Railway General Knowledge.

[LSWR Cavalier]

@Loppylugs is right, the Main Train Station (what is it called?) is higher than the town. Many people cycle down but not up so a White Van Person collects cycles and takes them back up. Alternatively the cycles could be fitted with a wonder component made near Kassel, it is not an electric motor but part of a wheel, costs € 1085, what is the component?

 

[xotGD]

@Loppylugs is right, the Main Train Station (what is it called?) is higher than the town. Many people cycle down but not up so a White Van Person collects cycles and takes them back up. Alternatively the cycles could be fitted with a wonder component made near Kassel, it is not an electric motor but part of a wheel, costs € 1085, what is the component?

I'm not sure how bicycle components fit under "Railway General Knowledge" but I'll have a go:

A flywheel?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

@xotGD
Not a flywheel, in French it is called a Boite de Vitesses.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Anybody got the name of the Main Train Station in Kassel? The name includes the German word for 'height'.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Taxi and bus are two other possible ways into town. The cycle part made near Kassel is a 14-gear hub, many people think the hub alone is worth paying a grand for.

The Main Train Station is Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe, just realised I could have given 'William Hill' (a betting company) as a clue.

@Loppylugs tried hardest and may set the next question.

 

[Loppylugs]

Thanks @LSWR Cavalier, wasn't expecting that.

In steam loco days many of the main sheds had sub-sheds dotted around close by. At the time of nationalisation, can you name the shed which had most sub-sheds and possibly any of them. There were eight in all.

 

[Gloster]

Exmouth Junction?
Lyme Regis, Seaton, Exmouth, Okehampton, Launceston, Bude, Meldon and ?

 

[Loppylugs]

Exmouth Junction?
Lyme Regis, Seaton, Exmouth, Okehampton, Launceston, Bude, Meldon and ?

Wrong shed I'm afraid @Gloster

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Was it in south Wales?

 

[xotGD]

I feel obliged to guess Gateshead!

 

[Loppylugs]

Was it in south Wales?

I feel obliged to guess Gateshead!

Sorry guys, neither.

 

[341o2]

Stratford, sub sheds included Walton, Epping, Hertford, Brentwood

 

[Loppylugs]

Stratford, sub sheds included Walton, Epping, Hertford, Brentwood

That's good enough for me. A massive depot with various sub-sheds. Over to you.

 

[341o2]

can't think of a question, so open floor

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Most of us may know on which line the longest straight in the world is, but how long is the straight exactly?

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Most of us may know on which line the longest straight in the world is, but how long is the straight exactly?

Has to be the Trans-Australian. I’ll guess 200 miles?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

@FrodshamJnct
Yes, the Nullarbor Plain, but you guessed the length wrong.

 

[Journeyman]

@FrodshamJnct
Yes, the Nullarbor Plain, but you guessed the length wrong.

Does it exceed 1000 miles? That number rings a bell.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

@Journeyman
1000 miles would be great, but it is between 200 m & 1000 km.

 

[Calthrop]

Very wild and random guess -- 354 miles?

 

[FrodshamJnct]

500 miles?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

@Calthrop is nearest so far, the answer is between 200 & 354 miles,keep trying please.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

327 miles.

 

[FrodshamJnct]

299 miles?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

299 miles is within 1%, close enough I think, the answer is 297 miles. There are several passing loops so actually going completely straight the whole distance may be rare. Might be a bit boring too.
@FrodshamJnct may set the next question.

 

[FrodshamJnct]

Open Floor

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

A few days have passed, I should like to ask about statues on stations (I do not know the 'answers'). There is a good one of Philip Larkin hurrying to catch his train at Hull Paragon, and Sir Nigel at KX. What other worthies have been thus immortalised at train stations?

 

[Gloster]

John Betjeman at St Pancras and three (?) anonymous at one of the Brixton stations.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Philip Larkin hurrying to catch his train at Hull Paragon,

He needn’t have bothered, of course, because he was late getting away that sunlit Saturday.

But in answer to the question, there’s a statue of Brunel at Paddington isn’t there?

 

[xotGD]

Harold Wilson in front of Huddersfield station.

Isn't there a statue of Paddington Bear at Paddington?