Marton
Member
- Joined
- 9 Nov 2008
- Messages
- 664
Leviathan
-
Our booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk (powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!
Railway General Knowledge.
- Thread starter 150222
- Start date
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R
RailUK Forums
DerekC
Established Member
I am guessing it's something like "Planet" or "Thunderer" which were popular kinds of name in the early days and passed down to later generations of locomotives.
EbbwJunction1
Established Member
- Joined
- 25 Mar 2010
- Messages
- 1,565
Remembrance?
No correct answer so far.
City of London is up there, there were 6 - that's why I used it as an example.
The one I'm looking for was carried at least 9 times.
Clues:
It's 1 word.
There is one loco left on the mainline railway that carries the name (AFAIK) but is stored at the moment, not sure if it's getting overhauled.
City of London is up there, there were 6 - that's why I used it as an example.
The one I'm looking for was carried at least 9 times.
Clues:
It's 1 word.
There is one loco left on the mainline railway that carries the name (AFAIK) but is stored at the moment, not sure if it's getting overhauled.
DerekC
Established Member
Stephenson? or maybe Nelson?
None of those I’m afraid
DaleCooper
Established Member
Britannia?
Was the name on the 37 official or was it a painted on Tinsley name?
I’m struggling with this one. Vulcan maybe?
I thought it was official- but some digging about shows its unofficial.
However, your guess is correct- Vulcan!
apart from the 37, 45 106 carried ‘Vulcan’ nicely painted by Tinsley staff but records show as 'unofficial'.
However 'Vulcan' still wins with 8 locos.
Your floor!
As an aside there are also loco names with the name "Vulcan" as part of them e.g. 37558 'Avro Vulcan XH558', 86228 "Vulcan Heritage"
Thanks, that was a good one.
Ok this is a bit left-field.
I’ve got a structural problem with the walls on a house that’s for sale in Exeter.
The house was built in the 1930s.
It’s nowhere near a railway, but the problem is related to the railway.
Can anyone guess the link?
Last edited:
DaleCooper
Established Member
Were there mines for some railway related material underneath the site?
Completely forgot about this.
Yes it’s very much something to with the wall ties. Would you like to guess at the link?
Before I have a guess, is it something to do with sleepers or rails?
No. It’s to do with a very cheap and abundant waste product of the railways in the 1930s...
Snow1964
Established Member
Is it something to do with clinker, a waste product, which was used for building blocks
Building on hints and other people's suggestions I would guess that steam loco ash was used to make breeze blocks, which have turned out to corrode the wall ties, potentially destabilising a cavity wall.
My first thought was that loco smoke had caused enough corrosion to create the problem. I have read that general urban air pollution has destroyed the wall ties on some estates, which is why they are made from stainless steel nowadays rather than the older galvanised steel...
My first thought was that loco smoke had caused enough corrosion to create the problem. I have read that general urban air pollution has destroyed the wall ties on some estates, which is why they are made from stainless steel nowadays rather than the older galvanised steel...
I think that’s probably close enough Andrew. The ash was bought cheaply and mixed up as paste for use as mortar between the blockwork. Unfortunately it has such a hi Ph value it’s rotted the wall ties out.
Over to you...
I think Snow1964 got as close as I did before me, although I hadn't read his (?) reply when I posted mine: Your floor Snowy!
Snow1964
Established Member
AndrewE gave a more technical solution, but I thank him for saying I had basically answered it before him.
Let’s try this question, which line which was built as a cut off (or more direct routing), has 3 stations (all still open), and the station buildings show 1886 as build dates. However the line didn’t open until 1888
Which line is it (from where to where) and a bonus if you can say what gave way which delayed the opening.
Let’s try this question, which line which was built as a cut off (or more direct routing), has 3 stations (all still open), and the station buildings show 1886 as build dates. However the line didn’t open until 1888
Which line is it (from where to where) and a bonus if you can say what gave way which delayed the opening.
Snow1964
Established Member
No guesses so far, so a clue :
this line is electrified (so should restrict the options quite a bit, based on opening date)
krus_aragon
Established Member
I've no idea myself (the subsequent clue about an electrified route makes it clear that it's outside my usual patch), but would I be correct in guessing that the opening of the line was delayed by two years (or so) for some reason?
Snow1964
Established Member
Yes opening was delayed due to construction problems of one particular part
Snow1964
Established Member
I think I had better give a second clue, in addition to clue 1 the line is electrified. The delay was due to a particular clay which caused a newly constructed embankment to slump, apparently at one point is few hundred feet wide at bottom following the slumping, the oozing clay was locally nicknamed the treacle mines.
Marton
Member
- Joined
- 9 Nov 2008
- Messages
- 664
Liverpool and New Brighton ?
Snow1964
Established Member
No, not correct, too far north
as there is a 100 milepost along this line, think 100 miles from London, (that clue should eliminate a lot as would be in the sea if went 100 miles from London in certain directions).
Marton
Member
- Joined
- 9 Nov 2008
- Messages
- 664
Northampton avoiding line?