Railway General Knowledge.

[Track Basher]

It is not the St Tinians film. That was filmed on an MOD railway and fearured a thumper unit. Not sure abouth the rest.

 

[Mvann]

St trinians was filmed at longmoor military railway.

 

[Ivo]

Still nothing accurate. A big clue now: Despite the location, at least one HST has gone through the same process at Pig's Bay.

I bet it's something to do with Top Gear.

I wish.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Was Pig's Bay, with its British military connections, used by the Americans and their military and CIA forces to train Cuban exiles for the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba many years ago.

At least I have made a "Pigs" connection between these two places. I am sure that there are traffic lights in Cuba that the invasion force planned to overide to use to stop road traffic and there were plans to make some use of the railway network there in the operation.

 

[EM2]

43173, involved in the Southall crash, was written off at Pig's Bay, so I'm guessing that a Thumper also was, probably 205029.
After Cowden, in-cab radios became standard fit.

So...the Cowden rail crash involved a Thumper, which was later scrapped at Pig's Bay, and politicians then insisted on the installation of in-cab radios. Do they use some kind of 'traffic light' system?

 

[Ivo]

43173, involved in the Southall crash, was written off at Pig's Bay, so I'm guessing that a Thumper also was, probably 205029.
After Cowden, in-cab radios became standard fit.

So...the Cowden rail crash involved a Thumper, which was later scrapped at Pig's Bay, and politicians then insisted on the installation of in-cab radios. Do they use some kind of 'traffic light' system?

Not to my knowledge (so I could in theory be wrong), but having hit on the event I was after - sadly, scrapping - the floor is yours.

I didn't expect anyone to get the traffic light bit right. At the western end of Blackgate Road, which leads to the MoD site, is a set of traffic lights. These lights are known for sometimes being at an angle - because lorries carrying Thumper carriages have struck them.

 

[EM2]

In the original novel of 'Trainspotting', Begbie and Renton meet "an auld drunkard" in a disused station, which they are visiting to use as a toilet. He asks them if they are "trainspottin".
Which station is it?

 

[150222]

Rannoch?

 

[EM2]

Nope. Rannoch isn't disused!

 

[Track Basher]

Leith Central

 

[EM2]

Is correct!

 

[ole man]

May i have a quick go.

Crewe Alexandra played Spurs in the FA cup in the 60's, what platforms did the Crewe players leave on and arrive?.

 

[clagmonster]

They left Crewe platform 5 and returned to Crewe platford 11.

 

[ole man]

Nope, the result has something to do with it

 

[clagmonster]

Looking at the records, there were two fixures at White Hart Lane.
The first, in 1960 was a fourth round replay (judging by the date) which Spurs won 13-2.

The second was a fourth round match in 1961 which Spurs won 5-1.

I reckon, if it was some form of rigged event, they must have left from platform 2 in 1961 and returned to platform 13. Unless I'm misunderstanding the clue.

 

[deltic1989]

Or they could have left from 1 and returned to 5 or vice versa

 

[ole man]

Clagmonster you are correct, don't know if the signaller was having a laugh, it was the 13-2 result

 

[clagmonster]

Open floor.

 

[deltic1989]

I'll take that if I may.

Exept for any routes. What do a class 153 and a class 52 have in common

 

[EM2]

They've got a cab at each end

 

[deltic1989]

They've got a cab at each end

Techically correct yes, but not the answer I was looking for.

 

[gg1]

Both Diesel-Hydraulics?

 

[deltic1989]

Both Diesel-Hydraulics?

Correct!! This is the answer I was looking for. They both have a Voith Hydraulic Transmission.

 

[gg1]

This feature is common to most or all locos in operation on the national network today but in the steam era was extremely rare in Britain. A notable example of a steam loco which did have this feature is a single 9F which had a very narrow range of operation.

What am I thinking of?

 

[deltic1989]

A High Intensity Headlight?

 

[gg1]

Correct, fitted to 92079 when it was the Lickey banker.

 

[deltic1989]

That was just a guess as well.

Try this one.

Class 158 is a commonly seen unit around the UK. What other country might you expect to see a class 158 in revenue earning service?

 

[madannie77]

Thailand

 

[deltic1989]

Thailand

Is the correct answer....

 

[madannie77]

Is the correct answer....

It will have to be an open floor: I have no suitable nuggets of obscure knowledge to hand at the moment.