Railway General Knowledge.

[krus_aragon]

Full disclosure, I've now called up a list of LNWR designs.

317 Dock Tank, that looks small and simple to build.

A member of the Alfred the Great class?

A Prince of Wales, or an 0-6-2 tank?

You've all got the right era (it was one of Webb's designs) but not the class. It was a tender engine, rather than a tank.

 

[TheEdge]

Looking for simple tender locos then.

17in Coal Engine, that looks nice and basic.

 

[krus_aragon]

Looking for simple tender locos then.

17in Coal Engine, that looks nice and basic.

Bingo. (E.L. Ahrons himself described the class as the "simplest and cheapest": suiting the LNWR's policy of economy that was in force at the time.)

Here's the loco itself, built from raw materials in 25 1/2 hours in 1878. Mr Webb is stood at the far left.



The record didn't stand for long, however ,as other companies took up the idea. In 1891, the GER managed to get a Y14 built, painted with primer, and in steam in under 10 hours! It was put straight into service and did 36,000 miles before it even came back to the works for its final coat of paint.

Your floor.

 

[TheEdge]

Which locomotive was never named but reportedly was planned to have two names and at least one set of plates was cast?

Bonus points for one or both of the names?

 

[theageofthetra]

King Edward VIII?

 

[TheEdge]

Nope, although I like the thinking!

 

[BurtonM]

That sounds familiar - I think the lack of naming relates to some sort of superstition due to the loco failing or being involved in incidents repeatedly?

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Either D236 which was to be named "Media"

or

D812 which became The Royal Naval Reserve 1859-1959 and not "Dispatch" as planned

 

[TheEdge]

No to both.

Although saying that I don't know the exact reason said loco was never named twice.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Is it 10000?

 

[TheEdge]

Adjudicator says we need clarification of your answer

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Adjudicator says we need clarification of your answer

W1 no 10000 was going to be named British Enterprise for which plates had been cast. After its rebuild, it was going to be called Pegasus which again did not happen

 

[TheEdge]

Correct

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Correct

Thank you...

Which famous locomotive was damaged during the filming of a well loved British film?

 

[theageofthetra]

Think it was Lion in The Titfield Thunderbolt?

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Think it was Lion in The Titfield Thunderbolt?

Yes

Your floor

 

[theageofthetra]

In the 1870's an English loco was built which featured a 500 (!!!) psi boiler- possibly one of highest ever used in the UK , condensing equipment , triple expansion, vertical boiler & jackshaft drive. The designer is a bit obscure to say the least so the question is- in which city did this contraption find use?

 

[TheEdge]

Sounds like the sort of thing to come out a marine design philosophy so lets try Newcastle.

 

[krus_aragon]

Thank you...

Which famous locomotive was damaged during the filming of a well loved British film?

While not wishing to nitpick, I read only yesterday that it was Lion's tender that suffered damage. As Lion had survived through being used as a stationary engine when withdrawn from service, it had been given a tender from a Furness Railway locomotive when restored.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

While not wishing to nitpick, I read only yesterday that it was Lion's tender that suffered damage. As Lion had survived through being used as a stationary engine when withdrawn from service, it had been given a tender from a Furness Railway locomotive when restored.

Wherever the tender came from, the fact is the tender was part of Lion

 

[krus_aragon]

In the 1870's an English loco was built which featured a 500 (!!!) psi boiler- possibly one of highest ever used in the UK , condensing equipment , triple expansion, vertical boiler & jackshaft drive. The designer is a bit obscure to say the least so the question is- in which city did this contraption find use?

I'll plump for Leeds, on account of the number of independent manufacturers based there.(Hunslet et al).
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Wherever the tender came from, the fact is the tender was part of Lion

Granted, and locomotives would often see tenders replaced or exchanged during their working life anyhow.

 

[theageofthetra]

Leeds is correct. It was a tramway locomotive built by Greenwood & Batley in 1878 for Loftus Perkins- whose background was actually in industrial heating and cooling systems.

It presumably wasn't very successful as very little is known about it after the Leeds tramway trial-your floor.

 

[TheEdge]

Leeds is correct. It was a tramway locomotive built by Greenwood & Batley in 1878 for Loftus Perkins- whose background was actually in industrial heating and cooling systems.

It presumably wasn't very successful as very little is known about it after the Leeds tramway trial-your floor.

What fathomable need would a nineteenth century tramway need for a 500psi locomotive. Were the board of directors partial to a little bit of Opium now and then?

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

What fathomable need would a nineteenth century tramway need for a 500psi locomotive. Were the board of directors partial to a little bit of Opium now and then?

I think it was the 19th century version of the pacer

 

[theageofthetra]

What fathomable need would a nineteenth century tramway need for a 500psi locomotive. Were the board of directors partial to a little bit of Opium now and then?

They had previous... The same firm developed a compressed air tram though unsure if Leeds tramways 'benefitted'

 

[krus_aragon]

Leeds is correct. It was a tramway locomotive built by Greenwood & Batley in 1878 for Loftus Perkins- whose background was actually in industrial heating and cooling systems.

It presumably wasn't very successful as very little is known about it after the Leeds tramway trial-your floor.

Very interesting. I'll have to look into that one. (Any suggestions on reading material welcome.)

As the floor was mine so recently, I'll declare open floor.

 

[kevconnor]

I shall take the open floor,

In 1994 a gentleman on a Manchester - Bournemouth train stole a bag off the train, for which he was later arrested. But the police were more interested in finding the owner of the bag why?

 

[theageofthetra]

It contained the 1994 draft budget statement & was on way to Bournemouth party conference ?

 

[kevconnor]

It contained the 1994 draft budget statement & was on way to Bournemouth party conference ?

Nice idea but afraid not.

 

[Cowley]

It had a massive stash of drugs in it, which after they'd taken evidence photos of they then burned and stood slightly closer to the bonfire than they should've?