Railway General Knowledge.

[EbbwJunction1]

Was one of them (question no. 1) the shunter that was shedded at Holyhead Breakwater?

 

[Mvann]

The shunter was the 06 class locomotive at reading signals

I think the class one was the class 15 that had been used for train heating.

The Electric was either class 83 or 84 used as a Mobile load

 

[Ash Bridge]

I'll have a stab at these but I'm not very confident Mr C,

D2991 employed as stationary generator

2. I'm guessing at a class 15 retained for static coaching stock heating purposes.

3. Class 84 as a Mobile load bank.

(Oops! I'm a bit slow off the mark I see.)

 

[Cowley]

A flurry of answers while I went to the shop.

1) Class 07 D2991 stationary generator at Eastleigh. Mr Bridge was correct. 06003 (97804) had gone by the end of 1986.

2) Class 15 D8243 at Marylebone. Mvann and Mr Bridge correct.

3) 84009 (ADB 968021) mobile load bank at Crewe Electric. Mr Bridge and Mvann correct.

I’m not sure who to award it to. Mr Bridge got all three so is that fair enough guys?

 

[Mvann]

Yes that's fine.

 

[Cowley]

Was one of them (question no. 1) the shunter that was shedded at Holyhead Breakwater?

Not the class 01s. They were chopped up on the breakwater in the early 80s I think.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Thanks Mr C, although Mvann was in there well before me, in any case I haven't really got a suitable question at the moment.

 

[Mvann]

I'll have a go then.

How many Garrett locomotives that were restored back to service were named after elephants

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Not the class 01s. They were chopped up on the breakwater in the early 80s I think.

Thanks - I wasn't sure how long they lasted, just a memory of a long hot walk to the Breakwater to find that they were both in the shed ... which was locked! I think that I could see them through the window, though, so it wasn't completely a waste of time.

 

[Cowley]

Thanks - I wasn't sure how long they lasted, just a memory of a long hot walk to the Breakwater to find that they were both in the shed ... which was locked! I think that I could see them through the window, though, so it wasn't completely a waste of time.

Quite an underlining for the book...


These Garretts then Mvann.
I’ve no idea but I’ll have a guess at eleven?

 

[Ash Bridge]

I'm clueless on this one so a pure guess would be six?

 

[Mvann]

Oops missed out part of the question. I forgot to mention that it's the ex Rhodesian railway Garretts that were restored back to service for Zimbabwe railways

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Okay, a pure guess .... thirteen!

 

[Cowley]

Okay, a pure guess .... thirteen!

Oh come on EbbwJ. It’s obviously 2.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Okay, a pure guess .... thirteen!

Oh come on EbbwJ. It’s obviously 2.

Sadly, having out of interest looked for the answer, we're both well away from the mark!

 

[Mvann]

Sorry for not getting back. Ended up working all weekend.
Crowley is correct. The rehabilitated class 15 locomotives were given names of birds and animals in Sindibele language. Loco 420 was named indlovu, which is elephant in English.
The class 20a locomotives were to be named after rivers, the exception was locomotive 747. Bet you can guess the name

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Ah, I must admit that I thought that this referred to the number of locos, not the number of classes, hence my incorrect answer and my follow up comment.

However, as I had to look it up anyway to get the answer, I'm disqualified, so it's Crowley's floor.

 

[Cowley]

I only said it as a joke...
Bit tired to think of a question so open floor folks.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I only said it as a joke... Bit tired to think of a question so open floor folks.

Ah, don't worry, but I will take this on, please.

What were the following companies - Stevens & Sons, McKenzie & Holland, Dutton & Co and Evans, O’Donnell & Co known for producing for the railways?

 

[theageofthetra]

Ah, don't worry, but I will take this on, please.

What were the following companies - Stevens & Sons, McKenzie & Holland, Dutton & Co and Evans, O’Donnell & Co known for producing for the railways?

Semaphore signalling equipment

 

[backontrack]

Lever frames?

 

[Mvann]

Signal boxes

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Semaphore signalling equipment

Lever frames?

Signal boxes

I wouldn't be surprised if they produced all three for the railways as they are all closely connected, but Mvann has supplied the exact thing that I was looking for.

Well done, Sir, it's your turn with the single line token!

 

[Mvann]

Name another signal box manufacturer so I can give the token back.

 

[Calthrop]

Name another signal box manufacturer so I can give the token back.

Saxby & Farmer?

 

[Mvann]

Just got in from work to see calthorp has done a successful exchange of token. Correct answer. The keys to the box are yours

 

[Calthrop]

Thanks, Mvann. Now, enough with these absurd British single-line safety methods... The names of two of the world's principal oceans, turn up a lot in railway contexts. There's a country which has had in times past, two railway undertakings (some at least, of the routes thereof are still active, but the names are history) called the Pacific Great Eastern, and the Dominion Atlantic. Which country?

 

[Cowley]

Canada maybe?

 

[martinsh]

Canada maybe?

Oh b****r, somebody beat me to it !

 

[Calthrop]

Cowley -- you, like the Mounties, indeed got your man -- by three minutes. Your floor. (The Pacific Great Eastern -- now morphed and expanded into the British Columbia Railways -- comically, located about as far west in Canada as it's possible to get. The name originated, I understand, from the line's having had much financial etc. backing when initiated in early 20th century, from England's Great Eastern Railway.)