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Ten images. All away from FGW▸ land excepting one ringer. Just for fun. No prizes. One guess each please for the first 24 hours. 1. Stockport. Answered by Oxman 2. Birmingham New Street. thetrout 3. Manchester Piccadilly. basset44 4. Coventry. Southern Stag 5. Crewe. Andy W 6. Stoke-on-Trent. EBrown 7. Taunton. chris from nailsea 8. Wolverhampton. plymothian 9. Manchester Victoria. Worcester_Passenger 10. Alsager. EBrown (again  )  BONUS POINT: Image 3 shows two-thirds of the Train Operators that serve this location. Can you name the two train operators not shown? |
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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2013, 18:05:48 » |
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(9) Manchester Victoria
Bonus point : First Transpennine Express and East Midlands Trains
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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2013, 18:06:58 » |
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(9) Manchester Victoria
Bonus point : First Transpennine Express and East Midlands Trains
Correct on both! Manchester Victoria is a mess of a station. It could be so much better if a careful renovation was carried out. Avoid the toilets at all costs! Even the ones in the Metro Bar. Disgusting. |
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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2013, 18:19:40 » |
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No 3 MANCHESTER PICCADILLY [MAN] ?
Basset
is one of the operators not shown East Midland Trains
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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2013, 18:23:34 » |
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Number 1: Stockport?
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« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2013, 18:34:41 » |
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No 3 MANCHESTER PICCADILLY [MAN] ?
Basset
is one of the operators not shown East Midland Trains
3. Correct. Both operators already answered correctly by Worcester_Passenger. |
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« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2013, 18:36:33 » |
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Number 1: Stockport?
Correct. No.1 Signal Box, Stockport. |
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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2013, 20:18:14 » |
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Is 4 the rather recognisable and ghastly station that is Coventry.
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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2013, 20:41:33 » |
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Is 4 the rather recognisable and ghastly station that is Coventry.
Correct. Although I disagree that it is ghastly. In the Modernist/Brutalist style and one of the better examples from the era when such styles were popular (for how not to do it, see Stafford station). Designed by London Midland Region in-house architect W R Headley, who was also responsible for Birmingham New Street's signal box. Coventry Station has some interesting features such as the marble floor tiling, the wood panelling on the booking hall ceiling and platform canopies, the white on black signage. These original touches have been somewhat spoiled by the addition of Virgin red wherever they have been allowed to get away with it. Coventry Station is Grade II listed. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1242849 |
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« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2013, 20:46:26 » |
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8. Wolverhampton
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« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2013, 20:48:09 » |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2013, 21:43:16 » |
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Ten images. All away from FGW▸ land excepting one ringer.
Ooh, you bustard!   7. Taunton. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2013, 21:54:50 » |
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« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2013, 21:56:15 » |
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« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2013, 22:08:02 » |
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5 Crewe
Correct. One of West Coast Railways' Class 47s. The same day as that picture was taken one of WCR's other 47s (47500) derailed and caught fire near Salford Crescent station. This snarled up the rail network in Manchester that afternoon and rather curtailed my plans to travel around the city. I actually saw the set involved in the derailment earlier in the day, in the sidings at Ardwick near Piccadilly, from my passing Pendolino. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-21168719 |
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