Railway General Knowledge.

[xotGD]

Which rail facility has or had the initialisation TCFD?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Which rail facility has or had the initialisation TCFD?

Cardiff Canton?

 

[xotGD]

Cardiff Canton?

You are about 250 miles from the answer!

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Toton Centre Freight Depot possibly - so Toton?

 

[xotGD]

Toton Centre Freight Depot possibly - so Toton?

You are along the right lines with most of the words, but you need to keep heading northwards...

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Tinsley Centre Freight Depot?

 

[xotGD]

Tinsley Centre Freight Depot?

Keep heading north...

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Tees Centre Freight Depot? (I'm running out of places beginning with "T"!)

 

[xotGD]

Tees Centre Freight Depot? (I'm running out of places beginning with "T"!)

Almost there - there is a clue in my username...

 

[SteveyBee131]

I'll try Tyne Centre Freight Depot

However, I'll defer to EbbwJunction1 if it's right, as he did most of the hard work.

 

[xotGD]

I'll try Tyne Centre Freight Depot

However, I'll defer to EbbwJunction1 if it's right, as he did most of the hard work.

That's close enough: Tyneside Central Freight Depot.

Here is a picture of it:

Tyneside Central freight depot Gateshead 08384 1st Aug 85 C7012

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Like so much, not there any more.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Thank you, SteveyBee131, that's very kind.

Let's try this one:
Kiln Lane, No. 6 Parking Place, Cleveland Bridge and Stortford Street were all stations on a now-closed rail system in the UK. What was it called, please.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Thank you, SteveyBee131, that's very kind.

Let's try this one:
Kiln Lane, No. 6 Parking Place, Cleveland Bridge and Stortford Street were all stations on a now-closed rail system in the UK. What was it called, please.

 

[341o2]

Grimsby and Immingham light railway should read electric

 

[SteveyBee131]

They were some of the stations on the Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway. Kiln Lane was at the last passing loop (№8) on the single line section, whilst Cleveland bridge and Stortford Street were towards the Grimsby end

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Grimsby and Immingham light railway should read electric

They were some of the stations on the Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway. Kiln Lane was at the last passing loop (№8) on the single line section, whilst Cleveland bridge and Stortford Street were towards the Grimsby end

Yes, you're both right, but I'll award the pantograph to 341o2 as he was first - well done.

 

[341o2]

Before the Reseau Breton was rationalised in the 1960's, when it was part converted to standard gauge and part closed, the section between Guingamp and Paimpol was converted to dual gauge - a third rail was laid outside the metre gauge by two track gangs, when they met, probably words which never appeared in a French phrase book were used. What had they done and how was the situation sorted

 

[Calthrop]

Before the Reseau Breton was rationalised in the 1960's, when it was part converted to standard gauge and part closed, the section between Guingamp and Paimpol was converted to dual gauge - a third rail was laid outside the metre gauge by two track gangs, when they met, probably words which never appeared in a French phrase book were used. What had they done and how was the situation sorted

The two gangs failed to co-ordinate things at the start; and laid the third rail on different respective sides of the m/g track -- thus, a mess-up when they met. Remedied by making the standard-gauge jink sharply at that point, from one side to the other -- an arrangement called by French railways, saut de mouton (sheep-jump). The third-railing with the unfortunate contretemps was, I believe, in 1924; Guingamp -- Paimpol line was three-rail from then, until the early 1950s, when it was converted to standard-gauge only.

Open floor if correct.

 

[341o2]

Yes, you are right, they both followed instructions to lay the s/g rail on the right - their right, working from opposite ends. The metre gauge also slewed, using the LH rail for the first part, then changing to the RH rail.

it is therefore open floor

 

[DerekC]

When the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened in 1825 it was single track with passing loops every quarter of a mile. What was the unusual feature about its operation which made the risks associated with conflict resolution very personal?

 

[444045]

Was it anything to do with passenger trains hauled by horses while freight trains had engines so accidents could be fatal ?

 

[DerekC]

Was it anything to do with passenger trains hauled by horses while freight trains had engines so accidents could be fatal ?

No. It wasn't directly a safety issue although certainly had some implications RAIB and BTP would not approve of!

 

[Calthrop]

To do with individual "carriers" using horse-hauled rail vehicles on the S & D's line: money earned per distance travelled -- everyone thus engaged, wanted to be on the move and earning more cash; not stopped at a passing loop and not doing so, or going in reverse to the last loop and, ditto; hence much quarrelling and friction -- sometimes getting "physical" -- between different "carriers"?

 

[Trackman]

was it time signalling so to speak?

 

[DerekC]

To do with individual "carriers" using horse-hauled rail vehicles on the S & D's line: money earned per distance travelled -- everyone thus engaged, wanted to be on the move and earning more cash; not stopped at a passing loop and not doing so, or going in reverse to the last loop and, ditto; hence much quarrelling and friction -- sometimes getting "physical" -- between different "carriers"?

That's close enough - in fact drivers were effectively self employed. A locomotive driver was paid 1/4d per ton-mile out of which they had to find the cost of fuel and oil and the fireman's wages. So time spent in passing loops (or even worse, reversing) would be anathema. Some punch-ups are said to have resulted! According to Peter Woodbridge's A Chronology of Railway Signalling a system of priority was established:

"- passenger trains were superior to locomotive hauled coal trains
- locomotive hauled trains were superior to horse drawn trains and
- trains in the downhill direction needed to yield to trains of the same class (going uphill)"

Your stretch of single track.

PS - I hope nobody from GBRF is watching this thread!

 

[Calthrop]

Thanks.

Another item from British railway history -- less remote in time than the 1820s, but still long-ish ago.

There was a railway undertaking in Britain, which began operations relatively early in the general railway era -- inaugurated, first and foremost, for a particular category of freight; though a passenger service ran over part of its length. (The railway was and remained independent -- never taken over by a bigger company.)
Its original source of traffic mostly faltered and faded out, after a not very long period; the line lingered on for a while, but ceased all operation before the end of the nineteenth century. It subsequently underwent two brief and partial revivals: the second such, more "brief and partial" than the first, and for a highly specialised purpose. All operation of the line had ceased for good, as of over a hundred years ago from the present time.

Please give the name under which this railway commenced its career, and by which it's generally known; and give -- fairly general terms will do -- its whereabouts in Britain.

 

[martinsh]

Are we talking the West Somerset Mineral Railway ?

 

[Calthrop]

Are we talking the West Somerset Mineral Railway ?

We are. Your floor !

 

[444045]

What name was 4 Vep 3417 given ?

 

[Cowley]

What name was 4 Vep 3417 given ?

Is it ‘Gordon Petit’?