Railway General Knowledge.

[krus_aragon]

Carmarthen
Redcar

 

[xotGD]

Carnforth
Elsecar

 

[D6130]

Cark & Cartmel
Bescar Lane
Hoscar

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Golcar

 

[D6130]

Cardenden
Cardross
Carfin
Carlton
Carmyle
Cartsdyke
Carshalton
Carshalton Beeches
Strathcarron

plus

Carrog (Llangollen Railway) and
Carbrook (Sheffield Supertram)

 

[D6130]

Message deleted.

 

[341o2]

As there has been no activity for nearly 24 hrs, time to move on. Despite listing a couple of non NR stations, D6130 is the winner and takes the floor.

One station missed is Carpenders Park

 

[D6130]

Thanks. Here's a fairly easy one:

How many different pre-grouping railway companies served Carlisle Citadel station and what were their names?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Fairly easy to guess,very good.

LNWR, MR, GSWR, LNER? Makes four, did others have running rights? I think there was a Maryport and Cockermouth Railway, or some such.

Did the NBR run the Waverly Line?

 

[Gloster]

And the Caledonian, Maryport & Carlisle, and North Eastern Railways.

 

[Spamcan81]

IIRC the Furness Railway served Carlisle when it amalgamated with the Whitehaven & Furness Junction Railway.

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[Gloster]

If you are going to include companies that had through coaches that reached Carlisle, then it is going to be quite a job to come up with a total.

 

[xotGD]

L&Y?

 

[D6130]

If you are going to include companies that had through coaches that reached Carlisle, then it is going to be quite a job to come up with a total.

No. Only companies whose own lines reached within a couple of miles of the station and whose locos and crews worked into and out of it.

 

[D6130]

L&Y?

Afraid not.

 

[D6130]

IIRC the Furness Railway served Carlisle when it amalgamated with the Whitehaven & Furness Junction Railway.

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Not according to my Ian Allan pre-grouping atlas.....but they may have had running powers over the Maryport & Carlisle or, possibly the Cockermouth Keswick and Penrith, thence the LNWR to Carlisle.

 

[D6130]

I think we now have all the companies - but not all from the same person - and with one or two minor errors (the LNER was not a pre-grouping company). Would anyone like to make up the definitive list - with the full name of each company - for the privilege and pleasure of setting the next question(s)?

 

[Spamcan81]

Midland Railway
London & North Western Railway
Caledonian Railway
North British Railway
Glasgow & South Western Railway
North Eastern Railway
Maryport & Carlisle Railway

 

[D6130]

Midland Railway
London & North Western Railway
Caledonian Railway
North British Railway
Glasgow & South Western Railway
North Eastern Railway
Maryport & Carlisle Railway

Spot on with all seven. The sidings are yours!

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

@Spamcan81 care to set a question/s?

 

[Loppylugs]

It's been 3 weeks, should we move on?

 

[SteveyBee131]

Lets try a new QUIZ (as opposed to what are effectively games).
The person with the floor asks a railway themed general knowledge question and the person who gives the correct answer will ask the next one.

Note:
If a correct answer is given and accepted to be so in the confirmation posting, the person making the correct answer must set a new question within a period of 48 hours...or OPEN FLOOR will be deemed to be in operation

According to this I'd say so! Yes please

 

[Loppylugs]

Seeing as @Spamcan81 was the last correct contestant, here's a relevant question.

What was the 1000th loco built at Brighton Works and what did it receive in 1962 which no other engine of it's class did ?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Spam Can?

Was Britannia built at Brighton, and named by the Queen? Or Evening Star?

 

[D6130]

Spam Can?

Was Britannia built at Brighton, and named by the Queen? Or Evening Star?

I think it may have been 'Battle of Britain' class Bulleid light pacific no. 34064 "Fighter Command" (originally Southern Railway no. 21C164), which was fitted with an Austrian-designed Giesl exhaust ejector in the early 1960s.

 

[Spamcan81]

@Spamcan81 care to set a question/s?

I think it may have been 'Battle of Britain' class Bulleid light pacific no. 34064 "Fighter Command" (originally Southern Railway no. 21C164), which was fitted with an Austrian-designed Giesel exhaust ejector in the early 1960s.

Apologies for forgetting to set a question. 21C164/34064 was indeed the 1000th loco to be built at Brighton and was the only Spamcan to be fitted with a Giesel ejector in BR days but 34092 has had one fitted in the preservation era.

 

[Loppylugs]

Was Britannia built at Brighton, and named by the Queen? Or Evening Star?

Sorry @LSWR Cavalier. Britannia was built at Crewe and Evening Star at Swindon.

I think it may have been 'Battle of Britain' class Bulleid light pacific no. 34064 "Fighter Command" (originally Southern Railway no. 21C164), which was fitted with an Austrian-designed Giesel exhaust ejector in the early 1960s.

Is the correct answer. Your floor @D6130.

Apologies for forgetting to set a question. 21C164/34064 was indeed the 1000th loco to be built at Brighton and was the only Spamcan to be fitted with a Giesel ejector in BR days but 34092 has had one fitted in the preservation era.

Welcome back @Spamcan81. Sorry you missed out on your question.

 

[Spamcan81]

Sorry @LSWR Cavalier. Britannia was built at Crewe and Evening Star at Swindon.


Is the correct answer. Your floor @D6130.


Welcome back @Spamcan81. Sorry you missed out on your question.

My fault but no point in losing any sleep over it.

 

[Tube Fan]

Hallo all!
Since it have been more than 48 hours since the last answer, I thought that I would pose a question of my own.
'How many London Underground carreages are currently (August 2021) working in normal revenue earning service?'
I'm looking forward to your answers.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

1,790?