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« on: November 24, 2018, 15:24:32 »
Not sure if anyone watches the TV▸ (Thames Valley, or TeleVision, depending on context) show ...

Next in the sequence?

1. Ruth Kelly, Geoff Hoon, Lord Adonis, Philip Hammond ...

2. Melksham, Avoncliff, Westbury, Filton Abbey Wood ...

3. Ambassador, Viceroy, Patriarch, Governor ...

4. Slough, Longbridge, Oban, Burnham ...
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« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2018, 15:39:28 »
1. Ruth Kelly, Geoff Hoon, Lord Adonis, Philip Hammond, Justine Greening

Secretaries of State for Transport in chronological order
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« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2018, 15:56:09 »
No1 next up Justine Greening
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No3 D1055 Western Advocate.
No4
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« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2018, 16:01:00 »
3. Advocate. A list of names of Class 52 Diesel-Hydraulic 'Westerns' from D1051 to D1055.


Edit. Ahh, another Western beat me to it!
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« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2018, 16:29:59 »
2 Basingstoke. Then Exeter.

Edit: St David's, of course
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« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2018, 16:50:30 »
Quote from: Red Squirrel on November 24, 2018, 16:29:59
2 Basingstoke. Then Exeter.

Edit: St David's, of course

What's the link?
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« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2018, 16:57:26 »
Quote from: JontyMort on November 24, 2018, 16:50:30
Quote from: Red Squirrel on November 24, 2018, 16:29:59
2 Basingstoke. Then Exeter.

Edit: St David's, of course

What's the link?

Number of platforms...
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« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2018, 17:01:32 »
4 - Mornington Crescent.
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« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2018, 17:08:52 »
Quote from: patch38 on November 24, 2018, 17:01:32
4 - Mornington Crescent.

Which rules variant?
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« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2018, 17:12:19 »
Melksham reversed.
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« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2018, 17:18:47 »
Quote from: bignosemac on November 24, 2018, 17:08:52
Quote from: patch38 on November 24, 2018, 17:01:32
4 - Mornington Crescent.

Which rules variant?

Quote from: patch38 on November 24, 2018, 17:12:19
Melksham reversed.

Don't see that under any rule set; using a Betty Windsor Line filter may make it a valid move, but of course that won't come into play until there are passenger trains running through Paddington.
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« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2018, 17:29:03 »
'course, if grahame was a real IT type he would have started the No.2 sequence with Dartmouth...
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« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2018, 17:29:35 »
In which case I'm going to play my joker and use the Pilning Gambit 😁
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« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2018, 17:38:44 »
Quote from: Western Pathfinder on November 24, 2018, 17:29:35
In which case I'm going to play my joker and use the Pilning Gambit 😁


Err ... not the sequence I had.   Best not get trapped on the Piining Gambit - long wait to the next move.   I have five possible solutions and will accept any one of them.
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« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2018, 17:58:21 »
Quote from: grahame on November 24, 2018, 15:24:32
4. Slough, Longbridge, Oban, Burnham ...
That's the entire sequence, the link being "Sunday afternoon with your feet up on the sofa".  Cheesy
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