Railway General Knowledge.

[RDP]

37283 filling a gap after D6983 was written off.

 

[xotGD]

37283 filling a gap after D6983 was written off.

Correct. And it later became 37895.

Over to you...

 

[RDP]

Cheers

Continuing from the previous question.

The collision which wrote off D6983 also wrote off D1671. The Thor nameplates attached to the latter were transferred to D1677 although it has been renamed twice since. It still exists as a class 57. Which one?

 

[D1511]

Whichever class 57 that used to be 47846......

 

[RDP]

Whichever class 57 that used to be 47846...

But which one is that?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

But which one is that?

57 308.

Open floor; I don't have a question immediately to hand. ( D1511 can have it as first refusal though ).

 

[RDP]

57 308.

Correct. Currently with DRS but for sale following the end of the WCML thunderbird contract.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Correct. Currently with DRS but for sale following the end of the WCML thunderbird contract.

Thank you. @D1511 - would you like the floor? ( see above two or three posts ).

 

[D1511]

Thank you. @D1511 - would you like the floor? ( see above two or three posts ).

No nothing prepared, and I'm off abroad for a few days (and I don't deserve it anyway!) so open floor please!

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I'll take this, please.

The following are all code names for Great Western Carriage Stock and Vans; but what are they?

Bloater;
Chafer:
Cone;
Emmett A;
Locowag;
Pollen A to E.

Some of these are specific sizes or capacities, so there's a bonus point for naming these if you can - but you don't have to!

Best of luck!

 

[DerekC]

Here's a few WAGs:

Bloater - bogie fish van
Chafer - insecticide tanker
Cone - ice cream van
Emmett A - transporter wagon for unlikely looking narrow gauge railway locomotives
Locowag - barrier vehicle to avoid rude jokes in the cab from being heard in the front carriage
Pollen A to E - 5-car train of exhibition carriages to carry bright ideas round the company's network

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Here's a few WAGs:

Bloater - bogie fish van
Chafer - insecticide tanker
Cone - ice cream van
Emmett A - transporter wagon for unlikely looking narrow gauge railway locomotives
Locowag - barrier vehicle to avoid rude jokes in the cab from being heard in the front carriage
Pollen A to E - 5-car train of exhibition carriages to carry bright ideas round the company's network

Well, you're right with one of them, but less so with the others! Here's the actual results:

Bloater - a 28' 6" fish van
Chafer - an invalid carriage
Cone - a composite wagon, either 7 or 10 tons
Emmett A - a bogie third with brake
Locowag - a coal wagon
Pollen A to E - a girder wagon, either 20 or 30 ton capacity.

As you got one of them and no-one else made any suggestions, I'm happy to pass this onto you if you would like to take it on; otherwise, it's an open floor.

 

[Gloster]

I thought that Cone was a Gunpowder Van. It certainly was in all the books that I consulted before asking the question back in March.

 

[DerekC]

Well, that's a surprise! Now I have to think of a question. Give me half an hour!

Which broad gauge branch line was opened in 1857 using the "Macdonell Road" rather than the standard (for broad gauge) "Baulk Road".

 

[DerekC]

A clue a day keeps boredom away - I hope!

In its original form this branch was 9.25 miles long.

 

[D6130]

The Malmesbury branch?

 

[DerekC]

The Malmesbury branch?

Not Malmesbury, but it gets you another clue. A 2.5 mile extension to the branch was opened in 1884.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Not Malmesbury, but it gets you another clue. A 2.5 mile extension to the branch was opened in 1884.

Ooooooooh, that's Bridport to West Bay isn't it? So the answer to the original question will be Maiden Newton to Bridport?

 

[DerekC]

Ooooooooh, that's Bridport to West Bay isn't it? So the answer to the original question will be Maiden Newton to Bridport?

That's the one! A much lamented line that would have made an fantastic cycleway - efforts to create one now are being frustrated by a couple of local landowners. (Technical note: The McDonnel Road was a broad gauge track similar to Brunel's in concept but with the longitudinal timber bearers replaced by iron plates with a cast-in shallow channel in which the bridge rail sat. It didn't last long on the Bridport Railway, being replaced by "baulk road" within a few years.)

Your way to the sea!

 

[SuspectUsual]

Which was the final class 50 to be refurbished at Doncaster and returned to traffic in rail blue livery?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I thought that Cone was a Gunpowder Van. It certainly was in all the books that I consulted before asking the question back in March.

Sorry, you're right - my mistake.

 

[xotGD]

50001

 

[SuspectUsual]

50001

No

 

[Cowley]

50048 Dauntless?

 

[xotGD]

50002

 

[SuspectUsual]

Neither of those

Not sure how to give a clue really, but what I can say is that there were six refurbished in all over blue before 50023 emerged in large logo * and the first five were 006 / 017 / 019 / 001 / 047

* I’m aware 50023 did some test runs in a hybrid livery with wraparound yellow cab sides but no large logo, but it had the large logo and massive numbers when it was released into traffic in September 1980 **

** 46 years ago!!! Where has the time gone?!?

 

[Gloster]

* I’m aware 50023 did some test runs in a hybrid livery with wraparound yellow cab sides but no large logo, but it had the large logo and massive numbers when it was released into traffic in September 1980 **

** 46 years ago!!! Where has the time gone?!?

Not an answer, but I remember signalling 023 on its delivery run to Laira. O tempora, O 23!

 

[xotGD]

50003

 

[SuspectUsual]

Nope

 

[Cowley]

Nope

I’m wondering if it’s 50007 Hercules as it definitely didn’t spend long in large logo (first time around)?