Railway General Knowledge.

[Whistler40145]

None of those

 

[xotGD]

D1005

 

[Tetragon213]

D1006

 

[D6130]

D1032?

 

[Peterthegreat]

D1019.

 

[Whistler40145]

D1032?

Spot on

You're turn

 

[D6130]

Spot on

You're turn

Thanks. I was wracking what's left of my brain to remember which ones I never saw, prior to spending many a long hour spotting at Reading after moving South from Scotland to Hampshire in September 1973.

Next up....a fairly easy one: Which 'Westerns' were withdrawn following the West Ealing derailment and the Worcester Tunnel Junction collision in the mid-1970s? (Half-a-point for each one....and no conferring!)

 

[Tetragon213]

Western Talisman and Western Advocate

 

[D6130]

Western Talisman and Western Advocate

Yes indeed....D1007 and D1055. Your turn.

 

[Tetragon213]

Thank you!

What is the highest numbered platform used by a London Underground service?

 

[D1511]

6? (Stratford)

 

[D1511]

No, wait.....it must be Baker Street surely?
11?

 

[Purple Train]

Platforms 25 and 26 at Waterloo for the Waterloo and City?

 

[Tetragon213]

Platforms 25 and 26 at Waterloo for the Waterloo and City?

Is correct! The W&C platforms are numbered as if they were still part of the main station, and as such have numbers 25 and 26.

Your turn!

 

[Purple Train]

The London Necropolis Railway ran funeral trains down the South Western Main Line to Brookwood Cemetery until 1941. It had its own terminus adjacent to Waterloo - but there were two stations in the cemetery. Why?

 

[DerekC]

One for Catholics and one for Protestants?

 

[Purple Train]

One for Catholics and one for Protestants?

That's near enough. The South station was for Anglicans and the North station was for non-Anglicans.

Your turn.

 

[DerekC]

Keeping the same subject, which other major city in the British Empire had a similar setup to the London Necropolis Railway?

 

[xotGD]

Mumbai

 

[Tester]

Keeping the same subject, which other major city in the British Empire had a similar setup to the London Necropolis Railway?

Sydney

 

[DerekC]

Mumbai

Not Mumbai

Sydney

But Sydney is spot on. From Mortuary Station to Rookwood Cemetery - which surely can't be a coincidence of names! The whole setup looked a bit better class than the London one - see image below. Anyway, your turn to ask the eternal question.

 

[Tester]

Open floor

 

[A S Leib]

Which stations outside the East Midlands region are served by East Midlands Railway? Naming lines rather than individual stations is fine for groups with more than five of them.