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« on: May 08, 2026, 08:45:43 »
Where am I this morning?  Plenty of clues around - follow ups will get harder.
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« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2026, 09:53:00 »
That's the western end of Rotterdam Centraal, as seen by somebody still half asleep, or from a camera with a hazy memory.
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« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2026, 10:16:11 »
Well, it's definitely not Melksham.  Grin
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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 #3 on: May 08, 2026, 11:01:54 »
On a train that could do with a visit to the carriage wash?
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« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2026, 11:16:09 »
Quote from: stuving on May 08, 2026, 09:53:00
That's the western end of Rotterdam Centraal, as seen by somebody still half asleep, or from a camera with a hazy memory.

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Quote from: JayMac on May 08, 2026, 11:01:54
On a train that could do with a visit to the carriage wash?

I think it was deeper than that - a curved window on the upper deck of a train, I suspect worn / fogged perspex.  The downstairs windows were much clearer
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« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2026, 12:55:23 »
That could be Rotterdam ,or anywhere but Home …
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« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2026, 13:08:17 »
Could try somewhere a bit more challenging
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« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2026, 13:38:21 »
Definitely not Taunton. Grin

Netherlands?
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« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2026, 10:43:52 »
Well, now we know from the crib sheet that this is Flushing. At first sight on the satellite views it looks wrong though - those glazed hoops are hard to match between the two pictures.

The area next door looks odd too: very much like an abandoned major vehicle ferry terminal with its queueing area and control tower. But there's only a bike and people ferry there ... for the obvious reason; there is now a tunnel. I wonder how important that is psychologically to the inhabitants of Dutch Flanders, who are otherwise marooned on a narrows trip of land surrounded by Belgians!
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« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2026, 17:49:56 »
I think it's Vlissingen: see https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/station-vlissingen--35043703337364217/
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« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2026, 17:59:58 »
Indeed - Flushing / Vlissingen - same place, old and new names.   Olau line used to run a ferry from here to Sheerness. 

And for today ...
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« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2026, 18:42:15 »
That has the air of a tram museum about it ...
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« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2026, 21:44:42 »
Quote from: grahame on May 09, 2026, 17:59:58
Indeed - Flushing / Vlissingen - same place, old and new names.   Olau line used to run a ferry from here to Sheerness. 

Indeed, I recall a short break in Middleburg using that route in the early 90s.  The sea forts off the Kent coast made an imposing sight as we passed them in the mist.
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« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2026, 21:52:17 »
Thanks for your post, johnneyw. Smiley

Just to add some historic detail here - from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts

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« Reply #14 on: May 10, 2026, 17:54:45 »
...back to today's quiz picture.

I thought that a quick Google search "belgian tram museums" would get me straight there, but no, there are several, it appears. Then checking Grahame's itinerary again, it has to be Antwerp's (and lo! checking its website, there is car no. 6451, prominently feature).

Apologies to any forum members who might have known that without half an hour's on-line research.
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