Quiz: What's my name ?
My brother and sister were built in the same year. They have names suitable for children but I don't.
( :oops: sorry about the earlier confusion but it's not my day today. Further research proved that this quiz had to be revamped)
Too difficult so far ?
We are now 80 but we never grew up.
Is this anything to do with Par Harbour? The dates do not look quite right but the three names could match.
Tony (confused!)
Tony,
Cornwall is way out of bounds which puts you over par. :wink:
We are German built and that is our home.
Narrow gauge ?
Hoya and Frankie S. ?
Tim, your deductions are accurate but we are not devious :) . The 3 of us enjoyed 80th birthday celebrations this year but I didn't meet my brother and sister on this occasion.
Jacq, narrow gauge is also correct. Although they are not my brother and sister, I would be very interested to know about Frankie S and Hoya and how they are related. I've heard of Frank S and Nicki S on the Rügenbahn
http://www.sidestreetbannerworks.com/locos/loco60.html
Alan,
Are we visiting Leipzig and Dresden?
Tony
Unfortunately, I cannot find the names. Works numbers are 8351 and 8353 in Dresden and 8352 in Leipzig and they were built in 1925.
Can someone else take it from here?
Tony
Isn't it amazing that these locomotives, the first of their class and a batch of 3 with consecutive works numbers, have survived 80 years and are still working today !
The answer is 'Stadt Leipzig' (8352)
http://www.parkeisenbahn-auensee-leipzig.de/parkeisenbahn/train101.html
Lisa and Moritz are the sister and brother running on the Dresdener Parkeisenbahn
http://www.dresdnerparkeisenbahn.de/fahrzeuge.php
OK- Part 2.
What are the younger Triplets (70 years young this year) living in England?
One has been considerably modified, the other two are, I think, much as built.
Dave, are these triplets similar to or even related to the Parkeisenbahn locos ?
RHDR?
http://www.rhdr.org.uk/rhdr/engines/artwork/11_head_image.jpg
RHDR
German outline 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive
Designed by Roland Martens
Built by Krupp of Essen in 1937
Overall length: 24' 4"
Weight in working order: 9ton 12cwt
Driving wheel diameter: 1' 10.75"
Cylinders: 6" x 10"
Current Livery: DB Black and Red
One of three locomotives built by the German manufacturer Krupp and designed by a contemporary of Henry Greenly, Roland Martens. They were all built for a trade fair held in Dusseldorf. Originally named Fleissiges Leischen (which, in English, is small flower) she saw some action in Köln, before being put into store.
Her two sister locomotives were then brought to England and have found a home at the Bressingham Steam Museum (see below) in Norfolk. The third was retained by its owner for sentimental reasons, but resurfaced in 1976 when it was offered for sale to the RH&DR.
She duly arrived at New Romney and after minor modifications to the drivers seating and a repaint she entered service as No.11 Black Prince, the name formerly held by No.10.
Since joining the Romney fleet, Black Prince has travelled to Ravenglass, the Liverpool Garden Festival, the Bure Valley Railway in Norfolk and to an exhibition in Japan.
In 1989 she received some minor alterations that allow for easier maintenance and some cosmetic changes, such as smaller smoke deflectors, that give a truly fine and Germanic appearance.
During 2005 the South African Chime Whistle was re-fitted to her at the request of regular driver Wayne Avery.
http://www.bressingham.co.uk/images/journeys/journey3tn.gif
The Waveney Valley Railway at Bressingham
Mannertreu & Rosenkavalier No.1663 & 1662
These 'twin' locomotives each have a 4-6-2 tank, two cylinders 150mm x 250mm stroke; coupled with a wheel diameter of 600mm. Its grate area is 0.4 sq.m, with a working pressure of 13 atm and a tractive effort of 3.6 tonnes. It weighs 7.2 tonnes and is 7850mm long.
These are identical 4-6-2 (Pacific) 15-inch gauge locomotives, built by Krupp of Essen in 1937 for use in an exhibition park at Dusseldorf.
They also gave similar service at Munich (1953) and later at Cologne, after which they were purchased for an amusement park beside the Rhine - and although overhauled for this purpose, were never used.
For their size they are extremely powerful and strongly built, each weighing nearly 8 tons. They arrived at Bressingham late in 1972, and a new track of 2.5 km was completed ready for 1974, using the original German coaches to each locomotive.
Yep. 'Black Prince' is Krupp 1664.