Railway General Knowledge.

[xotGD]

You're not wrong there!

Another little clue: It was named after a racehorse with a Welsh-sounding name.

So that rules out 60125 "Scottish Union".

 

[D6130]

So that rules out 60125 "Scottish Union".

.....and it also rules out 60500 "Edward Thompson"!

 

[Cowley]

.....and it also rules out 60500 "Edward Thompson"!

What about Blink Bonny? Is that Welsh for a rabbit with a tic?

 

[D6130]

What about Blink Bonny? Is that Welsh for a rabbit with a tic?

Afraid not....think it's more likely to be a Scotswoman fluttering her eyelashes at you!

 

[Whistler40145]

Was it 60520 Owen Tudor?

 

[D6130]

Was it 60520 Owen Tudor?

It was indeed! A Thompson class A2/3 Pacific ..... allocated I think to Gateshead Depot at the time, if I'm not mistaken. Your turn to call out the breakdown train.

 

[Whistler40145]

I shall declare open floor

 

[xotGD]

Time for a question...

On entering traffic in 1959, to which depot were the Class 23 "Baby Deltics" originally allocated?

 

[Gloster]

Hornsey?

 

[xotGD]

Hornsey?

Correct. Over to you...

 

[Gloster]

Who wrote the poem ‘Midnight on the Great Western’?

 

[xotGD]

Sir John Betjeman?

 

[Gloster]

Sir John Betjeman?

No.

 

[Gloster]

Another poem by the same writer was ‘At the Railway Station, Upway’, which was geographically appropriate.

 

[D6130]

Thomas Hardy? (Although shouldn't 'Upway' be spelled 'Upwey'?

 

[Gloster]

Thomas Hardy? (Although shouldn't 'Upway' be spelled 'Upwey'?

You are correct with the first, but the contemporary spelling for the village used an ’a’, not an ‘e’.

To you to compose the next question.

 

[D6130]

You are correct with the first, but the contemporary spelling for the village used an ’a’, not an ‘e’.

To you to compose the next question.

Thanks. Continuing on the theme:

What was the name of the small station a short distance to the North of Upwey & Broadwey which closed many years ago and was a favourite location for photographers capturing the last days of the Bullied Pacifics climbing from Weymouth to Bincombe Tunnel?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Radipole.

 

[D6130]

Radipole.

Afraid not....that was South of Upwey.

 

[Gloster]

Upwey Wishing Well Halt?

 

[D6130]

Upwey Wishing Well Halt?

Correct. Your turn to throw a penny into the well.

 

[Gloster]

The Port Road (Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Joint) main line had a branch off it and off this branch was an even smaller branch that had passenger services for around twenty-five years and goods for another sixty. Where did it terminate?

 

[D6130]

Millisle? (Co-incidentally the 'handle' of a member on here!)

 

[Gloster]

Millisle? (Co-incidentally the 'handle' of a member on here!)

No. I mean terminate as in ’end of the line’.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Garlieston?

 

[Gloster]

Garlieston?

Correct.

To you to provide the next question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Sorry. May I declare open floor please?

 

[Calthrop]

If I may accept: when did "regular, everyday" steam working, end on Belgium's state railways? The year will suffice -- as I like to say, "virtual bonus points" for any additional details. (I have lately become the owner of a railway-knowledge quiz book -- much fascinating stuff; but not 100% correct. This Belgian matter was an item therein; and the compiler got the year wrong, ha ha ...)

 

[DerekC]

1972?

 

[Calthrop]

1972?

Sorry, no. With respect -- had Belgian steam lasted that long, there would have been hordes of British enthusiasts flocking to that rather neglected (quite liked by me) country ...