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« on: March 08, 2007, 16:09:37 »
Some are easy, some are hard ....

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Please follow up with your answers .... initially I'll give your scores but NOT which ones you have right or wrong
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« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2007, 17:08:43 »
1: Melksham looking towards Swindon
2: Swindon P2 looking towarrds London
3: Taunton Platform 5? Looking towards Exeter
4: Weston Super Mare P2 looking towards Bristol TM▸ (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context)
5: Bath Spa
6: Dilton Marsh looking towards Westbury
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9: Nailsea & Backwell
10: Swindon
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« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2007, 23:07:17 »
1. Melksham
2. Swindon platform 4
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4. Weston-Super-Mare
5. Bath?
6. Castle Cary?
7. Patchway?
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9. Nailsea & Backwell
10. Swindon

Some tricky ones in there..
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2007, 04:52:16 »
Both Jim and Chris have got 5 exactly right so far. Yes, there *are* one of two that are not so easy. All pictures taken personally by myself in the last month, by the way.
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« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2007, 14:39:03 »
Some distraction for Friday lunchtime in the office - excellent idea.  Smiley

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Melksham
Swindon
Taunton
Weston SM
Bristol TM▸ (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context)
Dilton Marsh
Hungerford
Pewsey
Nailsea & Backwell
Swindon again
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« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2007, 15:16:14 »
Correct on all counts. I'm impressed.  They were spread around a whole lot of lines - where is "the office"?
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« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2007, 11:08:35 »
Quote from: grahame on March 09, 2007, 15:16:14
Correct on all counts. I'm impressed.  They were spread around a whole lot of lines - where is "the office"?

What an immense feeling of satisfaction, only hampered by the sad realisation that I must have spent far too much time on trains in the course of business and leisure. Indeed, only this morning I enjoyed a two way reversal at Newbury because of a points failure, followed by half an hour taking in the scenery at Theale while the traincrew sorted out a dodgy train door. It's very easy to gain a photographic memory of stations in these circumstances!

The office is in central London, by the way. Better go now, the boss is watching  Wink
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