Railway General Knowledge.

[Whistler40145]

Vic Berry Leicester

 

[Peterthegreat]

I reckon it is Open Floor time here, so...

Five Class 82s were scrapped at the same location - where?

Vic Berry at Leicester?

 

[xotGD]

Vic Berry Leicester

Vic Berry at Leicester?

Is the correct answer. @Whistler40145 got there first, so the floor is yours...

 

[Whistler40145]

How long is the Midland Mainline?

 

[D6130]

307 miles from St Pancras to Petterill Bridge Junction, Carlisle....via the now closed route through Cudworth and Royston.

 

[Whistler40145]

Correct

 

[Ashley Hill]

@D6130 have you a question for us?

 

[D6130]

Sorry.....bamboozled by my week traveling around Scotland and then the Forum meal in Exeter!

What is the maximum permitted speed for passenger trains on the recently reopened line between Crediton and Okehampton?

 

[Ashley Hill]

75mph.

 

[D6130]

Correct....although you have the advantage of being issued with a paper copy of the relevant Sectional Appendix! Your turn to shut-off power.

Incidentally, prior to the 1968 closure to passengers, it was 85 mph - the standard Southern Railway/Region speed limit for main lines - but was then reduced to 50 mph when it became freight only....and I believe was further reduced in recent years (40/35?). It's still pretty ropey between Crediton and the site of Yeoford Junction, judging by my experience last week.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Correct....although you have the advantage of being issued with a paper copy of the relevant Sectional Appendix! Your turn to shut-off power.

No,we’re paperless.
Kings Nympton,what was it previously called? Too easy

 

[D6130]

South Molton Road?

 

[Ashley Hill]

South Molton Road?

Correct,I said it was easy. Your turn to change your name!

 

[D6130]

OK....from now onwards my name is Englebert Humperdinck!

Next question:

How many Class 33 locomotives were built to the narrower Hastings line loading gauge?

 

[Trainguy34]

19?

 

[Gloster]

12?

 

[D6130]

19?

Afraid not!

 

[D6130]

12?

Correct! Your turn to drive the Mountfield Gypsum.

 

[Gloster]

Which Class 33 was used in the 1965-1966 trials in which the push-pull system for the Weymouth services was developed?

 

[Peterthegreat]

D6580

 

[Gloster]

D6580

Correct. For you to make your number.

 

[Peterthegreat]

In terms of loss of life what was the worst disaster ro happen to Btitish Railways/British Rail (1948-1994)?

 

[Calthrop]

I'd think it's got to be Harrow and Wealdstone (1952).

 

[Gloster]

Princess Victoria?

 

[Peterthegreat]

I'd think it's got to be Harrow and Wealdstone (1952).

Not Harow (112 Killed)

 

[Peterthegreat]

Princess Victoria?

Correct a good bit of lateral thinking. At least 133 died when the BR ship ,MV Princess Victoria, sank during severe storms in the North Channel on 31 January 1953.

You may take the helm.

 

[Gloster]

Continuing the nautical theme: the first proper train-ferry service opened in 1850 between Granton and Burntisland. Who was the engineer responsible for its introduction?

 

[D6130]

Thomas Bouch?

 

[Gloster]

Thomas Bouch?

Correct. A slightly more successful attempt to cross a firth than his later one.

To you to launch the next question.

 

[D6130]

Thanks. Continuing on the same theme:

Between which two towns did Mr Bouch's other train ferry service operate?