Railway General Knowledge.

[SuspectUsual]

What were alphabetically the first and last loco names used by the GWR?

Sorry, should have been more specific, the question relates just to standard gauge locos

 

[xotGD]

Zephyr?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Neither of those

 

[Cowley]

Aberystwyth Castle and Zulu?

 

[Cowley]

Aberystwyth Castle and Zulu?

Paging @SteveM70...

 

[SuspectUsual]

Sorry, been a hectic day. Nothing right so far.

A clue or two:

- the first alphabetically was a Bulldog

- the last alphabetically was a Grange

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Agammemnon?
Zennor Grange?

 

[SuspectUsual]

No

 

[SuspectUsual]

I suspect this has run its course, and I’m not sure what further clues I can add.

The first was 3414 A. H. Mills and the last was 6859 Yiewsley Grange

So, open floor

 

[xotGD]

Deltics D9008 and D9014 were both named at the same location. Where?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Doncaster racecourse station?

 

[xotGD]

Doncaster racecourse station?

Not there. These two aren't racehorses.

 

[xotGD]

Come on folks - there aren't that many places that two Gateshead Deltics might have had their naming ceremonies...

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Gateshead train station?

 

[xotGD]

Gateshead train station?

Not there.

 

[Cowley]

Gateshead Depot?

 

[DerekC]

Newcastle Central?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Finsbury Park?

 

[xotGD]

Sorry, three incorrect answers.

Geographically, Gateshead Depot was the closest.

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Doncaster?

 

[xotGD]

Doncaster?

Gateshead was closer.

Think of the names and their geographical associations.

 

[Cowley]

Newcastle Central?

 

[SteveyBee131]

It wasn't Newcastle, but it was close to Gateshead, so I'll try Darlington

 

[xotGD]

It wasn't Newcastle, but it was close to Gateshead, so I'll try Darlington

Correct!

The Green Howards was a localish regiment. The regimental museum is in Richmond.

Your floor...

 

[SteveyBee131]

Thanks! Apologies for the delay...

Staying in Darlington, there was a locomotive works here for 103 years. Said works almost exclusively built steam locomotives.

However, in 1914 Darlington built 10 electric locomotives. Where were they originally built to run, and hauling what?

 

[xotGD]

Westoe Colliery in South Shields? Hauling coal.

 

[SteveyBee131]

They were built to haul coal. But not South Shields coal.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Yorkshire coal?

 

[SteveyBee131]

A little bit further North than Yorkshire

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Durham coal, or Cumbrian coal even?