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« Reply #105 on: December 12, 2019, 18:41:58 »

Then there are the stations that were built in the middle of nowhere, or in the gaps between places, and had to be named, often fancifully. Later a place coagulated around the station and took on its name.

Indeed. Llandudno Junction is now a town.
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« Reply #106 on: December 13, 2019, 01:35:16 »

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« Reply #107 on: December 13, 2019, 05:53:29 »

Now featuring even older motive power.
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« Reply #108 on: December 13, 2019, 07:16:34 »

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« Reply #109 on: December 13, 2019, 07:25:30 »

There was also the situation that stations ended up a long way from the town (or anywhere useful) because the local landed gentry didn't want their view spoilt or the dirt from steam engines etc.
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« Reply #110 on: December 13, 2019, 11:00:39 »

Apologies for going back to Trent in steam days there several signal boxes very close together.

There was allegededly a train from Derby via the then Sawley Jn, Sheets Stores Jn and Trent Station South Jn  which termianted at Trent and returned using using  the long gone link from  Trent Sation North Jn back to Sawley Jn. Due to the short blocks Line Clear was offered on as soon as line clear was received from the previous box. Thus when Trent Station North belled Sawley Jn the train  had to be refused as it was still crossing the junction.
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« Reply #111 on: December 13, 2019, 21:39:01 »

Apologies for going back to Trent in steam days there several signal boxes very close together.

There was allegededly a train from Derby via the then Sawley Jn, Sheets Stores Jn and Trent Station South Jn  which termianted at Trent and returned using using  the long gone link from  Trent Sation North Jn back to Sawley Jn. Due to the short blocks Line Clear was offered on as soon as line clear was received from the previous box. Thus when Trent Station North belled Sawley Jn the train  had to be refused as it was still crossing the junction.

The line from Sawley Junction was originally the Derby-Nottingham side of the triangular junction (before the station existed). Later this was chopped at the Nottingham end and looped round to the south to enter Trent from the north-east, thus producing the phenomenon you describe that trains from Derby to Trent (and vv) could arrive/depart Trent on either platform.

The modern legacy of this is that the Derby-Nottingham chord was moved south to accommodate the loop, tightening the layout and producing the current very restrictive (10 mph?) speed at Trent Sheet Stores Junction.
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« Reply #112 on: December 14, 2019, 00:25:56 »

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« Reply #113 on: December 14, 2019, 01:01:39 »

Waterloo International.....
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« Reply #114 on: December 14, 2019, 22:12:07 »

What a terrible shame that these platforms lay out of use for such a long time after the Eurostars switched to St Pancras.
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« Reply #115 on: December 14, 2019, 23:52:49 »

And where is the colour....
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« Reply #116 on: December 15, 2019, 00:07:47 »

And where is the colour....

All the colour has been drained out of this December.  With some views at the time the picture was taken and with others before they were added to the quiz.

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« Reply #117 on: December 15, 2019, 07:34:29 »

On KWVR - Oakworth?
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« Reply #118 on: December 15, 2019, 07:47:12 »

On KWVR - Oakworth?
Really - isn't that a lower quadrant signal?  - Suggests somewhere on the old GWR (Great Western Railway)
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« Reply #119 on: December 15, 2019, 08:39:06 »

Loudwater on the closed Bourne End - High Wycombe branch. Clue was the ringed arm on the goods only loop.
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