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« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2013, 11:33:06 »
I'll take a punt on 1 Wantage Road looking West with start of loops.
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« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2013, 11:58:27 »
1 looks like Bathampton Jn to me!
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« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2013, 12:43:25 »
No. 1 is indeed Bathampton Junction (sorry - not Wantage!)
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« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2013, 17:14:05 »
OK  - this is my last attempt - not Montparnasse, or Austerlitz so must be St Lazare (to my surprise if correct, but many years since I've been there)
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« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2013, 17:28:19 »
Quote from: trainer on April 04, 2013, 17:14:05
OK  - this is my last attempt - not Montparnasse, or Austerlitz so must be St Lazare (to my surprise if correct, but many years since I've been there)

Yep ... "g" in the away quiz is Paris St Lazare ... where I had just arrived from Cherbourg.   Then on via Frankfurt to Nurnberg ...
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« Reply #20 on: April 04, 2013, 17:51:22 »
My only experience of that Paris station (going back to Caen) was unpleasant, having just been robbed on the metro of my passport, money and tickets.  I spent some time in the Police office and strangely didn't stop to count the number of platforms!  Angry Shocked Grin


(Good gracious - I've just realised I'm beginning to sound like the trout  Cheesy)
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« Reply #21 on: April 04, 2013, 17:54:00 »
Quote from: trainer on April 04, 2013, 17:14:05
OK  - this is my last attempt - not Montparnasse, or Austerlitz so must be St Lazare (to my surprise if correct, but many years since I've been there)

Home seems to have moved away!
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« Reply #22 on: April 04, 2013, 18:52:24 »
Are we allowed our second attempts yet?  I know the 24 hours isn't quite up yet Grin
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« Reply #23 on: April 04, 2013, 19:07:27 »
Quote from: SandTEngineer on April 04, 2013, 18:52:24
Are we allowed our second attempts yet?  I know the 24 hours isn't quite up yet Grin

Yes, please feel free to fill 'em all in now ...
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« Reply #24 on: April 04, 2013, 19:10:33 »
5: Frampton UWC▸ (User Worked Crossing - a level crossing where the barriers or gates are operated by the user) in the Golden Valley.
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« Reply #25 on: April 04, 2013, 19:44:25 »
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5: Frampton UWC▸ (User Worked Crossing - a level crossing where the barriers or gates are operated by the user) in the Golden Valley.

Sorry, it isn't ...
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« Reply #26 on: April 04, 2013, 21:08:43 »
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5: Frampton UWC▸ (User Worked Crossing - a level crossing where the barriers or gates are operated by the user) in the Golden Valley.

Sorry, it isn't ...

Looks more like Titfield Thunderbolt country to me. Freshford, maybe?
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« Reply #27 on: April 04, 2013, 21:21:43 »
Quote from: Phil on April 04, 2013, 21:08:43
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5: Frampton UWC▸ (User Worked Crossing - a level crossing where the barriers or gates are operated by the user) in the Golden Valley.

Sorry, it isn't ...

Looks more like Titfield Thunderbolt country to me. Freshford, maybe?

Much, much closer, Phil!
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« Reply #28 on: April 04, 2013, 21:22:12 »
5: In that case it must be Ferry Lane (Claverton) UWC▸ (User Worked Crossing - a level crossing where the barriers or gates are operated by the user) leading to Mill Cottage on the Limpey Stoke line Huh
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« Reply #29 on: April 04, 2013, 21:27:37 »
Yes, it's Claverton ... which leaves no.s 9 and 11 to identify.
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