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« Reply #15 on: June 07, 2020, 17:01:22 »

4 Severn Beach.
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« Reply #16 on: June 07, 2020, 17:06:37 »

1 is Wick

Yes, it is ....

No 1 looks like Wick.

... confirmed.

4 Severn Beach.

And although that's your second right answer (!) I'll let you have it as you were just confirming Wick.    I make it just one picture left to identify.
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« Reply #17 on: June 07, 2020, 18:42:37 »

Might 3 be Newport (Wales)

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« Reply #18 on: June 07, 2020, 18:57:56 »

Might 3 be Newport (Wales)

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« Reply #19 on: June 07, 2020, 21:00:50 »


5. Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof High Level - Stuving and eightf48544


This recently became a bit of a quandary to me.  The station is on two levels (a bit like Worcestershire Parkway) with the platforms facing two different directions.  Was it common for trains to enter by one platform and take a long loop through the city to actually stop at the other platform?
I ask this because (going back to the 1960s to mid 1970s) on regular journeys, when coming into Osnabruck on the line that lead from Rheine (the previous stop) the following stop was Bremen, which is on the line served by the other platform.  Still with me?  I'm impressed!
I know we did not have to change trains and platform levels so I guess the train must have run through one platform and looped round to the other.  Thing is, I'm not sure I can remember that although I was rather young. then.  Can anybody confirm the looping round thing?
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« Reply #20 on: June 07, 2020, 21:15:11 »

I think 0 is one of the foot crossings on the single line between Melksham and Thingley Junction.   Looking at my photos I don't think it is the one just after Dunch Lane bridge so my suggestion is the one near South Brook just before the National Grid site.

0 - BobM has it for between Melksham and Thingley, but (sorry Bob) it is the one nearest Dunch Lane, famous for the noise complaint from the folks who moved to a nearby house then realised the trains honked. Relieved none of their neighbours felt the same way.

Ah it is a question of angles - I was looking at this picture taken from the other side of the line and the "Stop, Look, Listen" sign looked like it should be in your picture so I discounted it as the location.



Just for ease of comparison I have reposted your photo so it is on the same page.  (Love the composition of your picture by the way.)

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« Reply #21 on: June 07, 2020, 22:28:06 »


5. Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof High Level - Stuving and eightf48544


This recently became a bit of a quandary to me.  The station is on two levels (a bit like Worcestershire Parkway) with the platforms facing two different directions.  Was it common for trains to enter by one platform and take a long loop through the city to actually stop at the other platform?
I ask this because (going back to the 1960s to mid 1970s) on regular journeys, when coming into Osnabruck on the line that lead from Rheine (the previous stop) the following stop was Bremen, which is on the line served by the other platform.  Still with me?  I'm impressed!
I know we did not have to change trains and platform levels so I guess the train must have run through one platform and looped round to the other.  Thing is, I'm not sure I can remember that although I was rather young. then.  Can anybody confirm the looping round thing?

There are three Kurven linking the two through lines, two of which give access to the obere station. But Rheine-Bremen would need a reversal too, I think.
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5. Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof High Level - Stuving and eightf48544


This recently became a bit of a quandary to me.  The station is on two levels (a bit like Worcestershire Parkway) with the platforms facing two different directions.  Was it common for trains to enter by one platform and take a long loop through the city to actually stop at the other platform?
I ask this because (going back to the 1960s to mid 1970s) on regular journeys, when coming into Osnabruck on the line that lead from Rheine (the previous stop) the following stop was Bremen, which is on the line served by the other platform.  Still with me?  I'm impressed!
I know we did not have to change trains and platform levels so I guess the train must have run through one platform and looped round to the other.  Thing is, I'm not sure I can remember that although I was rather young. then.  Can anybody confirm the looping round thing?

There are three Kurven linking the two through lines, two of which give access to the obere station. But Rheine-Bremen would need a reversal too, I think.

Thank you for that.  I do remember a number of reversals on the long journey and somewhere, very vaguely, mum telling us that we needed to go through a station twice for some reason.  The missing pieces seem to be coming together.
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« Reply #23 on: June 08, 2020, 04:32:41 »

Following up on Osnabruck - diagram from WikiPedia page that gives a flavour



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg_railway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Löhne–Rheine_railway

I have to admit that when I went through it was a simple change of trains and I wasn't aware of all the stuff around - which is probably the intent for most passengers.   Makes Limerick Junction look simple.
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