Each month, you have the chance to win a fantastic prize in our website competition. From locomotives to Skaledale buildings, or even DCC controllers and sets. Just answer a simple question to be entered into a draw to win the prize!
The winners for 2006 are:
January
Q - What wheel arrangement is the Class B17/4 'Footballer' Class?
A - 4-6-0
David Ellerton, Llandudno, North Wales
February
Q - When did Princess Coronation Class 'City of Bristol' enter service?
A - 1939
Darren Powell, Halstead, Essex
March
Who built the Class 35 'Hymek?
A - Beyer Peacock
John Waite, Ruislip, Middlesex
April
Q - How many of Class 5 locos were built?
A - 842
Ian Sarson, Nuneaton, Warks
May
Q - The LNER Class A1-A3 Locomotives are mainly named after
A - Racehorses
Sean Howarth, Rochdale
June
Q - The all-time speed record for steam trains is held by an LNER Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive of the LNER in the United Kingdom, number 4468 Mallard, pulling six carriages (plus a dynamometer car). What was the record breaking speed?
A - 126 mph (203 km/h)
Graham Llewellyn, Shrewsbury
July
Q - British Rail developed the high-speed diesel-electric train called the High Speed Train or HST for short. This train consists of two Class 43 locomotives (power cars), one at each end, and a number of "Mark 3" carriages.
In which decade did British Rail launch the first HST?
A - 1970
James Wills, Hope Valley
August
Q - The Seikan Submarine Tunnel was opened in March 1988 and runs beneath the seabed of the Tsugaru Strait — connecting Aomori Prefecture on the Japanese island of Honshu and the island of Hokkaido — as part of the Japan Railways Kaikyo Line. It is currently the longest railway tunnel in the world. How long is it?
A - 33.5miles
Neil Tew, Warwickshire
September
Q - The John Bull was one of the first successful locomotive steam engines in the United States. In 1831, it arrived from England in pieces packed in crates-without assembly instructions. How long did it take 19-year old American mechanic Isaac Dripps and his crew to assemble and run The John Bull?
A - 10 Days
Mark Hayton, Tilehurst
October
Q - Which station has the most platforms in Britain?
A - London Waterloo - Waterloo has 38 platforms broken down the following way: 19 platforms (main station platforms) for trains to the suburbs and to the west counties, 6 platforms in Waterloo East for services to the South East, including Dover, 5 platforms for the Eurostar trains that work the Channel Tunnel and a further 8 platforms under the station for the London Underground.
Gregory Whitlock, Stevenage
November
Q - Sir Nigel Gresley is reputed to have climbed down from the footplate of which engine pointing to his watch and exclaiming '112mph!'
A - The Silver link. Said to have been on the occasion of the press run for the inauguration of the Silver Jubilee express on the 27th of September 1935.
Steve Litster, Spilsby
December
Q - 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 - A tilting mechanism in the coaches
Mr Ronald Hudson, Biggleswade