Railway General Knowledge.

[D6130]

D830

 

[Grumpy]

74001.

Fraid not.
I think this would be classifies as an electro diesel loco rather than a diesel loco.

 

[Grumpy]

D830

Correct
That was quick-a Majestic response

 

[D6130]

Correct
That was quick-a Majestic response

Thanks. Next up:

Give the pre- and post- TOPS numbers of a BR diesel-electric locomotive which was named after an ex-LMS steam locomotive which, in turn, was named after neighbouring Lancashire seaside resorts.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

That has to be 45 022 Lytham St Annes.

I don't know the original number, though.

 

[D6130]

That has to be 45 022 Lytham St Annes.

I don't know the original number, though.

Correct. If anyone else can come up with the original number, we could have a tie-breaker to decide who sets the next question.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Correct. If anyone else can come up with the original number, we could have a tie-breaker to decide who sets the next question.

If that happens, I will defer to whoever knows the original number.

 

[Peterthegreat]

D60.

 

[D6130]

D60.

Correct. As the other Peter has deferred to you, it's for you to ride the last sleeper over the Waverley route, arriving at Carlisle two hours late.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Hopefully an easy one.
What did Golden Shuttle become in 1946?

 

[RDP]

Dwight D. Eisenhower.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Correct.
Your turn to name the next question.

 

[RDP]

Cheers.

Staying with A4 renamings.

What did Osprey become in 1942.

 

[D6130]

Union of South Africa?

 

[Spamcan81]

Cheers.

Staying with A4 renamings.

What did Osprey become in 1942.

Sir Murrough Wilson?

 

[Spamcan81]

On second thoughts Sir Ralph Wedgwood.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Walter K. Whigham.

 

[Gloster]

Scrap?

 

[RDP]

Union of South Africa?

Sir Murrough Wilson?

On second thoughts Sir Ralph Wedgwood.

Walter K. Whigham.

Scrap?

None of those. Although the name was originally allocated to what became Union of South Africa it only carried that name for a short period in the late 1980s/early 1990s.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Andrew K. McCosh?

 

[RDP]

Andrew K. McCosh?

Correct.

Your turn at the regulator.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
What was the highest standard gauge station in Wales?

 

[D6130]

Dowlais Top?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Blaenavon?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Dowlais Top?

Nope.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Blaenavon?

Sorry.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Torpantau?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Torpantau?

Sorry.

 

[D6130]

Trawsfynydd?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Trawsfynydd?

Nope.