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« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2016, 00:17:58 » |
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Babbacombe Cliff Railway?
Winner. Winner. Chicken Dinner!  It were the gauge wot won it, yeah? I'll post some more pictures tomorrow. Correctly orientated this time. That third picture was deliberately skewed before posting. |
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« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2016, 00:24:21 » |
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Ha! Sort of - the second pic just shouted 'funicular' at me, I did think Lynton at first, but a soupçon of googling/wikipedia and the answer was forthcoming! Track gauge and proximity to Neutron Abbott (that's so much better than Newton isn't it?!) just confirmed things |
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« Reply #17 on: September 30, 2016, 00:44:49 » |
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Rather annoyingly: from my own research, I did consider the possibility of it being the Lynton / Lynmouth.  However, I then discounted that, but without following that particular line of enquiry any further - down into east Devon, for example.  Sherlock Holmes would have been ashamed of me.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2016, 01:18:48 » |
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Ha! Sort of - the second pic just shouted 'funicular' at me, I did think Lynton at first, but a soupçon of googling/wikipedia and the answer was forthcoming! Track gauge and proximity to Neutron Abbott (that's so much better than Newton isn't it?!) just confirmed things Sorry, I meant the third pic, having been on a few of them across Europe, there's something unmistakable about the way funiculars are constructed... CfN - it was an elementary process of elimination (sorry, some Holmes reference had to be added) Oh, and random fact - I have travelled a couple of times on the funicular railway that ascends next to the waterfall (Reichenbach) in Meiringen, Switzerland, where Holmes met his end. |
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« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2016, 02:45:26 » |
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Rather annoyingly: from my own research, I did consider the possibility of it being the Lynton / Lynmouth. However, I then discounted that, but without following that particular line of enquiry any further - down into east Devon, for example. Sherlock Holmes would have been ashamed of me. Lyntom lynmouth was one I'd dismissed as I visited recently and from memory it had foot bridges rather than underpass. Never been to babbacombe railway, although I'm in the Torbay area today (Friday) |
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All posts are my own personal believes, opinions and understandings!
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« Reply #20 on: September 30, 2016, 23:12:37 » |
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« Reply #21 on: October 02, 2016, 22:59:46 » |
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CfN - it was an elementary process of elimination (sorry, some Holmes reference had to be added) Oh, and random fact - I have travelled a couple of times on the funicular railway that ascends next to the waterfall (Reichenbach) in Meiringen, Switzerland, where Holmes met his end. Interestingly, nowhere in the text of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle does Holmes use the word 'elementary' - and Holmes didn't actually die in / under the Reichenbach falls, either.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #22 on: October 03, 2016, 00:13:50 » |
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CfN - it was an elementary process of elimination (sorry, some Holmes reference had to be added) Oh, and random fact - I have travelled a couple of times on the funicular railway that ascends next to the waterfall (Reichenbach) in Meiringen, Switzerland, where Holmes met his end. Interestingly, nowhere in the text of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle does Holmes use the word 'elementary' - and Holmes didn't actually die in / under the Reichenbach falls, either. Clearly you have a more detailed knowledge than I do about the exact vocabulary, but it is a popular belief/myth nonetheless! Reading up on the Reichenbach thing, it appears Holmes was indeed supposed to die there, but Conan-Doyle was able to resurrect him by popular demand in further stories by way of there being enough holes in the story of the Holmes and Moriarty fisticuffs on the falls, so as that his fate was uncertain. It is a rather nice, quaint old funicular and a rather pleasant spot, worth a trip if you're ever in the area, especially so if you're a fan of the Holmes stories. |
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« Reply #23 on: October 03, 2016, 11:55:17 » |
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Had you posted 24 hours later I would have had it! I visited on 30th!
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« Reply #24 on: October 03, 2016, 12:07:07 » |
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Interestingly, nowhere in the text of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle does Holmes use the word 'elementary'
Not quite. Holmes does use the word 'elementary' in the short story 'The Adventure of the Crooked Man'. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Crooked_Man#CommentaryWhat is never said in Sir ACD's writings is, "Elementary, my dear Watson." |
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