Railway General Knowledge.

[D6130]

West Hartlepool?

 

[xotGD]

Normanton?

 

[Grumpy]

West Hartlepool?

West Hartlepool?

No

 

[Grumpy]

Normanton?

Correct
Your turn

 

[Peterthegreat]

Normanton?

 

[xotGD]

An educated guess!

Next:

What links the following locomotives:

45039
86253

 

[Peterthegreat]

An educated guess!

Next:

What links the following locomotives:

45039
86253

Manchester.

 

[xotGD]

Manchester.

Yep.

45039 The Manchester Regiment
86253 The Manchester Guardian

Your turn to be mad for it...

 

[Peterthegreat]

Yep.

45039 The Manchester Regiment
86253 The Manchester Guardian

Your turn to be mad for it...

Thank you.
Which was the first country in mainland Europe to have a steam powered passenger railway?

 

[D6130]

Belgium?

 

[Whistler40145]

Germany?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Belgium?

Belgium is correct. Brussels to Mechelen opened in 1835.

Over to you.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Germany?

Sorry - see above.

 

[D6130]

Belgium is correct. Brussels to Mechelen opened in 1835.

Over to you.

Thanks. Next up:

Which was the last class 27 loco to carry BR green and white livery - and also the only one to carry its TOPS number while still in that livery - until repainted late in 1974?

 

[Peterthegreat]

27001?

 

[Whistler40145]

27024?

 

[xotGD]

27002

 

[D6130]

27024?

Not that one (second last).

27002

Not that one either....because:

27001?

Is correct (D5347 - first of class).

 

[Peterthegreat]

Not that one (second last).

Not that one either....because:

Is correct (D5347 - first of class).

What a guess. I was going to do @xotGD's method.
Question to follow in the morning.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Sorry for the delay.
My brain has gone awol so open floor please.

 

[xotGD]

As I was only one off with the previous question I'll step forward..


In which year did Gateshead MetroCentre station open?

 

[A S Leib]

1986?

 

[xotGD]

1986?

Sorry, no.

 

[SuspectUsual]

I'll go for 1987 then.

 

[DerekC]

1977

 

[xotGD]

I'll go for 1987 then.

And you'd be right to do so. Your floor...

 

[SuspectUsual]

Edward Cowper designed the wrought iron and glass roof of the old Birmingham New Street station, at the time the largest single span roof in the world. But what else did he invent that was used by the railways?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Clue....

His invention is still used on the railways today (albeit a modernised version, but the underlying principle is the same)

 

[RDP]

The electric token?

 

[D1511]

Track detonators