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16  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz - day 17 - some special jouneys on: December 17, 2021, 09:22:10
A guess. Do they all involve either a walk between stations or the need to travle over part of a route twice?
17  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz - day 12 - Station names on: December 12, 2021, 08:33:58
C reverse letters
Kroy             YORK
Yaws            SWAY
Yellav           VALLEY
Yelrup           PURLEY
Yesmor         ROMSEY
Y Llanep       PENALLY
Y Rubs Elya  AYLESBURY
18  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz - day 7 Railway Bridges Quiz on: December 07, 2021, 07:29:55
Guess on 9 S&D (Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway) near Shepton?
19  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz - day 6 Station Oddities. on: December 06, 2021, 07:55:03
Q2  One (plat 3) with a single reversal. (With multiple reversals  8.)
20  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Advent quiz, day 2 - "only connect". on: December 02, 2021, 07:18:01
 

 

3. What do Sandsend, Ramsgate, Boniface Down and Combe Down have in common?
 


 
Closed railway tunnels

 
21  Journey by Journey / TransWilts line / Re: Melksham Rail User Group - AGM - 27th May 2021 on: May 25, 2021, 19:51:53
Please note Bus Meeting Option 24/7 postponed until Wednesday 26th May at 19:30
22  All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: National Bus Strategy: Bus Back Better - Transport Xtra webinar 14.4.2021 on: April 14, 2021, 20:17:01
I started watching this but my internet crashed after about 30 minutes. The bits I saw were primarily aimed at Local Authorities and operators.
It seemed to lose audio for everyone for about 10 minutes, got me confused!
23  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Through the window - my crap photos in the advent quiz, 19th December 2020 on: December 20, 2020, 08:03:57
0 looks like Trowbridge, if that station has two entries in the quiz?
24  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Perhaps your town? What was it like in 1900? Old map quiz - 2020/19/20 on: December 20, 2020, 07:58:48
6 Radstock
25  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Through the window - my crap photos in the advent quiz, 19th December 2020 on: December 19, 2020, 08:12:27
11 Ryde St Johns depot
26  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Another advent picture quiz, December 16th on: December 18, 2020, 09:40:59
R yes It is the South Wales Mining Museum. There is some railway exhibits outside.
The museum is adjacent to the Afan Valley Railway path that runs from Cymmer. Going further east you get to the Rhondda Tunnel site (now filled in) qhich it is hoped will be reopened in th next few years as cycle way.

That completes all the photos in the 16th December quiz. Maybe some more next year.
 
27  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: 18th December 2020 - Spot the Difference on: December 18, 2020, 08:04:48
9 or possibly 10 depends on whether one difference counts as 1 or 2
28  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Another advent picture quiz, December 16th on: December 17, 2020, 18:39:34
G Yes   A great little hands-on museum. It was quite a walk from Winchcombe station but worth it. Surprisingly it had no connection with the GWSR that I'm aware of.

F  Yes   Foxfield, the clue was in the carriages, which they are proud of. The photo was taken on a gala day in 2019. A small heritage line which I was anxious to tick off the list! The line extends beyond the limit of passenger operation to a mine, that's one for a future outing.

Well done.

Just R to go now.
There is a cycleway running from Cymmer Afan (which has a disused viaduct) down the valley, enough said for now.

29  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Another advent picture quiz, December 16th on: December 17, 2020, 17:56:29
B Yes at last. Beamish, perhaps not the most obvious view!

That leaves still to do    F G and  R

F is in the Midlands, and starts with F
G is north of the M4, and a loose linkage with GWSR
R is north of the M4 and in Wales. Its adjacent to a line which is now a cycleway.


30  Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Another advent picture quiz, December 16th on: December 17, 2020, 17:23:10
Yes I ment Wharfedale I will loose my Yorkshire Passport if I carry on like this.
See the last posting. The Wharfedale line goes to Ilkley. In the pre closure days, this ran on to Skipton. The Embasy line is part of the bit between Ilkley and Skipton that got closed.
I think you can keep your passport.
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