Railway General Knowledge.

[krus_aragon]

Thank you

Which line was to be constructed by Death and Co?
The line was never nationalised and closed to passengers, but not freight in late 1948.

And there was me thinking it might have been built by our erstwhile member...

 

[Spamcan81]

Thanks.

Which type of articulated steam locomotive looked superficially like a Garratt; but wasn't? -- and, what was the essential structural difference?

A Golwe? Only the rear engine was articulated and the front engine was on a rigid frame under the boiler.

 

[Calthrop]

You're on the right track, continents-wise; but wrong as regards type. The type I'm thinking of, fundamentally looked more Garratt-like.

 

[Spamcan81]

Union Garratt? Front unit was articulated but rear unit was on a rigid frame?

 

[Calthrop]

Union Garratt? Front unit was articulated but rear unit was on a rigid frame?

I'd been thinking of the Modified Fairlie: arrangement water tank / boiler / coal bunker, but everything mounted on a single frame which pivoted on the power bogies. Had forgotten about the Union Garratt -- as per your description; also referred to as a "hybrid" of Modified Fairlie, and genuine Garratt. Union Garratt fulfils my question specifications -- so, your floor.

(Both types obtained chiefly if not entirely in South Africa -- I think it was A.E. Durrant who remarked something to the effect that in the earlier part of the twentieth century, it was possible to persuade the South African Railways to buy anything, so long as it was driven by steam and was not rigid right the way through.)

 

[DerekC]

A quick nudge for @Spamcan81 - it's your floor!

 

[DerekC]

In the absence of anything for over a week can we declare open floor?

 

[Trackman]

I take it's an open floor, so another name question from me:

86210 was named ‘City of Edinburgh’ at Waverley on 27/2/79.
Before this a different city name was allocated, but before the naming were told they couldn’t use it.
What was the city name and why couldn’t they use it?

The original name allocated was ‘Hardwicke’ but this is irrelevant.

 

[Marton]

Preston

It didn’t have city status.

 

[Trackman]

Preston

It didn’t have city status.

Correct! Your floor

 

[Marton]

Open floor please

 

[SteveyBee131]

OK, let's have a go with this...

In the December 2015 resignalling, how many North Lincolnshire signal boxes were closed, can you name them?

Of them Only one has so far been demolished, which one, for a bonus point?

 

[DerekC]

Well, I think nearly two weeks in it's time to cheat a bit, so I have consulted Quail Maps. I am thinking Appleby (Lincs), Elsham, Wrawby Junction, Barnetby East, Brocklesbv Junction, Ulceby Junction, Roxton, Stallingborough, Marsh Junction and Grimsby for a start. Guess that the Barton on Humber branch was probably included so Goxhill and New Holland would go too. Not sure about Immingham docks.

Don't know which one has been demolished - I think that's down to your local knowledge so a complete guess is Grimsby!

 

[SteveyBee131]

Crumbs! I completely forgot I'd set this, sorry everyone!
You're right with the main line, all those were closed. The Barton-on-Humber branch wasn't included so, for now at least Goxhill, Oxmarsh Crossing and New Holland are still in use.
And you got the bonus too, Pasture Street, which was latterly the only box in close vicinity of Grimsby Town in use so it'll do for me, was the only one demolished.

So @DerekC the 'box is yours

 

[DerekC]

OK. What, in railway terms, was special about Norwich City and Tottenham Hotspur ?

 

[Marton]

They both carried the name of a different football team at one time. The only members of the class to do so.

 

[DerekC]

They both carried the name of a different football team at one time. The only members of the class to do so.

You're on the right track but not quite there. Tottenham Hotspur was originally Manchester City but both of them ended up with different names - the question is really why?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I confess that I've looked this up, but the answer is that in September 1937 they were both streamlined in the manner of the LNER Class A4s, renamed East Anglian and City of London and intended for use on the East Anglian train.

Open floor, therefore!

 

[Marton]

Thank you. Here goes.

What is the name of the oldest continuing named rail service in North America; also, if possible, which cities does it join.

 

[Marton]

Hint wanted?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Hint wanted?

Yes, please!

 

[Marton]

Yes, please!

Atlantic port to Atlantic port

I have another hint available tomorrow

 

[Marton]

The two ports are in different Time Zones.

 

[Marton]

Yes, please!

Atlantic port to Atlantic port

I have another hint available tomorrow

The two ports are in different Time Zones.

One is in Nova Scotia

 

[EbbwJunction1]

One is in Nova Scotia

On the basis that it's the only place in Nova Scotia that I know, how about ..... Halifax?

 

[Marton]

Correct. But the real question is what’s the train called. Also where does the train go?

 

[Marton]

4 days and now answer

do you want it now and open floor?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Go on, then!

 

[DerekC]

I confess to Googling and I think a competitor for the title is the "Crescent" - New York to New Orleans - which can trace its ancestry back to 1892, although it has had various different names along the way.

 

[Marton]

Not that one as this has had the same name.

The Ocean was what I was looking for

It’s been running from Halifax to Montréal since 1904.

I think it’s open floor