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Title: gone and going Post by: grahame on March 27, 2019, 18:56:20 The first picture is of something gone ... the following ones of trains (mostly) going.
Would anyone care to identify all nine locations?? All taken by me this year ... one being a picture I took this year of a picture someone else took in a previous year. 1. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/lst01.jpg) 2. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/lst02.jpg) 3. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/lst03.jpg) 4. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/lst04.jpg) 5. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/lst05.jpg) 6. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/lst06.jpg) 7. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/lst07.jpg) 8. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/lst08.jpg) 9. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/lst09.jpg) Title: Re: gone and going Post by: JayMac on March 27, 2019, 19:09:59 I'm pretty sure I know all the ones in colour, so I'll take a punt at the first one...
Trowbridge? Title: Re: gone and going Post by: grahame on March 27, 2019, 19:32:09 I'm pretty sure I know all the ones in colour, so I'll take a punt at the first one... Trowbridge? Yes, it is Trowbridge. I didn't really set this up as a "one each" competition ... please feel free to name the lot ... Title: Re: gone and going Post by: johnneyw on March 27, 2019, 19:36:09 2. Taunton?
3 and 4 Temple Meads? You're not giving much away with 8!😕 Title: Re: gone and going Post by: Clan Line on March 27, 2019, 19:43:10 6. Westbury
7. Chippenham Title: Re: gone and going Post by: grahame on March 27, 2019, 19:50:42 All correct so far.
Title: Re: gone and going Post by: Bmblbzzz on March 27, 2019, 20:05:12 5. Swindon
Title: Re: gone and going Post by: bradshaw on March 27, 2019, 20:17:55 1 Trowbridge was probably taken between 18th and 22nd of June 1874 when the gauge was altered over one weekend. One line has been narrowed and the train is running on the broad gauge line
Title: Re: gone and going Post by: grahame on March 27, 2019, 20:41:48 1 Trowbridge was probably taken between 18th and 22nd of June 1874 when the gauge was altered over one weekend. One line has been narrowed and the train is running on the broad gauge line Amazing. One wonders how long it would take to convert - say - to metre gauge - in 2019. Or would it be starting to 2019 and carrying on through 2020 ... Title: Re: gone and going Post by: bradshaw on March 27, 2019, 21:12:53 Preparation was the key a lot of work was done on the lines before the weekend. Even so, when you consider this was done over the WHOLE of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth from Thingley to Weymouth.
Some years ago I spent time in the National Archives looking into the records of that period. Title: Re: gone and going Post by: grahame on March 30, 2019, 16:05:57 Just no. 8 unanswered ... taken about 20 seconds after no. 7
Title: Re: gone and going Post by: johnneyw on March 30, 2019, 16:12:48 Just no. 8 unanswered ... taken about 20 seconds after no. 7 Chippenham Parkway? ☺ Title: Re: gone and going Post by: grahame on March 30, 2019, 16:19:20 Just no. 8 unanswered ... taken about 20 seconds after no. 7 Chippenham Parkway? ☺ Yep, Chippenham Parkway ... surrounded by acres of car parking. And in such a stupid place for a Parkway as the access is through the town, the main south side car park being on what used to be the most populous cult-de-sac in the UK! Title: Re: gone and going Post by: Electric train on March 31, 2019, 10:05:20 No. 3 "The Flying Banana" that is an HST derived train this will continue to still be seen about on the network, I am not aware of NR plans to replace it as its currently the only maintenance recording train capable of full line speed running of 125 mph
Title: Re: gone and going Post by: Western Pathfinder on March 31, 2019, 10:10:35 Might have to put No9 out of it's misery but will leave for now to give others a chance.
Title: Re: gone and going Post by: chopper1944 on March 31, 2019, 13:15:35 No. 9 Newton Abbot
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