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Title: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: grahame on December 24, 2021, 00:22:14 I'm hoping to get out and about in 2022 and perhaps make it to some of these places. Can you identify them, and chose your top 10 to visit?
I am letting you come back and change your vote if you wish to do so after some of the more mysterious answers have been revealed. (one solution each until lunch time please!) 1. Penrhyndeudraeth - Ellendune Quote "By the 1970s the factory in [redacted] supplied 90% of the explosives for the British coal industry in the form of nitroglycerine-based explosive products. The prolonged miners' strike of 1984 and the competition from foreign coal imports resulted in wholesale pit closures which, in turn, reduced the demand for mining explosives to the point where production was no longer economic and the site was finally closed in 1995 and cleared in 1997, bringing nearly 130 years of explosives production at the site to an end." 2. Paddington - brooklea (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__2.jpg) 3. Pwllheli - stuving (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__3.jpg) 4. Pembroke Dock - Hafren (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__4.jpg) 5. Portland, Maine - brooklet (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__5.jpg) 6. Poole - brooklea (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__6.jpg) 7. Portree - PhilWakely (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__7.jpg) 8. Portishead - johnneyw Quote "The track is regularly cleared to a 10 metre width to access the infrastructure along the line. "GRIP 3 was completed in March 2017. The report revealed an astonishing increase in cost, up to £170 million, which triggered a review of the entire project. This resulted in a simplified proposal, delivering one train per hour at a cost of £116.4 million, for which funding is fully in place and secure. The project is proceeding on that basis, but upgrading to two trains per hour can still be being carried out in the future. "The DCO was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate in December 2019 and completed the examination stage in April 2021. Technical work continues with Network Rail and further expenditure of up to £6.1 million in 2020 and 2021 will cover legal, land, environmental and technical rail work to address questions and work required during the Planning Inspectorate's six stage DCO process. "£7 million of highways and civil engineering work will also be procured during 2020/21, so that this work is ready to proceed as and when the DCO process is completed. This is also needed for the Full Business Case approval, which will follow as soon as the DCO is approved." 9. Porlock Weir - bradshaw (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__9.jpg) 10. Plockton - staving (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__0.jpg) 11. Pilning - lympstone_commuter (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__b.jpg) 12. Portway Parkway - Red Squirrel (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__c.jpg) 13. Paris - eightonedee (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__d.jpg) 14. Portsoy - TonyK (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__e.jpg) 15. Penryn - Sulis John Quote "When constructing the loop a novel approach was adopted which avoided the building of a footbridge and works to the disused platform. The formerly disused northern end of the platform has been reinstated, and is now called Platform 2, and an extension has been built onto the southern end which is now called Platform 1. The middle section of the platform is now used to pass between the two. The extension and reinstatement creates a single platform of 238 metres (781 ft) in length; the southern end of the loop joins the main branch at the northern end of Platform 1. New modern shelters have been built on each platform, and the brick shelter from 1998 still exists." 16. Patney and Chirton - RA (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__g.jpg) 17. Pyongyang - PhilWakely Quote At 6am every day, a rendition of "Where Are You, Dear General?" is played over a speaker system at the station. Some think the song may be intended as a morning alarm call for local residents. The station presently has three floors above ground level as well as a basement. The ground level houses a ticket desk exclusively for government employees. At the first floor there is a waiting room, toilets, a ticket desk and access to the trains. At the second floor there are offices for the staff and at the third the office of the station master. There are five platforms, with number 1 being the most spacious. 18. Phuket - staving Quote There is currently no rail line to [redacted]. Trains run to [redacted] 230 km away. Songthaews are a common mode of transport on [redacted]. [redacted]'s songthaews are larger than those found in other areas of [country]. Songthaews are the cheapest mode of transportation from town to town. They travel between the town and beaches. There are also conventional bus services and motorbike taxis 19.Penn Station, New York - stuving (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__j.jpg) 20.Porthcawl - RichT54 Quote (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__k.jpg) The closure came in 1963 despite the fact that the branch was still well-used, and the move was very unpopular with local businesses and residents alike. Poor ticket sales from [redacted] station itself were used to justify the closure, but the fact that most travelers bought their tickets to, rather than from [redacted] (the ticket sale therefore recorded elsewhere) was ignored. 21. Peterborough - ellendune (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__l.jpg) 22. Pleasure Beach, Blackpool - OxonHutch (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__p.jpg) 23. Plym Bridge - PhilWakely (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__m.jpg) 24. Pole (the north one) Oxonhutch A place in London, perhaps, or place 2660 miles north thereof? (http://www.wellho.net/pix/xe__n.jpg) And how about some festive railway music ... Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: johnneyw on December 24, 2021, 00:53:10 8 sounds rather like Portishead.
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: PrestburyRoad on December 24, 2021, 04:13:38 12 is the Avonmouth Bridge where the M5 crosses the Bristol Avon, with the Portishead branch in the foreground.
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: grahame on December 24, 2021, 04:26:14 12 is the Avonmouth Bridge where the M5 crosses the Bristol Avon, with the Portishead branch in the foreground. Very close but (unless I have been fed a mislabelled image) not quite bullseye. Yes, Avonmouth Bridge Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: Reginald25 on December 24, 2021, 06:26:01 23 Buckfast?
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: CyclingSid on December 24, 2021, 07:05:20 Has 7 just applied for city status?
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: brooklea on December 24, 2021, 07:31:13 6. Poole
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: PhilWakely on December 24, 2021, 08:04:41 23. Plym Bridge platform on thr Plym Valley Railway.
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: Sulis John on December 24, 2021, 08:22:10 15 sounds like Penryn
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: PrestburyRoad on December 24, 2021, 08:28:24 Quote Quote from: PrestburyRoad on Today at 04:13:38 am 12 is the Avonmouth Bridge where the M5 crosses the Bristol Avon, with the Portishead branch in the foreground. Very close but (unless I have been fed a mislabelled image) not quite bullseye. Yes, Avonmouth Bridge I will defer to my learned colleague's sources; I have travelled over the bridge but not stood in a place with that view. What I can say is that the view is facing downstream because the shipping-height pylon is behind the motorway bridge. Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: ellendune on December 24, 2021, 08:34:13 1 sounds like Penrhyndeudraeth
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: JayMac on December 24, 2021, 08:36:22 1. Gwaith Powdwr, near Penguindandruff (I think that's how you spell it :P) in North Wales.
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: grahame on December 24, 2021, 08:46:57 Quote Quote from: PrestburyRoad on Today at 04:13:38 am 12 is the Avonmouth Bridge where the M5 crosses the Bristol Avon, with the Portishead branch in the foreground. Very close but (unless I have been fed a mislabelled image) not quite bullseye. Yes, Avonmouth Bridge I will defer to my learned colleague's sources; I have travelled over the bridge but not stood in a place with that view. What I can say is that the view is facing downstream because the shipping-height pylon is behind the motorway bridge. Embarrassed - I failed to check permission to use the picture from our friends at FoSBR (webmaster is here, so I can probably get "retrospective") ... they site it as being site of new Portway Parkway station so it is indeed looking downstream to the Avonmouth Bridge, but on the opposite bank of the river to the Portishead line. Has 7 just applied for city status? Err ... I don't know. I doubt it! 1. Gwaith Powdwr, near Penguindandruff (I think that's how you spell it :P) in North Wales. That's the spelling in Inuktun 23 is indeed Plym Bridge rather than Buckfastleigh Coming along, folks! Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: Red Squirrel on December 24, 2021, 08:48:04 12 is the Avonmouth Bridge where the M5 crosses the Bristol Avon, with the Portishead branch in the foreground. Very close but (unless I have been fed a mislabelled image) not quite bullseye. Yes, Avonmouth Bridge Indeed; wrong side of the river. This will be Portway Park and Ride. The shipping-height pylon is one of a pair; this image shows the northern one. And I’m sure FoSBR won’t mind..! Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: grahame on December 24, 2021, 08:53:45 12 is the Avonmouth Bridge where the M5 crosses the Bristol Avon, with the Portishead branch in the foreground. Very close but (unless I have been fed a mislabelled image) not quite bullseye. Yes, Avonmouth Bridge Indeed; wrong side of the river. This will be Portway Park and Ride. Thank you, Red Squirrel - your picture I think? Thank you if I can use it - apologies and I will take it down if I can't. From the excellent FoSBR site at https://fosbr.org.uk/timelines/portway-station/ Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: bradshaw on December 24, 2021, 09:00:08 9 Porlock Weir to Minehead
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: Oxonhutch on December 24, 2021, 09:11:04 22: Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: lympstone_commuter on December 24, 2021, 10:01:23 11. Pilning
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: eightonedee on December 24, 2021, 11:01:37 13 - Paris (surprised no-one's picked this one off yet!)
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: RA on December 24, 2021, 11:32:01 16. Patney and Chirton. *If* the Devizes Parkway station gets the go-ahead it will be just a mile down the line from here.
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: grahame on December 24, 2021, 11:33:20 13 - Paris (surprised no-one's picked this one off yet!) Yes, it is. None-UK questions are always slow to go. What gave you the clue ;D ;D Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: Hafren on December 24, 2021, 11:59:43 4. Pembroke Dock branch
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: Oxonhutch on December 24, 2021, 12:34:43 What time does Graham eat lunch?
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: grahame on December 24, 2021, 13:03:24 I am letting you come back and change your vote if you wish to do so after some of the more mysterious answers have been revealed. (one solution each until lunch time please!) What time does Graham eat lunch? I am just popping into the kitchen so I can find something. Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: Rob on the hill on December 24, 2021, 13:06:31 2. Chippenham?
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: Oxonhutch on December 24, 2021, 13:20:42 24: North Pole (Junction)
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: PrestburyRoad on December 24, 2021, 13:40:04 Quote 24: North Pole (Junction) RTT shows the usual 1X01 special making a circuit from North Pole International via Thurso, all stations and Wick (just dropping off coal at Naughty Kid) https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:S73184/2021-12-24/detailed (https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:S73184/2021-12-24/detailed)Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: TonyK on December 24, 2021, 15:18:21 14 - Portsoy station. I would say where it is near to, but it isn't.
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: stuving on December 24, 2021, 16:12:57 19 looks remarkably like train #3247 on new Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, about to leave New York Penn Station for Long Branch at 1:43 pm. Unless it's late again. And not today - it's an "enhanced weekend service", whatever that might be.
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: RichT54 on December 24, 2021, 17:48:21 20 - Porthcawl station
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: grahame on December 24, 2021, 18:11:10 Lots of good answers - we have the following correct so far:
1 Penrhyndeudraeth - Ellendune 2 3 4 Pembroke Dock - Hafren 5 6 Poole - brooklea 7 8 Portishead - johnneyw 9 Porlock Weir - bradshaw 10 11 Pilning - lympstone_commuter 12 Portway Parkway - Red Squirrel 13 Paris - eightonedee 14 Portsoy - TonyK 15 Penryn - Sulis John 16 Patney and Chirton - RA 17 18 19 Penn Station, New York - stuving 20 Porthcawl - RichT54 21 22 Pleasure Beach, Blackpool - OxonHutch 23 Plym Bridge - PhilWakely 24 Pole (the north one) Oxonhutch And there is *something* linking them all ;D Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: brooklea on December 24, 2021, 18:20:34 I’m going to take a guess at 2. Paddington and 3. Penzance
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: ellendune on December 24, 2021, 18:25:29 21 is Peterborough
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: AMLAG on December 24, 2021, 18:43:16 18 Port Isaac
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: PhilWakely on December 24, 2021, 19:21:52 7. Portree, Isle of Skye
17. Pyongyang. I guess the link, as contestants may request of Bob Holness....... "Can I have a P please, Bob?" Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: stuving on December 24, 2021, 19:42:34 I’m going to take a guess at 2. Paddington and 3. Penzance 3 isn't Penzance - but is also perimarine - it's Pwllheli. Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: grahame on December 24, 2021, 20:05:59 Just 5, 10 and 18 left - not one in England, and 3 different continents represented! Once they're done, or when I wake in the morning, I'll add the actual places onto the voting texts and open up to 48 hours from then.
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: TonyK on December 24, 2021, 20:18:20 I think I know the country for number 5, one I believe we have both visited. Don't know exactly where, although it does seem to have a British aspect to it.
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: stuving on December 24, 2021, 20:20:44 I think I know the country for number 5, one I believe we have both visited. Don't know exactly where, although it does seem to have a British aspect to it. If you can summon up 5, I can do 10 and 18 if Graham wants to get it over with! Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: brooklea on December 24, 2021, 21:19:33 I think I know the country for number 5, one I believe we have both visited. Don't know exactly where, although it does seem to have a British aspect to it. If you can summon up 5, I can do 10 and 18 if Graham wants to get it over with! My first thought was Brecon Mountain Railway for 5, knowing they have a similar looking locomotive there. But the number was wrong (think their’s was No.2). Found a match at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum in Portland, USA, so I reckon that could be the answer for 5. I’ve no idea on 10 or 18! :D Over to you stuving ;) Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: Oxonhutch on December 24, 2021, 22:01:46 5: Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum; Portland, Maine
Edit: Too late !!! :D Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: PrestburyRoad on December 24, 2021, 22:09:17 Thanks to the hint that 10 isn't in the UK, it is surely in Eire because of the style of the old Ordnance Survey mapping. But I don't know where it is in that country.
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: grahame on December 24, 2021, 22:19:32 Thanks to the hint that 10 isn't in the UK, it is surely in Eire because of the style of the old Ordnance Survey mapping. But I don't know where it is in that country. No - read what I actually wrote. It's not Penhelig but it's just as fitting, and beautiful in its own way. Probably one of the 10 I'll be voting for. Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: stuving on December 24, 2021, 22:45:09 I wonder if saying I know the answers puts people off looking!
10 and 18 are that pair of perfectly parallel places, Plockton and Phuket. Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: grahame on December 25, 2021, 05:18:45 Complete answers
1 Penrhyndeudraeth - Ellendune 2 Paddington - brooklea 3 Pwllheli - stuving 4 Pembroke Dock - Hafren 5 Portland, Maine - brooklea 6 Poole - brooklea 7 Portree - PhilWakely 8 Portishead - johnneyw 9 Porlock Weir - bradshaw 10 Plockton - stuving 11 Pilning - lympstone_commuter 12 Portway Parkway - Red Squirrel 13 Paris - eightonedee 14 Portsoy - TonyK 15 Penryn - Sulis John 16 Patney and Chirton - RA 17 Pyongyang - PhilWakely 18 Phuket - stuving 19 Penn Station, New York - stuving 20 Porthcawl - RichT54 21 Peterborough - ellendune 22 Pleasure Beach, Blackpool - OxonHutch 23 Plym Bridge - PhilWakely 24 Pole (the north one) Oxonhutch Please vote at http://www.passenger.chat/25797 for up to ten destinations you would like to visit in 2022 - poll open for 48 hours. 1X01 has made it on time back to the North Pole ... delay report shows "no reported service changes at present". Have a great Christmas Day everyone. Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: TonyK on December 25, 2021, 13:34:26 I had the wrong country for number 5 after all! I may make it to number 22 next year, as I believe a further wedding in the family is being planned. My niece this time, the one with the cautionary tale on 999 - What's Your Emergency? (https://youtu.be/-PqP4QkN_G8) about Blackpool. I shall stay at a different hotel.
Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: grahame on December 26, 2021, 11:29:11 Bump - voting remains open until 5 a.m. tomorrow (27th December 2021) at http://www.passenger.chat/25797 for you to vote on which of these are your "top ten" to visit next year. Just a fun and forward looking vote - but don't leave it late unless there are queues at the polls from 4 a.m. ...
1 Penrhyndeudraeth - Ellendune 2 Paddington - brooklea 3 Pwllheli - stuving 4 Pembroke Dock - Hafren 5 Portland, Maine - brooklea 6 Poole - brooklea 7 Portree - PhilWakely 8 Portishead - johnneyw 9 Porlock Weir - bradshaw 10 Plockton - stuving 11 Pilning - lympstone_commuter 12 Portway Parkway - Red Squirrel 13 Paris - eightonedee 14 Portsoy - TonyK 15 Penryn - Sulis John 16 Patney and Chirton - RA 17 Pyongyang - PhilWakely 18 Phuket - stuving 19 Penn Station, New York - stuving 20 Porthcawl - RichT54 21 Peterborough - ellendune 22 Pleasure Beach, Blackpool - OxonHutch 23 Plym Bridge - PhilWakely 24 Pole (the north one) Oxonhutch Title: Re: Advent Quiz - 24 places for 24th December Post by: grahame on December 27, 2021, 08:54:29 Thanks for a bit of fun on Christmas Eve identifying these places, and to anyone around on Chrismas day (70 members) and Boxing Day (86 members) to vote.
Top two destinations for 2022 - with half the voters fancying both of them: Pwllheli Portishead Third place to Poole With 4 votes each: Penrhyndeudraeth, Paddington, Porlock Weir, Penryn With 3 votes each: Portree, Plockton, Plym Bridge I really fancy a visit to the Cambrian line to Pwllheli ... (sure, I voted that way) and don't be surprised to find pictures from there in the next year, almost certainly pre-alerted with an invite to meet up / join me there. It's a lovely trip and lets us take in Penhelig, Penrhyndeudraeth and Porthmadog along the way. 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 |