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Starlight (173 posts)
Feb-14-02, 01:51 PM (EST) "More Trivia from Starlight's Padded Cell." Ok, decided on these while taking a shower of all things; Just a few points of Trivia which I know the answer to...but think it'll be fun just to see if anyone else does.1. What is the longest train on record? (any where in the world) And just HOW long are they. *Hint...it's a south african train*2. What would happen in this case: Two locomotives are attached to a train. One 25 ton critter, and one Dash nine. (ten cars at 70 tons each) The Dash nine gets the train up to speed (60 mph) and then idles out. Running flat out would the critter:
A. Slow eventually and come to a stop?
B. Stop Suddenly?
C. Be able to maintain the speed?
D. None of the above.3. What guage is the Toronto Subway system built to?
4. Finally: When was the last steam engine used in an industrial service? And do they still continue working? Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Pa... rcp27 Feb-14-02 1 RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Pa... rcp27 Feb-14-02 2 RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Pa... CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck Feb-14-02 3 RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Pa... CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck Feb-14-02 4 RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Pa... TrainTrak5000 Feb-14-02 5 RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Pa... CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck Feb-14-02 6 RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Pa... Starlight Feb-14-02 7 RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Pa... CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck Feb-15-02 8 RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Pa... Starlight Feb-15-02 9 RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Pa... CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck Feb-15-02 10 RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Pa... Euston Feb-15-02 11 RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Pa... rcp27 Feb-16-02 12

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rcp27 (27 posts)
Feb-14-02, 03:06 PM (EST) 1. "RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Padded Cell." >Ok, decided on these while taking
>a shower of all things;
>Just a few points of
>Trivia which I know the
>answer to...but think it'll be
>fun just to see if
>anyone else does.
>
>1. What is the longest
>train on record? (any where
>in the world) And just
>HOW long are they.
>*Hint...it's a south african train* I used to know the answer to this, but have since forgotten >2. What would happen in
>this case: Two locomotives
>are attached to a train.
> One 25 ton critter,
>and one Dash nine. (ten
>cars at 70 tons each)
> The Dash nine gets
>the train up to speed
>(60 mph) and then idles
>out. Running flat out
>would the critter:
>
> A.
>Slow eventually and come to
>a stop?
>
> B.
>Stop Suddenly?
>
> C.
>Be able to maintain the
>speed?
>
> D.
>None of the above.
>
>3. What guage is the
>Toronto Subway system built to? 4 feet 10 7/8 inches, same as that city's streetcars>4. Finally: When was
>the last steam engine used
>in an industrial service?
>And do they still continue
>working? That's a very ambiguous question, are you restricting this to any particular country in the world, or geographical area, do you count oddities such as fireless steam locomotives? Certainly there was an industrial fireless steam loco in service in the UK during the '90s. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
rcp27 (27 posts)
Feb-14-02, 03:08 PM (EST) 2. "RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Padded Cell." another question people might like to have a think about, when did British Rail run its last steam locomotive in full revenue service, and on which line? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck (242 posts)
Feb-14-02, 03:55 PM (EST) 3. "RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Padded Cell." longest train -- 4 1/2 miles long, at 109,705 tons pulled by 8 AC6000(same a CW60AC w/o the cabwide?), it was 682 cars long of iron ore cars and it ran 170 miles~Trains Nov 2001 page 19.Greg MarckAct. Maker
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CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck (242 posts)
Feb-14-02, 03:57 PM (EST) 4. "RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Padded Cell." btw it ran in AustraliaGreg Marck
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TrainTrak5000 (240 posts)
Feb-14-02, 04:41 PM (EST) 5. "RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Padded Cell." #4: Isn't that Union Pacific's 844-the locomotive that has never been retired?

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CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck (242 posts)
Feb-14-02, 05:22 PM (EST) 6. "RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Padded Cell." #2, I'd say the train could stay at the same speed, since it already moving the mottem should be enough to keep it staying at the same speed, BUT this would have to be on level, PERFECT track.Greg Marck
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Starlight (173 posts)
Feb-14-02, 08:10 PM (EST) 7. "RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Padded Cell." *grins* the train I'm thinking of in South Africa is so long that contained in a box under the locomotive is a motorcycle. If something goes wrong back in the train and the engineer (no brakemen or anything) has to check; he stops, unhooks the bike and takes off up to 3 miles down the line.biggun. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck (242 posts)
Feb-15-02, 11:21 AM (EST) 8. "RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Padded Cell." so I'm wrong? Trains Mag is wrong? The austrain one said 4 1/2 miles, not 3.Greg Marck
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Starlight (173 posts)
Feb-15-02, 11:45 AM (EST) 9. "RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Padded Cell." no, never said that. Just said the one I was thinking of was in south africa. Heh This is what happens when you can't get the latest mags like trains Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck (242 posts)
Feb-15-02, 12:58 PM (EST) 10. "RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Padded Cell." oh, lol, my bad on that one.
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Euston (844 posts)
Feb-15-02, 01:13 PM (EST) 11. "RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Padded Cell." >another question people might like to
>have a think about, when
>did British Rail run its
>last steam locomotive in full
>revenue service, and on which
>line? Last Month (or so), an 8F ran a ballast train on the WCML.
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rcp27 (27 posts)
Feb-16-02, 08:07 AM (EST) 12. "RE: More Trivia from Starlight's Padded Cell." >>another question people might like to
>>have a think about, when
>>did British Rail run its
>>last steam locomotive in full
>>revenue service, and on which
>>line?
>
>Last Month (or so), an 8F
>ran a ballast train on
>the WCML. While that may have been a formerly british railways locomotive, it was not run by british rail, and is not in full revenue service. On a technicality, there has not been a train run by British Rail since the mid '90s. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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