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Title: Where were bobm, Finn and I today, 10th September 2020? Post by: JayMac on September 10, 2020, 18:51:59 A single remaining (well, with its pair) bit of railway infrastructure at a former station site in 'our' area. Where?
(https://i.ibb.co/GPmV9bm/15997587434440.jpg) Title: Re: Where were bobm, Finn and I today, 10th September 2020? Post by: Reginald25 on September 10, 2020, 19:32:59 guess at Swindon Town?
Title: Re: Where were bobm, Finn and I today, 10th September 2020? Post by: JayMac on September 10, 2020, 19:38:05 guess at Swindon Town? Sorry, no. Wrong county. Title: Re: Where were bobm, Finn and I today, 10th September 2020? Post by: JayMac on September 10, 2020, 20:14:46 As I'm itching to post a trip report from today, I'll give a clue.
This iron gate post is also a movie star. Title: Re: Where were bobm, Finn and I today, 10th September 2020? Post by: bradshaw on September 10, 2020, 20:35:44 Monkton Combe halt
https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/38/531/ Title: Re: Where were bobm, Finn and I today, 10th September 2020? Post by: bobm on September 10, 2020, 20:51:21 Spot on. Ironically neither of us spotted the gate posts initially!
It was a good day out with some great weather too. Title: Re: Where were bobm, Finn and I today, 10th September 2020? Post by: JayMac on September 10, 2020, 20:58:04 Monkton Combe halt https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/38/531/ Spot on. bobm and I went on a bit of a Titfield Thunderbolt film location search today. Here's a 'Then & Now' comparison of the entrance to Titfield Station/Monkton Combe Halt. 1952 (https://i.ibb.co/2gPPmfF/15997675708490.jpg) 2020 (https://i.ibb.co/cyQxCv6/15997676135111.jpg) More on our day out in a trip report elsewhere, for regular contributors to view, which I'll link to from here when it's written up. EDIT: Link http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=24007.0 This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |