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« Reply #90 on: December 13, 2016, 07:11:49 »
Well I could guess today's but going back to yesterday, the sidings at Thingley Junction?
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« Reply #91 on: December 13, 2016, 07:18:02 »
Quote from: bobm on December 13, 2016, 07:11:49
Well I could guess today's but going back to yesterday, the sidings at Thingley Junction?

Yes, it is ... a tiny stub has been left that used to lead to something much grander.

Although the picture is quite recent, various electrical substation stuff has sprung up on the land behind the siding of late, signifying the extreme end of initial (?) electrification from London.   I wonder when and if we'll see electrification continue beyond Thingley junction - either via Bath Spa to Bristol, or down the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth line via Westbury and Yeovil to Weymouth.
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« Reply #92 on: December 13, 2016, 07:35:07 »
For today - Hayes & Harlington?
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« Reply #93 on: December 13, 2016, 08:11:52 »
Quote from: ellendune on December 13, 2016, 07:35:07
For today - Hayes & Harlington?

Yes, it is ... I think that was a testing or driver training run of a 387 ... middle of the day, just 4 cars.
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« Reply #94 on: December 13, 2016, 09:43:26 »
Easy enough for me today - Hayes and Harlington - which I recognised before seeing post above (I was still on page 6).

PS Quite a step from platform to train.
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« Reply #95 on: December 13, 2016, 09:49:01 »
Presume it is PATH as in 'Trans Hudson' Huh
Guess the new WTC terminal in NYC
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« Reply #96 on: December 13, 2016, 09:51:30 »
Sorry - bit late there. I pressed 'show unread' and the only one that came up was the PATH picture. Oh well, better late than . . .
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« Reply #97 on: December 13, 2016, 10:51:06 »
Quote from: grahame on December 13, 2016, 07:18:02
 I wonder when and if we'll see electrification continue beyond Thingley junction - either via Bath Spa to Bristol, or down the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth line via Westbury and Yeovil to Weymouth.

I think we will see the whole of the GWML▸ (Great Western Main Line) electrified when the class 800s need replacing.  So 30 years from now for the main line.  Electrification has always been about rolling stock (buying an electric fleet is more attractive - except when you have a fleet that doesn't need replacing) and the same will apply in the future.

As for the routes away from the mainline, that stock needs replacing and augmenting sooner than the class 800s will.  I predict that there will in 10 years time when DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) shortage rears its head again with a vengeance be people who decide to continue with electrification although not necessarily in our area. 

The powerful arguments in favour of electrification have not been destroyed by the present fiasco.  But I expect that the SW in acquiring a nice new fleet of bimodes has ruled itself out of electrification for a while and that future projects will be decided on the basis of how many DMUs they release for use elsewhere. 
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« Reply #98 on: December 13, 2016, 22:34:30 »
Hayes & Harlington as others have already identified. Recognised it straight away. Mind you I'm not likely to recognise many pics from west of Reading.
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« Reply #99 on: December 13, 2016, 23:46:50 »
Quote from: Surrey 455 on December 13, 2016, 22:34:30
Mind you I'm not likely to recognise many pics from west of Reading.

Neither am I.  Shocked Roll Eyes Grin
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« Reply #100 on: December 14, 2016, 00:07:09 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on December 13, 2016, 23:46:50
Quote from: Surrey 455 on December 13, 2016, 22:34:30
Mind you I'm not likely to recognise many pics from west of Reading.

Neither am I.  Shocked Roll Eyes Grin



Shame on you. Nailsea is west of Reading! 😀
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« Reply #101 on: December 14, 2016, 00:13:21 »
Exactly.  Embarrassed
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #102 on: December 14, 2016, 05:14:23 »
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« Reply #103 on: December 14, 2016, 05:20:39 »
Quote from: rogerpatenall on December 13, 2016, 09:51:30
Sorry - bit late there. I pressed 'show unread' and the only one that came up was the PATH picture. Oh well, better late than . . .

I know we have the occasional caching issue ... not sure who much that's our servers, how much intermediate caching servers, and how much browsers.

I wondered how much people would realise that PATH was a series of initials on that picture, or whether people would think it was about helping to keep a walkway clean.   Of course we have member(s) who get these things quickly.

Quote from: Surrey 455 on December 13, 2016, 22:34:30
Hayes & Harlington as others have already identified. Recognised it straight away. Mind you I'm not likely to recognise many pics from west of Reading.

With a lot of these pictures,  viewers either "get" the straight away and think they're obvious ... or think they're really difficult.   And for those of us who set quizzes, it's pretty hit and miss as to which "go" quickly and which stick.
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« Reply #104 on: December 14, 2016, 05:45:33 »
Today : the view from the Circle Line platforms of Paddington Underground station. Well, the Circle Line platforms that are across Praed Street rather than out towards Hayes and Harlington.
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