Railway General Knowledge.

[EbbwJunction1]

It's been a day or so since we had a guess on this one, so I'm going to give you the outstanding answer.

It's the Shrewsbury, Oswestry & Chester Junction Railway; Martinsh has the floor, having got three out of six (well, five) right.

 

[krus_aragon]

It's the Shrewsbury, Oswestry & Chester Junction Railway; Martinsh has the floor, having got three out of six (well, five) right.

Ooh, that's a railway name I really ought to have remembered.

I guess I need to re-read my reprint of Edward Parry's Railway Companion from Chester to Shrewsbury (1849). Having quickly checked, it does mention it as one half of the Shrewsbury & Chester Railway Company, but it certainly didn't stick properly in my mind...

 

[martinsh]

On which UK heritage railway can you ride on coaches from Hungary ?

 

[Calthrop]

The Welshpool & Llanfair

 

[martinsh]

The Welshpool & Llanfair

Correct !

This is the best link I could find
http://railsroadsrunways.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-welshpool-and-llanfair-light_7068.html

Your relic of Hapsburg empire

 

[Calthrop]

Hearty thanks rendered to you, gracious Count Martinsh.

If I were to ask something about Ireland or (directly) narrow gauge, I'd expect to get merciless "stick" from you: so, question as follows.

Please name one venue in each of England, Wales and Scotland; where horse-haulage of passenger workings survived on a regular basis, into the 20th century. (Looking for "proper" railway or [quasi]-rural tramway scenes, as opposed to municipal tramway undertakings.)

 

[martinsh]

England - Port Carlisle branch
Scotland - Inchture branch
Wales - either Fairbourne Tramway or Pwllheli & Llanbedrog Tramway

and not a word about Fintona !

 

[Calthrop]

Spot-on ! Yours to harness your horse to the tram- or "dandy car", and get the right-away for the next question.

 

[martinsh]

Open Floor

 

[Calthrop]

I'll go again, if I may.

Which railway undertaking has or has had passenger workings named: Sunlander, Inlander, Midlander, Westlander, and (decidedly smaller fry) Savannahlander and Gulflander?

 

[martinsh]

I know this one, but I'll let someone else have a go.

PS narrow gauge again ?

 

[Calthrop]

PS narrow gauge again ?

"Sorta-kinda..."

 

[Calthrop]

Hint: it's in a Commonwealth country.

 

[martinsh]

Hint: it's in a Commonwealth country.

You can say that again, Sheila !

 

[Calthrop]

martinsh, sport, shall we give 'em another hint? As indicated, the location is Australia; but that country comes in various different parts, with various different railway administrations. Hopefully the syllable which is common to all the passenger workings' names, will offer a pointer.

 

[krus_aragon]

Australia had flitted through my mind, but the Savannahlander was pushing me toward Africa, and the Gulflander only brought to mind the Persian Gulf.

Having taken a look at a map of Australia and found the Gulf of Carpentaira, I'll take a guess that we're looking at Queensland. Is there a "Queensland Railway"?

 

[Calthrop]

Too right, cobber: Queensland Rail, run by the Queensland state government, operates an extensive 3ft. 6in. gauge system covering wide areas of the state. The question's various named passenger services -- which tend, under those names, rather to "come and go" -- Sunlander: north up the coast, Brisbane to Cairns. Inlander, Midlander, Westlander: running far westward into the interior from Townsville, Rockhampton, and Brisbane, respectively. Savannahlander: railcar job nowadays essentially for tourists, running inland from Cairns. Gulflander: a goofy one-working-each-way-weekly railmotor service on the physically isolated Normanton -- Croydon line, indeed a little way inland from the Gulf of Carpentaria.

krus_aragon , your floor.

 

[krus_aragon]

Something a little nearer home then:

Which tourist attraction has a bus and a cable car as its main competition for passengers?

 

[martinsh]

Great Orme Tramway ?

 

[krus_aragon]

Great Orme Tramway ?

Quite literally nearer my home.

Over to you.

 

[martinsh]

Name 5 manufacturers of BR first generation DMUs, besides BR themselves

 

[Cowley]

Name 5 manufacturers of BR first generation DMUs, besides BR themselves

I’ll go for:
Park Royal,
Cravens,
Metro Cammell,
Wickham,
Gloucester RC&W?

 

[GusB]

Metro Cammell
Cravens
Pressed Steel
Birmingham RC&W
Gloucester RC&W

EDIT - Damn, beaten to it!

 

[Cowley]

Metro Cammell
Cravens
Pressed Steel
Birmingham RC&W
Gloucester RC&W

EDIT - Damn, beaten to it!

Snigger. Hopefully that trip to the East Lancs Railcar gala last year wasn’t in vain...

 

[martinsh]

I’ll go for:
Park Royal,
Cravens,
Metro Cammell,
Wickham,
Gloucester RC&W?

That's perfectly acceptable. Your floor.

[Between you and GusB you've named the lot - unless you want to include railbuses ]

 

[Cowley]

Thanks Martinsh.
Keeping to the theme then.
Can someone give the classes of seven BR built 1st generation DMUs?

 

[Cowley]

Deleted

 

[krus_aragon]

This might be troublesome, as they first received TOPS numbers based on individual carriage types, and then again as sets. Working on the latter, i can recall:

Class 101: lingered in North Wales/Manchester for a long time
Class 108: Used on specials to Amlwch in the 90s
Class 121: The Cardiff Bay Bubble
Class 122: Long-distance variant of the 121?

Edit: Or were you after names, like Derby Lightweight, Derby Heavyweight, AEC Railcar, etc?

 

[Cowley]

This might be troublesome, as they first received TOPS numbers based on individual carriage types, and then again as sets. Working on the latter, i can recall:

Class 101: lingered in North Wales/Manchester for a long time
Class 108: Used on specials to Amlwch in the 90s
Class 121: The Cardiff Bay Bubble
Class 122: Long-distance variant of the 121?

Edit: Or were you after names, like Derby Lightweight, Derby Heavyweight, AEC Railcar, etc?

I was more after TOPS classes that were made in BR works ie the Derby lightweight 108 like you mentioned.
Should’ve been clearer sorry

 

[Ash Bridge]

Class 107,108,114,115,116,120,123,124

That's eight for you Mr C, and I think there's a few more also?