Railway General Knowledge.

[Cowley]

24054 possibly?

 

[xotGD]

ADB968054?

 

[Ashley Hill]

24054 possibly?

Quite right Mr Cowley,but I’m asking for its departmental number.

 

[Cowley]

Quite right Mr Cowley,but I’m asking for its departmental number.

Oh right. So adb something I assume? I’ve got nothing!

adb962401?

 

[47444]

Quite right Mr Cowley,but I’m asking for its departmental number.

TDB968008

 

[Ashley Hill]

Oh right. So adb something I assume? I’ve got nothing!

adb962401?

No

TDB968008

One letter out.

 

[D6130]

TDB968007?

 

[xotGD]

ADB968008

 

[Ashley Hill]

ADB968008

Well done. The steam valve is yours….

 

[xotGD]

I did have a very big clue, so...

Open Floor

 

[DerekC]

In the "Big Four" era, for which locomotive were the name plates "British Enterprise" cast, but never fitted?

(Edited to correct at 23:12)

 

[D6130]

The LNER water tube boiler "Hush-hush" 4-6-4?

 

[DerekC]

The LNER water tube boiler "Hush-hush" 4-6-4?

That's right - No 10000 (later rebuilt as a conventional loco and became BR 60700 at nationalisation). Known in spotting circles down Potters Bar way in the 1950s as the "Unnamed Streak".

Your floor.

 

[D6130]

Thanks.

On a similar theme, which steam locomotive was unofficially known as "Bantam Hen"?

 

[Gloster]

Somehow I have a feeling that there is an indirect connection to Jake Thackray’s bird, but I can’t think what that was (in railway terms).

 

[47444]

Thanks.

On a similar theme, which steam locomotive was unofficially known as "Bantam Hen"?

The second Gresley V4 2-6-2 loco. So named as the first one was officially named "Bantum Cock"

 

[D6130]

The second Gresley V4 2-6-2 loco. So named as the first one was officially named "Bantum Cock"

Is correct....your turn to drive a freight train on the West Highland line!

 

[47444]

Is correct....your turn to drive a freight train on the West Highland line!

Thanks

There are two vehicles recognised as the prototypes of the BR Mark 1 fleet.

What were their numbers and what types were they?

 

[D6130]

S15000 (CK) and M34000 (BSK).

 

[47444]

S15000 (CK) and M34000 (BSK).

S15000 is correct, but M34000 is not.

 

[D6130]

M3700 (TTO....Later TSO)?

 

[47444]

M3700 (TTO....Later TSO)?

No - for a clue, look at Lot Numbers

 

[47444]

No - for a clue, look at Lot Numbers

One coach did not have a BR lot number, but had one in the LMS series.

 

[47444]

One coach did not have a BR lot number, but had one in the LMS series.

Sorry - new to this - at what point do I give the answer?

 

[D6130]

RK.....M80000?

 

[47444]

RK.....M80000?

Sorry - not the one

 

[D6130]

RKB M1500 ?

 

[47444]

RKB M1500 ?

It was a BSK, but not 34000

 

[D6130]

34100 ?

 

[Gloster]

Didn’t the BSKs start at 35000?