British Railways #3

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1. What was the name of the engineer responsible for planning and constructing the West Coast Main Line between Carlisle and Glasgow in 1845? Joseph Locke Robert Stephenson George Stephenson Isambard Brunell

2. In the early 1990s, British Rail had a Class 73 specially livered to haul the Venice Simplon Orient Express. However, the majority of Orient Express trains were hauled by this class of locomotive: Class 37 Class 47 Class 86 Class 50

3. The last triple-headed Class 37 trains ended with privatization and the import of Class 56 and Class 60 locomotives into this region. What area of Britain did these train run? Northern Scotland South Wales East Anglia Cornwall

4. What is unusual about the station at Liskeard, Cornwall? All of the above. The station has two levels with the Looe Branch under the Penzance-London Mainline. The Looe Branchline platform is separate from the main station and at right angles to the main line. Trains for London actually leave the station heading west, even though London is almost directly east of Liskeard.

5. At Exeter St. David's Station, trains for London Waterloo can depart heading either east or west, a fact that was confusing for many travellers. True False

6. What are the names of the two major summits that the West Coast Main Line must cross between Crewe and Glasgow? Answer: (no commas or "and", just the names without "summit".)

7. The British National Railway Museum is located at ________. Crewe Plymouth Cardiff York

8. The APT-P (not the APT-E) was an experimental passenger train developed in 1979 to provide faster services on the West Coast Main Line. What special feature did it have that allowed this? A tilting mechanism in the coaches Two power cars and a center mounted power car that produced over 10,000 hp in operation A diesel-turbine engine It was run on magnets. At the time, British Rail wanted to replace the WCML with a maglev line.

9. Class 86 locomotives, which work the West Coast Main Line and the East Anglia Main Line, had an improvement made to them that ultimately was a complete failure. What was this improvement? Thyristor control Axel-hung traction motors Brecknell Willis High Speed Pantograph GEC Cross-arm Pantograph

10. Originally, the Class 90 was to be an upgraded variant of the Class 87. True False