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« on: October 14, 2015, 11:15:17 »
In Contrast to PhilWakely's recent quiz - here is an ultra-modern one. Nothing more that 100 days old!

Probably all frighteningly easy - so please just one each for the first 24 hours ...

1. Maiden Newton - The Void


2. Bath Spa - Bignosemac


3. Taunton - The Void


4.Newton Abbott - SandTEngineer


5.Okehampton - PhilWakely


6. Kingswear - Rob on the Hill


7.Wilton - Trowres


8. Westbury - BobM


9. Swindon - Timmer


10. Weymouth - Paul 7755
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« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2015, 11:55:12 »
I will leave out the really obvious one  Grin - but number 8 is Westbury.
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« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2015, 12:09:42 »
5. Okehampton?
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« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2015, 12:28:15 »
6. Kingswear?
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« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2015, 12:33:14 »
4. Newton Abbot (former Moreton Hampstead Bay Line).
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« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2015, 12:43:50 »
All correct so far ... I will fill them in on the quiz original
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« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2015, 12:45:20 »
Have had to resist the temptation to say 'Melksham' on all of them Shocked
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« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2015, 12:48:46 »
Quote from: chuffed on October 14, 2015, 12:45:20
Have had to resist the temptation to say 'Melksham' on all of them Shocked

None of them is Melksham - though it tends to be 'tother end of most of the journeys I took pictures on!   It's wonderful to be able to actually use the train to get to these places ...
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« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2015, 14:10:26 »
2. Bath Spa
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« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2015, 14:15:04 »
10

It's got me puzzled there appears to be SWT▸ (South West Trains) 158? coupled to an (First) GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) 150? so possibly Salisbury.
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« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2015, 14:39:42 »
Quote from: bignosemac on October 14, 2015, 14:10:26
2. Bath Spa

You beat me to it.  Graham must have got up very early for that one.
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« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2015, 15:00:46 »
Quote from: Tim on October 14, 2015, 14:39:42
Quote from: bignosemac on October 14, 2015, 14:10:26
2. Bath Spa

You beat me to it.  Graham must have got up very early for that one.

Indeed.  I was up at 04:30 on Monday morning.


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10

It's got me puzzled there appears to be SWT▸ (South West Trains) 158? coupled to an (First) GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) 150? so possibly Salisbury.

It's not Salisbury, I'm afraid.   As you may have noted from some of the earlier answers, there are some distinctly unusual workings shown in some of these pictures!
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« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2015, 15:13:10 »
A bit of a guess, but if 10 isn't Salisbury or Exeter (the canopy girders are wrong for either) then how about Southampton?

Could the unusual working be due to ex-Cardiff rugby specials?
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« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2015, 15:29:50 »
Quote from: Tim on October 14, 2015, 15:13:10
A bit of a guess, but if 10 isn't Salisbury or Exeter (the canopy girders are wrong for either) then how about Southampton?

Could the unusual working be due to ex-Cardiff rugby specials?

Nope, sorry - not Southampton either.
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« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2015, 16:03:36 »
Is No 10 Weymouth?

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