 1 that was built in 1934, was the first locomotive to be purchased by the Flint and Deeside Railway Preservation Society and the locomotive was delivered to the Nant Hall Hotel in Prestatyn, where it was planned that restoration works would be carried out.

 

[Welshman]

Well done!

The loco was then moved to the Llangollen Railway.

The reason why the restoration was done at Prestatyn, almost 40 miles away from Llangollen, was that originally the society had fixed its sights on restoring the Prestatyn-Dyserth branch.

Your floor.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I will offer Open Floor

 

[backontrack]

Which Scottish request stop served the residence of a 19th century drug dealer?

 

[Marton]

Plockton.

 

[backontrack]

Nope.

 

[kevconnor]

Take a punt on being a link to the opium trade and guess Dunrobin Castle.

 

[backontrack]

Not that either, but you both have the right area. You're both really close.

 

[kevconnor]

Lairg

 

[backontrack]

Not Lairg, you're actually further away.

Clue: This station was closed in 1964, but the drivers working the line it's on refused to acknowledge the closure and continued stopping here. Eventually the 'ghost stop' was officially reopened in 1972. Once of the drivers is quoted as saying: "We thought that if the English wanted to close a station, they should pick on Euston or King's Cross."

 

[Buttsy]

Duncraig

 

[backontrack]

Duncraig is correct! The drug dealer in question was one Alexander Matheson.

Your floor.

 

[Buttsy]

Open floor

 

[kevconnor]

The locality of which train station was once given the following description

The lowest, most filthy, most unhealthy and most wicked locality

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

The locality of which train station was once given the following description

Manchester Victoria

 

[kevconnor]

Manchester Victoria

Indeed sir it was and the floor is yours.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

First Railway fatality

 

[kevconnor]

William Huskisson

 

[steamybrian]

William Huskisson which occurred on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1830.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

William Huskisson

Yes... Your floor

 

[kevconnor]

What year was the infamous Southern Railway advert for Balham as 'The gateway to the south' first published.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There was one about Balham which was originally written in a comedy sketch (I think the final approved date was 1955) by the two well-known scriptwriters, Frank Muir and Dennis Norden, but you cannot mean that one, as the Southern Railway as such ceased to exist after the 1948 grouping.

 

[kevconnor]

There was one about Balham which was originally written in a comedy sketch (I think the final approved date was 1955) by the two well-known scriptwriters, Frank Muir and Dennis Norden, but you cannot mean that one, as the Southern Railway as such ceased to exist after the 1948 grouping.

This sketch was a parody of the original advert by Southern Railway.