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).

 

[DerekC]

Time for another clue. The junction is very close to and shares a name with what is by far the longest tunnel on the Anglia Route.

 

[A S Leib]

At an end of a single-track section leading to Stansted Airport, off of the West Anglia Main Line?

 

[DerekC]

At an end of a single-track section leading to Stansted Airport, off of the West Anglia Main Line?

That's so near I will give it to you. In fact the double track extends round the south to east chord as far as the 1900 yard single track runnel under the airport runway. The tunnel is Coopers Lane Tunnel and Coopers Lane Junction is at the far end, where the track is doubled again on approach to the airport terminus. It seems to be forgotten in statistics on the internet - Wikipedia doesn't include it in the list of UK railway tunnels at all. It's a bored single track tunnel on a curved alignment with (of course) no vent shafts. Just as well it didn't exist in the steam age!

Your green aspect for the next question.

 

[A S Leib]

To the nearest minute (or second if anybody knows or is willing to try; I'll accept nearest minute), what is the current record for the Tube Challenge?

 

[xotGD]

18 hours 7 minutes