Railway General Knowledge.

[D6130]

Didn’t the BSKs start at 35000?

.... No. 34000.

 

[47444]

34100 ?

5 out

 

[D6130]

34095 ?

 

[47444]

34095 ?

Yup. For some reason M34095 was built under an LMS lot number and, as far as can be ascertained, was costructed in advance of S15000 and the rest of the fleet.

The floor is yours

 

[D6130]

Thanks. Here's an easy one for a change: What was the number of the only BR Standard "Britannia" Pacific never to have been named?

 

[martinsh]

34500 ? Oops too late

 

[martinsh]

Thanks. Here's an easy one for a change: What was the number of the only BR Standard "Britannia" Pacific never to have been named?

70047

 

[D6130]

70047

Is....correct.Your turn at the regulator!

 

[martinsh]

Just one of many useless facts that I've known since childhood !

Can't think of anything railway related, so open floor

 

[DerekC]

What was distinctive about the Engerth articulated locomotive design? (and for a bonus, which railway was it designed for?)

 

[Gloster]

For the bonus, was it the KkStB?

 

[Peterthegreat]

It had an articulated tender. First designed for the Semmeringbahn I believe.

 

[DerekC]

It had an articulated tender. First designed for the Semmeringbahn I believe.

Correct - and the bonus too! Your floor.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Apologies for the delay. In which country did the world's first diesel powered locomotive operate?

 

[martinsh]

Germany ?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Germany ?

Sorry. Not Germany.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

United States of America, possibly?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

England....on Hull Docks?

 

[Gloster]

Denmark?

 

[Peterthegreat]

United States of America, possibly?

Sorry.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Denmark?

Nope.

 

[Peterthegreat]

England....on Hull Docks?

Not the answer I have. Happy to be proved wrong though.

 

[xotGD]

France

 

[Peterthegreat]

France

Non.

 

[Neo9320]

Austria?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Austria?

Nein.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Switzerland?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Switzerland?

Correct. The Winterthur to Romanshorn railway in 1912. The regulator is yours.

 

[Ashley Hill]

In 1925 GWRs Assistant Chief S&T Engineer Robert Insell created a design of signal box built using steel frames and concrete blocks. 19 were eventually built and later classified as Type 9 by the Signalling Record Society although the prototype differed slightly from the rest. Where was that prototype located?

 

[Gloster]

Just about the only box I can think of was Frome South (?), but I have no idea of its date. Somewhere in South Wales would be more likely as the GWR tidied up after the grouping. (I can think of another concrete box, but Cromer Beach is a long way from the GWR.)