Railway General Knowledge.

[D6130]

Does the local Godfather "request" that they use buses ( presumably owned and run by his "family" )?

Not quite....but good answer.

 

[xotGD]

The track found its way to a local scrap merchant?

 

[D6130]

The track found its way to a local scrap merchant?

No....but it found itself hanging in mid-air! (Subtle hint! ).

 

[Peterthegreat]

Is that the line where a bridge collapsed?

 

[D6130]

Is that the line where a bridge collapsed?

Yes....three arches of the Noce viaduct near Niscemi collapsed due to inferior-quality cement - no doubt manufactured and supplied by our friends in Cosa Nostra. The line - and the viaduct - had only opened in 1975. Most of the rest of the viaduct was subsequently demolished and is now being rebuilt in a piecemeal fashion using the original abutments and long concrete-encased girders.

Your turn to find a horse's head in your bed (but hopefully not! )

 

[Peterthegreat]

Oops. Forgotten it was my go.
What did Sir John Pringle recommend in 1927?

 

[Gloster]

ATC?

 

[Peterthegreat]

ATC?

Not ATC.
Having investigated further he was involved with ATC but in 1922 and 1930 so it's not the answer I'm looking for.

 

[Whistler40145]

Inquiry into the Sevenoaks derailment in 1927?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Inquiry into the Sevenoaks derailment in 1927?

Although he did oversee the inquiry it is not the answer I'm looking for.
The answer I want was more fundamental to the next 30 ish years of railway development.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Power signalling?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Power signalling?

Not signalling.

 

[D6130]

Electrification?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Electrification?

Can you be a bit more precise?

 

[D6130]

Can you be a bit more precise?

Electrification of East and West Coast Main Lines? Just a wild guess to be honest!

 

[Peterthegreat]

Electrification of East and West Coast Main Lines? Just a wild guess to be honest!

It was a more generic thing rather than specific routes.

 

[D6130]

Electrification at 1500 V DC?

 

[Gloster]

Colour light distant signals?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Electrification at 1500 V DC?

Yep. He recommended that future electrification should be at 1500 v
DC.

Please electrify us with the next question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Colour light distant signals?

Nope. See above.

 

[D6130]

Yep. He recommended that future electrification should be at 1500 v
DC.

Please electrify us with the next question.

Thanks! Next up:

Which British railway company painted many of its distant signal posts - both colour light and semaphore - with alternating black and white stripes?

 

[Whistler40145]

Southern Railway?

 

[Ashley Hill]

LMS?

 

[xotGD]

Lancashire and Yorkshire

 

[D6130]

Southern Railway?

No.

Lancashire and Yorkshire

Not that one either, because....

LMS?

....is correct. Your turn for the long pull!

 

[Ashley Hill]

What were the Christian names of signal manufacturers Saxby & Farmer?

 

[D6130]

John & Charles?

 

[Ashley Hill]

John & Charles?

Half right. John Saxby.

 

[D6130]

Peter Farmer?

 

[Peterthegreat]

John and John.