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Transport - Steam Locomotives 0002
1.
What is the greatest number of driving wheels ever seen on a locomotive in service in Britain?
10
12
14
16
2.
What name was given to the class of 4-4-0 express passenger locomotives introduced by the Southern Railway in 1930?
Colleges Class
Public Schools Class
Schools Class
Universities Class
3.
Which member of the Great Western City Class is claimed to have reached a speed of over 102 mph in 1904, although this has never been officially recognized?
City of Chester
City of Hereford
City of Truro
City of Westminster
4.
The Great Western Railway only built one Pacific locomotive, in 1908. What was its name?
The Great Bear
Orion
Pegasus
Polaris
5.
Because of their unusual appearance, what nickname was given to the Merchant Navy class of 4-6-2 locomotives introduced by the Southern Railway in 1941?
Coal buckets
Dustbins
Spam cans
Tin cans
6.
Which company designed and built a class of 2-8-0 locomotives to work on the Somerset and Dorset Railway between Bath and Bournemouth?
Great Western
London and South Western
Midland
South Eastern and Chatham
7.
Which company produced a 4-6-4 locomotive in 1929, known as the 'Hush Hush' because of the secrecy surrounding its construction?
Great Western
LMS
LNER
Southern
8.
What nationality was the locomotive engineer Alfred Belpaire, who invented the rectangular firebox that bears his name?
American
Belgian
Canadian
French
9.
Three examples of the London and South Western Railway 0415 class, a design dating back to 1882, were still employed on which branch line until its closure in 1965?
Ilfracombe
Lyme Regis
Portishead
Swanage
10.
Between 1949 and 1951, British Railways built 28 0-6-0 tank locomotives to a design that had first been introduced in 1898, by which company?
Great Central
Great Eastern
North British
North Eastern
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