Railway General Knowledge.

[Cowley]

Class 56 were built at Electroputere, Craiova, Romania, Crewe and Doncaster.

That’s definitely more than three.

 

[RDP]

No just three. Post amended for clarity. But just to be fair I will also declare open floor.

 

[Cowley]

No just three. Post amended for clarity. But just to be fair I will also declare open floor.

Oh I see what you mean, I misread it.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

No just three. Post amended for clarity. But just to be fair I will also declare open floor.

I think the 20s and 37s both had three build locations as well?

NB - I am not taking up the open floor; I can't think of anything suitable to ask at the moment.

 

[Grumpy]

I think the 20s and 37s both had three build locations as well?

NB - I am not taking up the open floor; I can't think of anything suitable to ask at the moment.

No just three. Post amended for clarity. But just to be fair I will also declare open floor.

Oops! This is embarrassing. I admit I had overlooked the 56 were also built overseas. Apologies to all and particularly RDP.
The 20’s and 37’s had 2 locations I believe

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Oops! This is embarrassing. I admit I had overlooked the 56 were also built overseas. Apologies to all and particularly RDP.
The 20’s and 37’s had 2 locations I believe

You're right... I misread a comma that was between "Vulcan Foundry" and "Newton le Willows" as it was followed by "and RSH... ).

That's what I get for too much late night stuff...

 

[Ashley Hill]

Adding to that I believe the class 25s were built at Derby,Darlington,Crewe and Beyer Peacock so that’s 4.

 

[Grumpy]

Adding to that I believe the class 25s were built at Derby,Darlington,Crewe and Beyer Peacock so that’s 4.

I don’t think the 25’s were built at Crewe. Some class 24’s were built these.

 

[Ashley Hill]

I don’t think the 25’s were built at Crewe. Some class 24’s were built these.

You’re quite right. I just checked Derby Sulzers.

 

[DerekC]

No just three. Post amended for clarity. But just to be fair I will also declare open floor.

Queen Victoria always liked to travel facing the engine. Why was she "wrong way round" for part of her last journey?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Queen Victoria always liked to travel facing the engine. Why was she "wrong way round" for part of her last journey?

Would that be something to do with being in a coffin at the time and therefore unable to swap seats when the train reversed somewhere...?

 

[DerekC]

Would that be something to do with being in a coffin at the time and therefore unable to swap seats when the train reversed somewhere...?

That would be precisely the situation. Now where might that have happened?

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Well, her Majesty died at Osbourne House on the Isle of Wight and is buried at Frogmore in Windsor Great Park. I'm therefore guessing that the change of direction would be near to Windsor, so let's say at Slough?

 

[Gloster]

Fareham?

 

[DerekC]

Well, her Majesty died at Osbourne House on the Isle of Wight and is buried at Frogmore in Windsor Great Park. I'm therefore guessing that the change of direction would be near to Windsor, so let's say at Slough?

Right idea but wrong route. The journey involved a trip to Victoria, a procession by gun carriage to Paddington and the GWR Royal Train to Windsor.

Fareham?

That's the place. Bertie (aka Edward VII) had decided that his mamma was to be conveyed by the LB&SCR, because she didn't want anything to do with Brighton. So it was LSWR haulage from Gosport to Fareham, reverse and then LB&SCR from there to Victoria. The reversal caused all sorts of problems because the order of precedence had to be observed in the placing of family and dignitaries in the train, so that the top rank would be nearest the concourse on arrival - but of course they had to walk further at Gosport, which apparently didn't go down well!

Your dignified way forward, @Gloster

 

[Gloster]

Who did William Stanier succeed as CME of the LMS?

 

[D6130]

Sir Henry Fowler?

 

[Gloster]

Sir Henry Fowler?

Sorry, no.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sir Ernest Lemon?

 

[Gloster]

Sir Ernest Lemon?

Indeed, it was he, if only briefly.

To you to design the next question.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Which was the first UK state-owned railway to have trains from the prison to ferry prisoners to a place of hard labour?

 

[Gloster]

Which was the first UK state-owned railway to have trains from the prison to ferry prisoners to a place of hard labour?

Would that have been Peterhead?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Would that have been Peterhead?

Indeed it would be. It was known as the Peterhead Prison Railway and had had specially built waggons.

 

[Gloster]

The Yorkshire Engine Co. 170 hp. 0-4-0 diesel-hydraulic shunters, the Class 02, spent almost all of their BR careers on the London Midland Region, with the exception of two that spent a couple of years on another region. Which shed, the same for both locos, did these two spend a period at?

 

[Peterthegreat]

I seem to remember seeing one at Goole in the late 60s.

 

[Gloster]

I seem to remember seeing one at Goole in the late 60s.

Correct. D2859 and D2865 were at 50D Goole from mid-1967 to early 1970. The type had been, at least in part, designed to replace the Lancashire & Yorkshire 0F 0-4-ST, which had previously been used at Goole.

To you to allocate the next question.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you. Apologies for the overnight delay.
What was special about Pannier Tank loco 3409?

 

[D6130]

Was it the first one to be equipped for push-pull operation?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Was it the first one to be equipped for push-pull operation?

Not to my knowledge.

 

[RDP]

The last GWR design locomotive to be built?