Railway General Knowledge.

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
What was unique about GWR locomotive 111?

 

[RDP]

It was their only 4-6-2.

 

[Peterthegreat]

It was their only 4-6-2.

It was indeed. Great Bear was built as a Pacific.
Please build the next question.

 

[RDP]

Open floor declared.

 

[D6130]

I'll have a go, if I may:

When the afore-mentioned 'Great Bear' was rebuilt, she retained her original number (111). What type of loco did she become and what was her new name?

 

[RDP]

Castle class Viscount Churchill.

 

[D6130]

Castle class Viscount Churchill.

Yes indeed. Your starter for ten!

 

[RDP]

Once again open floor.

 

[Ashley Hill]

One station had some enamel BR totems that were uniquely double sided. Which station was it?

 

[Neo9320]

Harrow & Wealdstone (total guess, but maybe the name was split on opposite sides?)

 

[Ashley Hill]

Harrow & Wealdstone (total guess, but maybe the name was split on opposite sides?)

Not Harrow & Wealdstone.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Perhaps this question is a bit specialised. A clue - The station is in the North East.

 

[Gloster]

Sunderland?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Sunderland?

Not Sunderland.

 

[Gloster]

Manors?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Manors?

Afraid not.

 

[D6130]

Thornaby?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Thornaby?

Not Thornaby

 

[D6130]

Berwick?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Berwick?

No.
Another clue,the original station closed in 1981 and reopened in 1984 on a slightly different site.

 

[D6130]

Boldon Colliery (now Brockley Whins)?

 

[xotGD]

Heworth

 

[Ashley Hill]

Neither of the above.

 

[Peterthegreat]

South Shields?

 

[Ashley Hill]

South Shields?

Correct.
Photos GWRA.
Your turn to climb the totem pole….

 

[Peterthegreat]

Which (British) station closed 4 hours after opening in 1992?
It subsequently reopened.

 

[xotGD]

Meadowhall?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Meadowhall?

Sorry not Meadowhall.

 

[D6130]

City Thameslink?

 

[Peterthegreat]

City Thameslink?

Not that one either.