Railway General Knowledge.

[SuspectUsual]

The electric token?

No, because…..

Track detonators

….yes

@D1511 over to you

 

[D1511]

No, because…..



….yes

@D1511 over to you

Thanks. No idea where that came from.. ..

47208 was withdrawn after the Invergowrie rail crash. What was the other loco involved?

 

[D6130]

25 083?

 

[D1511]

25 083?

Correct.
You're up next

 

[D6130]

Correct.
You're up next

Thanks. As a follow-on from that question, which two trains were involved in the Invergowrie collision!? Reporting numbers not required....but starting times, origins and destinations are.

 

[Peterthegreat]

The 25 failed on a Glasgow Dundee and was hit by the 47 on a Glasgow Aberdeen.
Don't know the departure times though.

 

[SuspectUsual]

The 25 failed on a Glasgow Dundee and was hit by the 47 on a Glasgow Aberdeen.
Don't know the departure times though.

Agree with this. It happened late morning (11:15ish??) so I’d guess the stopper left Glasgow about 9:15 and the fast left about 10:00

 

[D6130]

The 25 failed on a Glasgow Dundee and was hit by the 47 on a Glasgow Aberdeen.
Don't know the departure times though.

You are correct as far as it goes. Does anyone else know the departure times from Queen Street?

 

[D6130]

Agree with this. It happened late morning (11:15ish??) so I’d guess the stopper left Glasgow about 9:15 and the fast left about 10:00

A wee bit earlier than that.

 

[D1511]

The stopper was the 0840-something Glasgow Dundee and the Aberdeen would have left QS at about 0920?

 

[D6130]

The stopper was the 0840-something Glasgow Dundee and the Aberdeen would have left QS at about 0920?

Very close. 08 44 Queen Street to Dundee and 09 35 to Aberdeen. I think I shall have to give it to @Peterthegreat , I'm afraid.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
What type of railway used ghe Ewing system?
(Nothing to do with Dallas).

 

[xotGD]

Funicular?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Funicular?

Not a funicular.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Hanging railway as per Wuppertal?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Hanging railway as per Wuppertal?

Nope.

 

[D6130]

Monorail?

 

[D1511]

Maglev?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Cable worked?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Monora

Monorail?

Monorail is correct.
Back to you.

 

[D6130]

Monora
is correct.
Back to you.

Thanks . Next up:

What was the name of the French engineer who designed the steam-powered monorail that ran between Listowel and Ballybunion in Co. Kerry, Ireland between 1889 and 1924?

 

[Tester]

Thanks . Next up:

What was the name of the French engineer who designed the steam-powered monorail that ran between Listowel and Ballybunion in Co. Kerry, Ireland between 1889 and 1924?

Lartigue

 

[D6130]

Lartigue

Correct....Charles Lartigue to be precise! Your turn to balance the carriages.

 

[Tester]

Correct....Charles Lartigue to be precise! Your turn to balance the carriages.

Open floor

 

[Spamcan81]

If I may. What was controlled by the Heberlein system?

 

[xotGD]

Toilet emissions?

 

[D6130]

The Wuppertal Schweberbahn?

 

[Spamcan81]

Toilet emissions?

Interesting answer but wrong.

 

[Spamcan81]

The Wuppertal Schweberbahn?

No.

 

[Grumpy]

Braking