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« on: March 09, 2025, 20:55:37 » |
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Some pictures take in or from a train or zoomed - fuzzies, reflections and so forth about - can you identify one each ... 1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2025, 21:07:51 » |
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1. Edinburgh, Waverley station, looking up to the castle.
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« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2025, 21:24:25 » |
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7. Tay Bridge
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2025, 22:19:41 » |
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That would have been my second answer.  I only know the Edinburgh one because I used to work for a Scottish financial services company, and their head office is in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle. When we from the Bristol branch travelled to Edinburgh for team meetings, I was so envious of one of my colleagues there: her desk overlooked, through a full height picture window, the entire castle. How inspiring is that, for a workstation?  CfN▸ .  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ 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.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2025, 22:33:38 » |
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4. Site of former Dundee Esplanade station looking back at the Tay Bridge from the Northern end.
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« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2025, 22:58:57 » |
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Is 2 Duirinish? I think I've only been twice, once by road, but it seems to be popular with Highland cattle and looks like it's been plonked in a stereotypical Scottish Highland landscape!
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2025, 23:24:53 » |
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3. is obviously new, but there a are several new stations it might be - none of which I've seen, of course. First thought was Dalcross/Inverness Airport, because it has that look. But it's not, nor is it Kintore. Then there's Leven, known to have been visited, which does indeed have a round thingy a lot like the one in the picture. However, that has tiled paving ... but nearby there's Cameron Bridge, also on the Leven Rail Link. And that also has a "pebble" (?) that fits.
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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2025, 23:33:44 » |
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How many guesses was that? |
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William Huskisson MP▸ 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.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2025, 07:08:05 » |
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3. is obviously new, but there a are several new stations it might be ...
How many guesses was that? Indeed - don't you just love all the options available. 1. Edinburgh, looking up at the castle - Chris from Nailsea 2. Duirinish - eightonedee 4. Dundee Esplanade - DR7835 7. Tay Bridge - PhilWakely |
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« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2025, 08:09:10 » |
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6: Inside the avalanche shelter on the Kyle line near to Strome Ferry.
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2025, 19:04:25 » |
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3. Leven - with a nod of acknowledgement to member stuving for the assist. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ 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.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2025, 12:16:22 » |
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3. Then there's Leven, known to have been visited, which does indeed have a round thingy a lot like the one in the picture. However, that has tiled paving ... but nearby there's Cameron Bridge, also on the Leven Rail Link. And that also has a "pebble" (?) that fits. |
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« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2025, 19:18:00 » |
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Looking at the earlier picture of Plockton, I reckon no. 5 is there too. The curvature is the same, and so is the platform surface - just a bit drier. All it requires is to sneakily crop the image to exclude the bridge and warning sign at the end of the platform ...
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