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« on: April 13, 2012, 17:42:17 »
Quick quiz, where have I been and on what trains today? To make it hard for you, none of them are FGW▸ (First Great Western) land! Rules Bignosemac uses applies, one (correct) guess each for the first 24 hours please.

1) What train is this? (Class/Name)
Class 395/Javelin - inspector_blakey


2) Which station is this?
Statford International - SRA» (Strategic Rail Authority - about) (Although it's International bit is questionable) - Devon_metro


3) Which station is this hotel around the corner from (Bonus marks for the street name)?
London Euston Travelodge. Grafton Place. - Bignosemac


4) What train is this? (Class/Name)
Class 390/Pendolino - Timmer


5) Which station is this?
Stoke-On-Trent - Ollie


6) Which station is this?
Macclesfield - ReWind


7) What train is this? (Class/Name)
Class 390/Pendolino - Bignosemac


8. What livery is on/which TOC▸ (Train Operating Company) uses this train?
Northern Rail - Temple Meads


9) Which station is this? Bonus, where in the station was it taken from?
Manchester Piccadilly, taken from the VT▸ (Virgin Trains - former franchise (or, possibly, in a France context, Versement Transport - a payroll tax on employers to fund local transport) ) lounge - Bignosemac


10) Finally, which station is this?


Bonus mark: What is out of place in this picture and why?
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« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2012, 18:04:04 »
1. Hitachi class 395 "Javelin".
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« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2012, 18:05:35 »
3. London Euston Travelodge. Grafton Place.
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« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2012, 18:10:58 »
Quote from: inspector_blakey on April 13, 2012, 18:04:04
1. Hitachi class 395 "Javelin".
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London Euston Travelodge. Grafton Place.
Correct!
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« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2012, 18:15:17 »
2. Looks like the ever attractive Stratford International
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« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2012, 18:17:42 »
Quote from: devon_metro on April 13, 2012, 18:15:17
2. Looks like the ever attractive Stratford International
It is rather attractive isn't it. Correct.
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« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2012, 19:27:47 »
4. Class 390 Pendolino 1st Class
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« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2012, 19:37:57 »
Quote from: Timmer on April 13, 2012, 19:27:47
4. Class 390 Pendolino
Spot on.
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« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2012, 19:53:20 »
8, Northern Class 142?

Bonus Mark: Is the timetable out of place because it's a Merseyrail timetable in the Euston Travelodge?
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« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2012, 19:56:11 »
Quote from: Temple Meads on April 13, 2012, 19:53:20
8, Northern Class 142?

Bonus Mark: Is the timetable out of place because it's a Merseyrail timetable in the Euston Travelodge?
Correct, wrong. No more guesses till tomorrow please Temple Meads.
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« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2012, 21:45:56 »
5: Stoke on Trent?
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« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2012, 21:51:52 »
Good shout, Ollie: I was trying to work through stations with names ending in "...nt"  Wink
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« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2012, 22:24:54 »
Quote from: Ollie on April 13, 2012, 21:45:56
5: Stoke on Trent?
Correct.

I actually took three pictures there, one had all of Trent in which was too obvious. The other had no letters in and I thought that might be a bit too hard.
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« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2012, 22:27:44 »
Quote from: chris from nailsea on April 13, 2012, 21:51:52
Good shout, Ollie: I was trying to work through stations with names ending in "...nt"  Wink

For the record I've been there, got a bus from outside to go Alton Towers Smiley
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« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2012, 22:35:11 »
Is number 6 Macclesfield
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