Railway General Knowledge.

[Ashley Hill]

Exeter west?

Exeter West with 131 levers is nowhere near the amount of levers in the box in question. It been established that it was one of the former York boxes but not yet which.

 

[xotGD]

Dringhouses

 

[Ashley Hill]

Dringhouses

Not Dringhouses.

 

[xotGD]

York Yard North

 

[Ashley Hill]

York Yard North

Try again

 

[D6130]

York Station South?

 

[Ashley Hill]

York Station South?

Keep trying.

 

[Peterthegreat]

York locomotive Yard (or similar).

 

[Ashley Hill]

York locomotive Yard (or similar).

Correct,an astonishing 295 levers.
Not my photos.

Your turn to burnish the levers!!!

 

[Peterthegreat]

What appeared for the first time on Britain's railways on 1 November 1879?

 

[Snow1964]

Gas lit carriages ?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Gas lit carriages ?

Nope.

 

[martinsh]

Pullman cars ?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Pullman cars ?

Can you be a bit more precise?

 

[Neo9320]

Pullman dining cars?

 

[Peterthegreat]

I was originally looking for restaurant car. However as this was actually a Pullman coach then both are factually correct.

Would @Neo9320 and @martinsh like a tie break?

 

[Neo9320]

Please let @martinsh take it, that answer was served to me on a plate…

 

[martinsh]

Open floor

 

[Intercity110]

what inspection saloon carried HM the king and the late princess diana to their honeymoon in wales?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Was it Caroline?

 

[Intercity110]

Was it Caroline?

no. it was, before she was named, however thanks to @D6130 for pointing that out!

 

[D6130]

Was it Caroline?

Yes it was Caroline....but she hadn't been named then! Ex-Southern Region General Manager's saloon no. DR 975025 - converted from a type 6B Hastings Line DEMU buffet car. I would suggest that you give the next question to @EbbwJunction

 

[Intercity110]

Yes it was Caroline....but she hadn't been named then! Ex-Southern Region General Manager's saloon no. DR 975025 - converted from a type 6B Hastings Line DEMU buffet car. I would suggest that you give the next question to @EbbwJunction

yes i will @EbbwJunction1. over to you!

 

[EbbwJunction1]

I haven't got anything at the moment, so open floor!

 

[315801]

When the PEP units were in development, 1 of the 2 coach units was used to test a coach with a pantograph fitted as a prototype for the class 313, 314 & 315 units, what class was the test unit given for the project ?

 

[Intercity110]

When the PEP units were in development, 1 of the 2 coach units was used to test a coach with a pantograph fitted as a prototype for the class 313, 314 & 315 units, what class was the test unit given for the project ?

Tops class? Or southern region? Southern region they were 2- and 4-PEPs (hence the family name) and for TOPS they were 445 and 446.

 

[315801]

Class 445 and 446 were the original class numbers but the 25Kv test unit was re-classed into the 9xx range. Only the class 446 coaches were used with the new coach

I will add this as a clue

 

[315801]

Only the TOPS class is needed

 

[315801]

As there are no further guesses the answer was class 920 and the unit was numbered 920001.

I cannot think of another question at the mo so I will open the floor for the next question

 

[Calthrop]

There was an unconventional -- and extremely rare -- variation on the steam locomotive theme: one particular very small class batch of which were built, most of a century ago, for a particular customer. These machines were described by the late A.E. Durrant -- a clever guy with the written word -- in wording to the effect of, "looking rather like a pregnant hippopotamus". What manner of steam "variant" is involved here? ("Virtual bonus points" if one can identify the railway for which these things were built.)