Railway General Knowledge.

[xotGD]

958?

Sorry, not close enough.

 

[SteveyBee131]

I seem to remember just under a thousand, 994?

 

[Gloster]

A question to the setter: are you including all the 09 and 10? Or is it just 08?

If it is 08-10, I will guess 1040.

 

[Snow1964]

975 ?

 

[xotGD]

I seem to remember just under a thousand, 994?

Only 2 away. 996 (excluding 09s, other engine varieties, and assorted other locos not built for BR).

You may take control of the shunter's pole...

 

[SteveyBee131]

Cool, thanks

Staying with shunters, Tinsley Hump Marshalling Yard needed something a bit more powerful, and so 3 pairs of class 08 shunters were permanently coupled together. What TOPS class did they become? Bonus points for their pre-TOPS numbers

 

[Gloster]

Class 13. I think it was D4501-4503.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Cool, thanks

Staying with shunters, Tinsley Hump Marshalling Yard needed something a bit more powerful, and so 3 pairs of class 08 shunters were permanently coupled together. What TOPS class did they become? Bonus points for their pre-TOPS numbers

Class 13.
Pre TOPS numbers
D4501
D4502
D4500

 

[SteveyBee131]

Well done both but @Gloster was just first so your turn to be hard foreman

 

[Gloster]

Staying with shunters, what was the top speed of the locos that later became Class 09? (Note: I mean the original 1959-1962 ones, not the later conversions.)

 

[Cowley]

Staying with shunters, what was the top speed of the locos that later became Class 09? (Note: I mean the original 1959-1962 ones, not the later conversions.)

27mph?

 

[Gloster]

27mph?

Correct, although many sources say 27 1/2 mph.

For you to shunt the next question out.

 

[Cowley]

Correct, although many sources say 27 1/2 mph.

For you to shunt the next question out.

Thanks. I shall set a similar one and ask for the maximum speed of an 0-6-0 class 14?

 

[xotGD]

60 mph?

 

[Cowley]

60 mph?

No a bit slower than that.

 

[xotGD]

40 mph

 

[Cowley]

40 mph

Yes! You may accelerate into setting the next question…

 

[Peterthegreat]

Well done both but @Gloster was just first so your turn to be hard foreman

We have slightly different answers.

 

[xotGD]

Open floor...

 

[htafc]

Which LNER Class 91 locomotive was the first to be painted into the new InterCity-style livery this year?

 

[htafc]

Clue - the loco does not have a name.

 

[htafc]

Which LNER Class 91 locomotive was the first to be painted into the new InterCity-style livery this year?

Does anybody know?!

 

[Trackman]

Guess 91 105

 

[SteveyBee131]

My somewhat rusty memory has 91127 ringing a bell?

 

[htafc]

My somewhat rusty memory has 91127 ringing a bell?

Your corroded memory still has some function! The correct answer, your turn.

 

[SteveyBee131]

Cool, thanks

The now somewhat ubiquitous class 66 locomotives were delivered to the UK by boat. In what year was the first one delivered, and where?

 

[Cowley]

Cool, thanks

The now somewhat ubiquitous class 66 locomotives were delivered to the UK by boat. In what year was the first one delivered, and where?

1997 at Newport?

 

[SteveyBee131]

Close but not quite there with the year. The first one was delivered to a different port than all the others.

 

[SuspectUsual]

It came via Immingham, I remember they did a press day at with it at Immingham depot

 

[SteveyBee131]

It certainly was Immingham. So now we just need the year...