BREF GENMASTER'S QUIZ

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1. What was the sub class designation of the Class 37s used on Channel Tunnel night trains?
37/3
37/6
37/7
37/9
2. How many Class 40's were built with Nose end doors & marker disks?
4
100
125
175
3. Which BR locomotive was named 'Steadfast'?
60001
D1010
50001
20227
4. What was the Principle difference of Class 47's No. D1702-6?
Slow Speed Contol
Uprated Power Unit
Air Brakes
All outshopped in BR Blue
5. How many Cylinders does a Class 33 Sulzer power unit have?
4
8
12
16
6. Which Class 35 Hymeks were retained by BR for dead-load trials?
D7076 & D7096
D7046 & D7086
D7016 & D7096
D7077 & D7093
7. Where were the first 'Peak' Sulzer engines built?
Scotland
Loughborough
Switzerland
Doncaster
8. What was the Intended name for Warship class D812 but never carried?
Incapable
Sir Winston Churchill
The British Empire
Despatch
9. What was the Final regular duty for the Class 52 Westerns before their withdrawal?
Coal
Stone
Passenger
Clay
10. The closed Fen Drayton sand quarry was on which branch?
Redditch
High Dyke
Padstow
St Ives
11. What was the Original Livery carried by the first four LNER 'A4s'
Silver
Blue
Green
Maroon
12. Parts from which withdrawn GWR class were re-used in the Manors?
9700 Pannier Tank
4300 Class 2-6-0
Saint 4-6-0
County Class
13. What number did Midland 0-10-0 Lickey banker carry in its Midland Railway years?
69999
58100
22290
2290
14. What terminus on the Vale of Rheidol Railway would you arrive at if departing from Aberystwyth?
Llenelli
Ynyslas
Devil's Bridge
Hollyhead
15. What was the number of the ill fated English Electric type 3 that collided with an on coming train at Bridgend in 1965?
D6983
D6938
D6603
D6714
16. What was the Southern Railways class letter for the 'schools' class?
B
S
M
V
17. Preserved prototype diesel shunters 'TOM' & 'TIGER' were built by which company?
North British Co.
Vulcan Foundry
BREL
LMS
18. What was the maximum speed of a parcels designated class 47?
60mph
90mph
95mph
100mph
19. How many AEI/Beyer Class 82 electrics were built?
10
20
30
80
20. How many class 86's were reconstructed with bogies similiar to those fitted to class 87's?
20
9
3
All of them
21. How many class 71's were converted to class 74's?
1
10
20
22
22. Where were the original series of 30 class 56's assembled?
Russia
Canada
Romania
Doncaster Works
23. In which year did the first GM class 59 arrive in the UK?
1980
1982
1986
1996
24. Which locomotive pioneered the use of British Railways 'Large Logo' livery?
37418
31101
47413
56036
25. What European country did a number of class 20's work in up until their recent repatriation?
Spain
Holland
France
Belgium
26. The Voith Company built which part of the Diesel Hydraulic locomotives?
Wheel Sets
Headcode Blinds
Transmission
Fuel Tanks
27. How many Axles does a 1-Co-Co-1 locomotive have?
4
6
8
328
28. What was the 'Cods Mouth' on an LNER Class A4 Pacific?
Front End Door
Water Scoop
Tender
Fire Box
29. Name the tunnel found between Castle Cary & Taunton
Buckhorn Weston Tunnel
Severn Tunnel
Knightswood Tunnel
Somerton Tunnel
30. What was the Flying Scotsmans original number?
4472
1472
44472
6003
31. How many Standard Steam Locomtives did British Railways build?
876
891
999
1,076
32. What class of locomotive was/is known as a 'teddy bear'?
Class 13
Class 14
Class 46
Class 60
33. What year were the expensive Advanced Passenger Train units withdrawn from service?
1990
1988
1986
1978
34. Which of the 'Big 4' pre nationalisation companies handed over 7,850 steam locomotives, the most of any company, to BR in 1948?
LMS
GWR
SR
LNER
35. How many Class 50's are preserved out of the original 50 built?
7
11
15
19
36. Which name was the only name a Class 45 'Peak' carried that didnt signify a Regiment?
Lyham St Annes
Scaffel Pike
Dreadnought
Gryphon
37. What Type 1 diesel locomotive can still be found in service with Direct Rail Services today?
Class 17
Class 20
Class 24
Class 26
38. Name the Two post Privatisation Liveries that 'Crompton' 33030 has carried.
Freightliner & GNER
West Coast Railways & DRS
DRS & EWS
Fragonset (FM Rail) & DRS
39. Which Class 37 currently carries the name 'Stratford TMD Quality Aproved'?
37025
37886
37023
37379
40. How many Class 58's are in use in Mainland Europe?
6
12
18
24

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