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grahame

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Where were these taken?

« on: June 09, 2014, 00:10:49 »

Pictures of trains - but can you place where they were photographed?

One each, please, for the first 24 hours

1. Yeovil Pen Mill - Bignosemac

2. Trowbridge - Sprinterguard

3. Taunton - Brooklea

4. Westbury - Timmer

5. Warminster - bobm


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Re: Where were these taken?

« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2014, 00:33:31 »

1. Yeovil Pen Mill?


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Re: Where were these taken?

« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2014, 05:29:06 »

Quote from: bignosemac on June 09, 2014, 00:33:31

1. Yeovil Pen Mill?

Yes ... good quick start there!


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Re: Where were these taken?

« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2014, 10:13:36 »

Number 2: Trowbridge? Looking towards the BOA direction.


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« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2014, 12:48:25 »

Quote from: sprinterguard on June 09, 2014, 10:13:36

Number 2: Trowbridge? Looking towards the BOA direction.

Yep, it is ...


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Re: Where were these taken?

« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2014, 16:42:22 »

4 Westbury


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« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2014, 16:50:06 »

Quote from: Timmer on June 09, 2014, 16:42:22

4 Westbury

Correct


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« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2014, 20:24:00 »

5 Warminster


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« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2014, 20:52:38 »

Quote from: bobm on June 09, 2014, 20:24:00

5 Warminster

Yep, just no. 3 to go


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« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2014, 22:55:19 »

Is picture number 3 the sensory garden at Swindon, by any chance? Tongue


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« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2014, 02:10:02 »

Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on June 09, 2014, 22:55:19

Is picture number 3 the sensory garden at Swindon, by any chance? Tongue

Oh - please don't, Chris. For this month at least, that project is one thing too many to actively work through; far more important to ensure that we have both short term publicity and longer term aspiration inputs together. No, not Swindon!


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« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2014, 06:17:05 »

3. Taunton


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« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2014, 07:06:38 »

Yes indeed, No. 3 is at Taunton ... that's not a siding that I would expect to see a 153 parked in, and so I'm not surprised this was the last one to be identified.


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« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2014, 07:53:13 »

Drats, I knew that was Taunton but wasn't 100% sure so went for the easier Westbury picture. It wouldn't have been one of Graham's 'where was this taken' without a picture of Taunton!


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