Small history quiz.

[Phoenix]

Well I managed to come up with five decent railway history question's.
So let's see what you know and just simple answers please.

1.What happened to 60006 Sir Ralph Wedgewood?
2.How many types of English mainline Ac locomotives have been produced?
3.What was the proposed class 88 based upon?
4.What diesel locomotive is closely related in its body shell design to the class 60?
5.What two types of engine were used for the class 37/9’s?

So fire away people and good luck.

 

[O L Leigh]

1. Was that the Doughnut that threw a leg so far out of bed (put a piston through the side of the crankcase) that it punched a hole in the side of the body?
2. Production classes, or including prototypes? There have been ten production classes (Cl81-87 and Cl90-92) and two prototypes (the Badger, and the converted Metro-Vick gas turbine loco that was never allocated a TOPS class number).
3. The Cl58 diesel.
4. Are you sure you mean diesel? The obvious answer is the Cl92 but that's a leccy.
5. One. Diesel.

O L Leigh

 

[class 313]

5. Two, Ruston and Mirrlees.

 

[Phoenix]

1.wrong i was talking about steam hence sir raplh wedgewood
2.correct i was looking for all of them.
3.correct.
4.My bad imeant electric.
5.When I say type I should have gone for manufacturer as diesel sounds abit too obvious.

So only two left to answer.

 

[O L Leigh]

1. Ah, kettles. Not my thing really.
5. I guessed as much, but I felt I had to put something. To be honest I used to really like Tractors, but I'm not so keen any more.

**EDIT**

Been doing some reading on your kettle.

Got to ask which Sir Ralph Wedgewood you are referring to, as two locos carried this name. The first was A4 class 4469, but this loco was damaged by the Luftwaffe in the York loco sheds after it suffered a direct hit in the "Baedecker" raid on the city on 29th April 1941. The extent of the damage caused by the raid and the lack of a spare frame saw this loco withdrawn during June 1942. The name was then transferred to another A4 class (4466) during January 1944, and it was this loco that eventually carried BR number 60006 prior to withdrawal on 3rd September 1965. Both locos were originally named after birds (4466: Herring Gull. 4469: Gadwall). That's about the extent of what seems to have been known about these particular locos.

Oh, and your Tractors had either Rustons (RK270T) or Mirlees (MB275T) motors.

O L Leigh

 

[Phoenix]

5. Two, Ruston and Mirrlees.

Correct only one to go.

 

[westcoaster]

4. class 67

 

[P156KWJ]

4. funny you should say that, video125 made a terrible mistake in their Kent Coast drivers eye view, they point out a class 92 heading for the chanel tunnel, but announced it as a class 60!

 

[Phoenix]

Im surprised no one has got number one I thought it was quite a well known fact to all.

 

[hairyhandedfool]

1) I think it was bombed in the war, the name transfering to another loco.

4) There was a proposed diesel loco based on a mixture of classes 92 and 60 around the time the 66s appeared on our shores, but it was never built.

 

[Phoenix]

1) I think it was bombed in the war, the name transfering to another loco.

4) There was a proposed diesel loco based on a mixture of classes 92 and 60 around the time the 66s appeared on our shores, but it was never built.

Both are correct although we had our answer for number four.
But cheer's everyone for taking part.

So the answer's are.

1.Was bombed along with york shed in world war two.
2.There has been 12 types of British AC Loco 80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,89,90,91,92.
3.The class 88 modular AC electric loco design was based upon the class 58.
4.The class 92's body shell is closly related to the class 60.
5.Mirlees and Ruston were the two engine type's used for the class 37/9.

 

[O L Leigh]

[Pedant]

60006 was not bombed in the war.

The loco that was "totalled" by the Luftwaffe at York was LNER 4469 which happened to be carrying the Sir Ralph "Wedgie" Wedgewood nameplates at the time. However, it never became BR 60006 because it never even saw the end of the war let alone the creation of British Railways. The loco to which the name was reapplied was LNER 4466, which later became BR 60006 at nationalisation, had an incident-free life prior to withdrawal in 1965.

[/Pedant]

O L Leigh

 

[Phoenix]

[Pedant]

60006 was not bombed in the war.

The loco that was "totalled" by the Luftwaffe at York was LNER 4469 which happened to be carrying the Sir Ralph "Wedgie" Wedgewood nameplates at the time. However, it never became BR 60006 because it never even saw the end of the war let alone the creation of British Railways. The loco to which the name was reapplied was LNER 4466, which later became BR 60006 at nationalisation, had an incident-free life prior to withdrawal in 1965.

[/Pedant]

O L Leigh

Fair enough maybe i shouldn't have put 60006 but didn't you say that kettle's were not your thing eh.

Well later on im gonna do 10 question and there gonna be HARDER but ill get my fact's right first.

 

[O L Leigh]

*Rubs hands together in anticipation*

I look forward to the next round. I may not know stuff straight away, but if something is interesting I will make the time to find out (as with these kettles).

O L Leigh