Ah thanks @Ashley Hill.
I’m actually going out for the evening so I’ll pass the baton on to someone else this time.
Open floor.
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Ah thanks @Ashley Hill.
I’m actually going out for the evening so I’ll pass the baton on to someone else this time.
Open floor.
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DerekC
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Which US 3ft gauge railroad featured a bunch of Mikados and a roller shutter door?
(a bonus point for explaining the purpose of the roller shutter door)
(a bonus point for explaining the purpose of the roller shutter door)
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DerekC
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Time for a clue, maybe? It was a "coal road".
DerekC
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Another clue then. This line still exists but has been in a sort of limbo for the past ten years.
Spamcan81
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East Broad Top?
DerekC
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That's the one! Closed in 1956 as a commercial operation, sold to Kovalchik the local scrap dealer but all left in place as on the last day. The Kovalchik family operated a four mile section as a tourist attraction from 1960 to 2009 and then leased the line for two years to a preservation society, after which the Kovalchiks wanted to dispose of the railroad and it all got legally and commercially difficult. It all looks better now, with a non-profit company taking over in 2020 - I think a few diesel trips were run last year, but things are now looking a lot brighter in the long term and two Mikados are ready for operation this year.
I went there in 2000 and rode the tourist train. The railway really was the most extraordinary thing. The 27 miles of main line track is still there but totally overgrown in places, with coal hoppers rusted in place in the Mount Union yard and bears said to be resident in the tunnels. The rolling stock is straight out of the early 1900s and in original condition. If you are into narrow gauge and in Pennsylvania - it's about half way between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia - it's well worth the drive!
The roller shutter door was to prevent the wind blowing through the Sideling Hill Tunnel and freezing the water dripping from the roof, with predictable results for adhesion. It was opened by the driver pulling a chain on the approach and closed by the conductor. I understand a train did demolish the whole thing on at least one occasion.
Your set of very rusty rails.
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Spamcan81
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What connects the following classes of locomotive? New Zealand Railways G Class 4-6-2+2-6-4 Garratt, Union Pacific 9000 Class 4-12-2, Victorian Railways S Class 4-6-2, New South Wales Government Railways D57 Class 4-8-2 and Japanese Railways C53 Class 4-6-2.
SteveyBee131
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Absolute guess... were they the most powerful steam locomotives of their respective railways?
Spamcan81
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Nothing to do with horsepower I'm afraid.
xotGD
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Each class consisted of just one locomotive?
Snow1964
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Was it longest locos of their respective railways
DerekC
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Fitted with a mechanical stoker?
krus_aragon
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Damaged in wartime?
Peterthegreat
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Most wheels/axles on their railways?
Spamcan81
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No to all of the above I'm afraid.
Spamcan81
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As a clue, there is a UK connection too.
Peter Mugridge
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They weren't all built here were they...?
Spamcan81
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No. The link is to a person.
Spamcan81
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No. The locos were all designed by different engineers but they shared a common feature.
D6130
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Were they all fitted with a Bissell Truck?
Spamcan81
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Not that I'm aware of. The connection is something that helped make them go and as far as I'm aware, were the only classes of loco to utilise this feature outside the UK.
Peterthegreat
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Gresley?
Spamcan81
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Getting very warm now. In fact you're scorching hot. So what is the Gresley connection?
D6130
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Water tube boiler?
Peterthegreat
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Well i think his valve gear was used in many countries.
Spamcan81
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That’s it. All of the classes of locomotive mentioned used Gresley’s derived motion for the middle cylinder. The reverser is yours.
That was a really good question by the way Spamcan. I didn’t know that until now.
Peterthegreat
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Sorry not really around for the next day or two so open floor please.
D6130
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Here's a fairly easy one for you:
Name the 1949 Ealing Studios film, starring Jack Warner of 'Dixon of Dock Green' fame, which brought together the lives of four families whose lives came together in a catastrophic train collision and derailment. (Excerpts from it have recently been released on YouTube)
Name the 1949 Ealing Studios film, starring Jack Warner of 'Dixon of Dock Green' fame, which brought together the lives of four families whose lives came together in a catastrophic train collision and derailment. (Excerpts from it have recently been released on YouTube)