Railway General Knowledge.

[xotGD]

Class 210

 

[Ashley Hill]

Class 210

Not the 210.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Clue. The last train carrying passengers was in 2014.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Hastings Unit?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Hastings Unit?

Sadly not.

 

[Trackman]

150?

 

[Kentish RYS]

A class 185?

 

[Ashley Hill]

150?

Correct. I won’t spin this out by asking for the number. It was 150927 on a BLS tour on 14/5/14.
Over to you…..

 

[D6130]

Correct. I won’t spin this out by asking for the number. It was 150927 on a BLS tour on 14/5/14.
Over to you…..

Is that now 150 127 or 150 227?

 

[Ashley Hill]

Is that now 150 127 or 150 227?

150127

 

[D6130]

150127

Thanks.

 

[Trackman]

open floor

 

[Purple Train]

Name any station named in Flanders and Swann's song Slow Train which remains open.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Chester-le-Street

 

[Gloster]

St Erth.

 

[Purple Train]

Chester-le-Street

Correct (as, of course, is St Erth). Your go.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Sorry, only just seen this

What is an Indusi system and where in the UK might you find one?

 

[DerekC]

Indusi is a German form of train protection - a bit like AWS/TPWS but I can't remember the details. I think Newcastle Metro is fitted with it.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Indusi is a German form of train protection - a bit like AWS/TPWS but I can't remember the details. I think Newcastle Metro is fitted with it.

Yes it is, and yes it is (in parts at least)

Over to you

 

[DerekC]

Ok. Where (on the railway network) is Coopers Lane Junction?

 

[DerekC]

Hmm - maybe a clue needed. Most trains passing over the junction are operated by Class 745 units.

 

[Purple Train]

It rings a bell - is it between Hackney Downs and Tottenham Hale?

 

[DerekC]

It rings a bell - is it between Hackney Downs and Tottenham Hale?

You may be thinking of Coppermill Junction, where the 1872 GER line to Liverpool Street via Hackney Downs diverges from the original (1840) Northern & Eastern Railway main line via Stratford - so not that one. But you are on the right route.

 

[A S Leib]

The junction(s) off of the West Anglia Main Line for Stansted Airport?

 

[DerekC]

The junction(s) off of the West Anglia Main Line for Stansted Airport?

You are getting extremely warm = but those are (rather boringly) Stansted South Junction and Stansted North Junction (and the third point of the triangle is Stansted East Junction).