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« on: May 03, 2021, 13:56:36 »
The old ones, perhaps, are the hardest to identify ... one each for the first 24 hours please.

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« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2021, 14:03:52 »
I believe it is just possible that 17 is Melksham
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« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2021, 14:13:38 »
8. Crowcombe Heathfield, West Somerset Railway.
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« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2021, 14:22:47 »

9 = Okehampton; reopening to regular passenger trains later this year on the alternative main line between Exeter and Plymouth.
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« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2021, 16:00:04 »
I'll go for the obvious.
14 is the new Go-op link to Minehead at Taunton?  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2021, 16:18:53 »
Quote from: ellendune on May 03, 2021, 14:03:52
I believe it is just possible that 17 is Melksham

Quote from: AMLAG on May 03, 2021, 14:22:47
9 = Okehampton; reopening to regular passenger trains later this year on the alternative main line between Exeter and Plymouth.

Quote from: bignosemac on May 03, 2021, 14:13:38
8. Crowcombe Heathfield, West Somerset Railway.

All three correct.  Sorry - no. 14 is nowhere near Minehead, though.
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« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2021, 16:28:37 »
My memory may be somewhat erratic (to say the least), but for no. 19 it tells me "I've seen that before" and also "wasn't it in Norway?" And it was right on both counts - in a previous quiz it was one of the ones no-one got, so the answer had to be provided: "Norway - Aldesnes".

So it's Andalsnes, almost as spelled by a Norwegian (who'd like to put a loop on top of the first A).

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« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2021, 17:05:04 »
4 is Abermaw, or Y Bermo, or Barmouth.
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« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2021, 18:30:23 »
5.  Bristol Parkway.  Wink
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« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2021, 19:01:52 »
16 - New York, World Trade Center
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« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2021, 20:00:04 »
5 - Peterborough?
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« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2021, 20:03:15 »
Lots looking good - these are correct:

9 - Okehampton - AMLAG
17 - Melksham - ellendune
8 - Crowcombe Heathfield - bignosemac
19 - Andalsnes - stuving
4 is Abermaw, or Y Bermo, or Barmouth - brooklea
16 - New York, World Trade Center - TonyK

Somewhat tongue in cheek suggestions of Minehead and Bristol Parkway are fun but wrong.

Stop press - yes - 5 is Peterborough - eightonedee
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« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2021, 20:17:51 »
Is 2. Munich?
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« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2021, 20:25:58 »
Quote from: Lee on May 03, 2021, 20:17:51
Is 2. Munich?

I'm afraid it isn't
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« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2021, 20:39:57 »
2 does look like it could just be Hamburg Hauptbahnhof.
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