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« on: April 05, 2012, 01:41:36 » |
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This is a station. The rails that run from here are 5' 10" gauge.....  |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2012, 01:48:10 » |
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Cliff railway of some kind?  |
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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2012, 01:51:11 » |
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Warm.....
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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2012, 01:58:47 » |
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That lovely warm red brickwork, those pagoda style roofs - it all suggests somewhere in Kent to me.  |
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« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2012, 02:00:38 » |
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Warmer....
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« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2012, 02:14:18 » |
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Oh, pick me! I've finally got one. First time ever!  |
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« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2012, 02:16:07 » |
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I know: you go ahead!  |
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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.
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« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2012, 02:19:58 » |
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I know: you go ahead! I had a feeling you would, I'm terrified that I could be wrong now! Is it Leas in Folkestone? Please, please don't be wrong! |
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« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2012, 02:39:43 » |
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Correct EBrown! The Leas Lift Cliff Railway in Folkestone. Couple more pics:   And a short video of it in operation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvQCP93cMd8&feature=youtu.beI'd wandered down to Folkestone Harbour to take some pictures of the mothballed line and station than runs from the harbour and wasn't looking forward to the walk back up the hill. So I took a stroll along the Prom (Prom, Prom) but there was no band playing 'tiddly-on-pom-pom'! I stumbled on the Cliff Railway by accident whilst looking for a path back up the cliffs that wasn't too strenuous. Back into Folkestone town and I discovered possibly the best fitted out Wetherspoons. The 'Samuel Peto' (incidentally named after a famous railway engineer) is in a converted Baptist chapel.  A pipe organ flanked by two oak panelled pulpits, balconies with stained glass dividers between seating booths, chandeliers, cast iron semi-spiral staircases and a frescoed ceiling. Couldn't get that last feature in the pic. |
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« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2012, 17:04:20 » |
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Here, here. Would almost make me want to visit Folkestone.
The last time I was there was a weeks holiday from Southampton all the way along the coast by train!
Watched 4 or 5 R1s push and pull the boat trains up to the junction
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« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2012, 17:27:53 » |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
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« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2012, 20:50:45 » |
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Going off topic somewhat, but without looking it up, anyone know/care to guess where the world's largest operating pipe organ is? Small clue (the pipe organ in a pub is what made me think of this): it's not a church or cathedral. And it's not a million miles away from the world's absolute largest pipe organ, although that one's part-knackered and only semi-functional.
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2012, 21:43:44 » |
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As a result of blatantly not looking it up: the Royal Albert Hall?  ... part-knackered and only semi-functional
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« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2012, 21:54:13 » |
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Going off topic somewhat, but without looking it up, anyone know/care to guess where the world's largest operating pipe organ is? Small clue (the pipe organ in a pub is what made me think of this): it's not a church or cathedral. And it's not a million miles away from the world's absolute largest pipe organ, although that one's part-knackered and only semi-functional.
In the 60's I used to service Hammond organs and had a customer in St Austell who had built his house around a large pipe organ - had full timpani too. |
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