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« on: October 21, 2011, 20:21:09 »
A little harder ... spurred on by the hypothysis that we have members who can recongise any train or bus at distance, I've put together some of the photos from my collection.





Different "rules" this time.   Please guess AT LEAST three (up to all six) each and I'll just tell you how many of your group you have right.
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2011, 20:34:33 »
Bottom Left, I'd day thats a siding at Castle Cary??

Top Left - Longleat Railway...?

Centre Right, That one is bugging me but it looks suspiciously like Yeovil Pen Mill?

At least CfN doesn't have to worry... None of them like... Well... You know... Grin

*edit* correction of appalling typo Wink
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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2011, 20:35:19 »
3. MkIV VW Golf Estate.
4. Harris Tweed.
6. The No. 24 Bus.

Am I close?  Wink Cheesy
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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2011, 20:37:54 »
The only one I had a 'scooby doo' about was centre right: I agree, I reckon it's Yeovil Pen Mill.  Undecided
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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 #4 on: October 21, 2011, 20:47:59 »
The Trout has one right ...
Bignosemac hasn't actually told me where any are ... or was he suggesting the Isle of Harris?
CfN only gave one answer not the minimum 3  Wink

"Fun" bunch, aren't they?
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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2011, 20:53:26 »
OK then, I'm going for...

top left: Salthouse Field, Clevedon
top right: somewhere in Berlin...
centre right: Yeovil Pen Mill
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« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2011, 21:03:59 »
Fair enough.  Roll Eyes

Top left: Salthouse Field, Clevedon

Centre right: Yeovil Pen Mill

Bottom left: Portishead line
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« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2011, 21:11:49 »
One right each ... there are some quite tricky ones in there.
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« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2011, 21:22:42 »
1. Lodmoor Country Park, Weymouth
2. Dutch Sprinter (NS Sprinter Lighttrain). Hoek van Holland Haven Station. Possibly at dawn after an overnight ferry from Harwich.  Wink
4. Yeovil Pen Mill
6. Lothian Bus. Edinburgh




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« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2011, 21:25:35 »
Fair enough, again.  Tongue

I'm not convinced that the top left picture is actually Salthouse Fields, Clevedon - commendable little railway though that is. And, sorry, thetrout, but I don't reckon it's Longleat, either.

I am, however, now convinced that centre right is Yeovil Pen Mill - and all three of us have now been given 'one correct answer' where that was suggested.

My third suggestion, of the Portishead line, was a deliberate ploy: in the spirit of 'Cluedo', by a process of elimination, I reckon we've at last managed to identify just one of grahame's pictures.

This could be a long night ...  Shocked
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« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2011, 02:45:12 »
Bignosemac has 3 out of 4 correct;   CfN has purely supplied a narrative, so no comment from me  Wink
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« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2011, 12:48:26 »
OK .. solution time.

Weymouth - Hoek Van Holland
Lisbon - Yeovil
Radstock - Belfast
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« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2011, 02:03:26 »
Radstock Angry Angry Angry I bluddy knew that's what it would turn out to be! However because I must have been in LaLa land (again!! Roll Eyes Shocked Grin ) If i'd have thought about it, if you had taken that picture at Castle Cary (Which it does look very similar!) you would have definately been stood on the Down Line!! eek!
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