Great Western Coffee Shop

All pictures I took myself - but off home ground.   Please guess just one at time, but when I've come back and said "yay" or "nay", you may have another go without waiting for the customary 24 hours!

a.
(http://www.wellho.net/qz/px8.jpg)
b.
(http://www.wellho.net/qz/px9.jpg)
c.
(http://www.wellho.net/qz/pxa.jpg)
f.
(http://www.wellho.net/qz/pxd.jpg)
g.
(http://www.wellho.net/qz/pxe.jpg)
h.
(http://www.wellho.net/qz/pxg.jpg)
i.
(http://www.wellho.net/qz/pxj.jpg)

b. Crich?

And is that the TARDIS in the background? Was The Doctor visiting that day also?  ;D


EDIT: Counting back, I've worked out this was my 8000th post.  :D

Yes, indeed .. and remember there's no 24 hour rule on this "away" thread.   Do you know another?

I've seen a couple before and others I have no idea. So I'll let others have a go.

c. Cambridge?  The new through platform I think?

Paul

Yes Paul, it is.

a. Brockenhurst

Yes, it is.  I think you must look up more that I do, Timmer  ;)

I must confess the Mk1 rolling stock of the previous EMUs that ran the branch to Lymington gave me a clue.

The early ones are all gone ... f, g, h and i remain

Shot in the dark: Zurich Hbf for (f)?

I think f is in Northern Ireland, but not having been there, I don't know whereabouts.

VERY dark.  Think you may have the wrong letter (but none is Zurich anyway!)


I'm not going to deny that.  But it was supposed to look like a 150 2xx and confuse ...  ;)

Since the 24hour rule is not applicable let me try to be specific about g - Paris Nord

f = Whitehead Northern Ireland

f) correct ... g) close ...

Sneaky guess: (g) = Paris-Gare de Lyon...

h somewhere with ametre gauge tramway, I was going for Northern Ireland for F because of the ventilation grills on the unit but didn't have clue on the location.

g) - sorry - not Gare de Lyon
h) - no.  Why do you say "metre gauge"??  Perhaps it looks like that from the picture, but it isn't!

P.S.  h) and i) are within walking distance of each other ...

 g) Gare de l'Est is next door to Nord (and has a Platform 27 which Lyon does not) so let's have a stab at that

I love "la tour de Paris".  Sorry - it's not l'Est (help ... you have me in doubt now ... I left through l"Est on the trip I took this photo on).   Can you think of another Paris station with that many platforms  ;) ?

Crossposted from HOME ...



so (g) is Paris (St Lazare)

Just "h" and "i" to go ... and I really thought that they would be quite easy ones.

h: Looking out of the window from the IBIS hotel at Salford Quay in Manchester (Manchester Metrolink tracks in view) :-\

Yep, spot on ...

(http://www.wellho.net/pix/lop1.jpg)

I knew it was somewhere on the Manchester Metrolink by the style of overheads (how sad is that) and just followed all of the routes on Google Maps until I found that curve ::) :D ;D ;)

Almost as sad as me ... I'm staying with that view again this very night - and I was so happy to get an even number room (view of tram) rather than an odd number (view of car park).

i Ashton Station on the Victoria Stalybridge line?

Else it's the nearby ghost station.

Gawd I wouldn't walk that far ;-)

Your second suggestion may have been Mayfield ... goodness, that's an interesting case.
http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=11506

This is the one remaining:

i.
(http://www.wellho.net/qz/pxj.jpg)

I'm not surprised, even though I've given a hefty clue.   Very much an "away" picture  ;)

Trafford Road Bridge control box ... Manchester Ship Canal.  Just a few hundred yards from my Salford Tram picture ...

Ah, yes, of course: see http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/outside/traffordbridge.html  ::) ;D

Mayfield Station Tour, anyone??

https://www.jonathanschofieldtours.com/exclusive-mayfield-station-tours.html