Railway General Knowledge.

[Peterthegreat]

South Carolina Canal & Railroad Company?

That is indeed the one.

Please provide the next question.

 

[Whistler40145]

When did York Road (London) Railway station close?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Do you mean the underground station or the one that served the widened lines?

 

[Whistler40145]

The Widened Lines

 

[Peterthegreat]

That would be with the diversion of services in 1976.

 

[Whistler40145]

That would be with the diversion of services in 1976.

Correct good sir

 

[Peterthegreat]

Sorry I'm going to have to declare open floor.

 

[xotGD]

If I may step in...

Which was the first Class 50 to be named?

 

[Strat-tastic]

Ark Royal.

 

[xotGD]

Ark Royal.

Correct!

50035, the first of the class I saw, and the one I've had most runs behind.

Your floor...

 

[Strat-tastic]

Thanks. It did ring a bell. Anyway...
Open floor!

 

[Calthrop]

Barrel-scraping a bit, perhaps; but at least this is something different. In the children's story The Forest of Boland Light Railway, by BB -- in which the ingenious gnomes of said Forest invent the steam-worked railway (to facilitate their mining activities) centuries before humans hit on the same idea -- what is the name of the Light Railway's locomotive?

 

[martinsh]

Dragon ?

 

[Calthrop]

Not Dragon, I'm afraid.

 

[Calthrop]

Hint: the author wrote under the pseudonym BB. The loco's name is of two words, with the same initial -- twice over -- as the author's pen-name.

 

[D6130]

Boland Belle?

 

[Calthrop]

The Boland Belle, indeed. Your floor ! (thinks -- do they have gnomes in Italy ?)

 

[D6130]

The Boland Belle, indeed. Your floor ! (thinks -- do they have gnomes in Italy ?)

Thanks. They do indeed....the TFT class ALe502 three car EMUs used on the Arezzo-Stia line (the Trenitalia version of which is known as 'Minuetto') are nicknamed 'Elfo' (Elf) after the mythical little people who allegedly once lived in the forests around Stia. When first delivered in 2006, they had a styalised vinyl design of an elf on each cabside....but they have down disappeared with the application of the new green, grey and brown 'Casentine Forests National Park' livery.

Next question:

In what external physical respect did loco no. D6123 differ from the other 19 class North British 21 locos rebuilt by BR with Paxman engines to form class 29?

 

[Cowley]

In what external physical respect did loco no. D6123 differ from the other 19 class North British 21 locos rebuilt by BR with Paxman engines to form class 29?

Did it retain its all green livery rather than receiving two tone green?

 

[Gloster]

Was it the one with different cabs, one with boxes, the other without (I think), at both ends?

 

[Calthrop]

Thanks. They do indeed....the TFT class ALe502 three car EMUs used on the Arezzo-Stia line (the Trenitalia version of which is known as 'Minuetto') are nicknamed 'Elfo' (Elf) after the mythical little people who allegedly once lived in the forests around Stia. When first delivered in 2006, they had a styalised vinyl design of an elf on each cabside....but they have down disappeared with the application of the new green, grey and brown 'Casentine Forests National Park' livery.

I take it it's not quite like Iceland; where apparently, a very significant proportion of the population sincerely believe in the existence of elves ...

 

[D6130]

Did it retain its all green livery rather than receiving two tone green?

No....it received two tone green.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Was that the one without any headcode panels?

 

[D6130]

Was it the one with different cabs, one with boxes, the other without (I think), at both ends?

Err....not quite - but you're heading in the right direction. Both cabs were the same.

 

[Cowley]

Err....not quite - but you're heading in the right direction. Both cabs were the same.

Did it have split headcode boxes and gangway doors rather than four character centre headcodes?

 

[D6130]

Did it have split headcode boxes and gangway doors rather than four character centre headcodes?

Getting closer.....but only the Western Region class 22 diesel-hydraulic locos had split headcode boxes.

 

[xotGD]

Only one with tablet catchers?

 

[D6130]

Only one with tablet catchers?

Afraid not....
getting colder. The third series of class 21s (D6138-6157) - built for the North East of Scotland - had tablet catchers. However the first and second series (D6100-6109 - built for the Great Northern outer suburban devices - and D6110-6137 - built for the Great Eastern lines - never had them and they were never fitted when transferred to Scotland....even when rebuilt as class 29
@Cowley is the closest so far.

 

[Cowley]

Afraid not....
getting colder. The third series of class 21s (D6138-6157) - built for the North East of Scotland - had tablet catchers. However the first and second series (D6100-6109 - built for the Great Northern outer suburban devices - and D6110-6137 - built for the Great Eastern lines - never had them and they were never fitted when transferred to Scotland....even when rebuilt as class 29
@Cowley is the closest so far.

Did you see the reply by @Peterthegreat (I only mention it because you didn’t reply and I suspect that it’s the correct answer ) here?

Was that the one without any headcode panels?

 

[D6130]

Did you see the reply by @Peterthegreat (I only mention it because you didn’t reply and I suspect that it’s the correct answer ) here?

Thanks. Sorry....I somehow missed that! He is correct.