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Title: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 22, 2013, 21:05:49 Not a FGW train or station in sight. Can you guess the following locations from my weekend away from FGW metals.
Please, please, please, just one guess each for 24 hours. 1. (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/Where%20was%20I%20last%20weekend%20Picture%20quiz/100_1843_zps9b1c6c32.jpg) 2. (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/Where%20was%20I%20last%20weekend%20Picture%20quiz/100_1844_zpsc6fa6714.jpg) 3. (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/Where%20was%20I%20last%20weekend%20Picture%20quiz/100_1851_zpseff2250b.jpg) 4. (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/Where%20was%20I%20last%20weekend%20Picture%20quiz/100_1860a_zpsd974be8c.jpg) 5. (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/Where%20was%20I%20last%20weekend%20Picture%20quiz/100_1884a_zps8f39f47a.jpg) 6. (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/Where%20was%20I%20last%20weekend%20Picture%20quiz/100_1928_zpsef3164d7.jpg) 7. (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/Where%20was%20I%20last%20weekend%20Picture%20quiz/100_1953_zps6c195b6b.jpg) 8. (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/Where%20was%20I%20last%20weekend%20Picture%20quiz/100_1861_zpsb541dc3b.jpg) 9. (http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt68/bignosemac/Where%20was%20I%20last%20weekend%20Picture%20quiz/100_1853_zpsd5436346.jpg) Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: Electric train on April 22, 2013, 21:12:23 4 Looks remarkably like Ramsgate
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 22, 2013, 21:14:48 4 Looks remarkably like Ramsgate Correct. Bit of a job photoshopping out the word 'Ramsgate' next to the double arrow logo. :D Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: devon_metro on April 22, 2013, 21:15:16 2. Kings X
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: Electric train on April 22, 2013, 21:17:13 4 Looks remarkably like Ramsgate Correct. Bit of a job photoshopping out the word 'Ramsgate' next to the double arrow logo. :D I cheated, I done a lot of work in Ramsgate, HS1 made it palatable ;D Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 22, 2013, 21:27:02 2. Kings X Correct. Plod didn't notice me snapping him! ;D Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: SandTEngineer on April 22, 2013, 21:31:50 7. Folkestone East
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 22, 2013, 21:33:32 7. Folkestone East Closed in 1965. So no. Try again though... Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: anthony215 on April 22, 2013, 21:47:31 1- Paddington Praed Street (i.e Circle & district line platforms)
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 22, 2013, 21:52:28 1- Paddington Praed Street (i.e Circle & district line platforms) Correct. Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: SandTEngineer on April 22, 2013, 21:53:46 7. Folkestone East Closed in 1965. So no. Try again though... ...oh b****r I meant to say Folkestone Central. Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 22, 2013, 21:58:09 ...oh b****r I meant to say Folkestone Central. Correct. :P ;) ;D Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: ReWind on April 22, 2013, 22:41:50 Is 9. Ebbsfleet International?
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 22, 2013, 22:53:49 Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: devon_metro on April 22, 2013, 23:00:24 1- Paddington Praed Street (i.e Circle & district line platforms) Correct. Have they taken to roof off then! Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: inspector_blakey on April 22, 2013, 23:11:21 Sevenoaks for 8...?
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 22, 2013, 23:16:53 Have they taken to roof off then! Eh? It's only ever been part-roofed hasn't it? Open to the elements at one end to allow for smoke and steam egress in days of yore. Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 22, 2013, 23:17:28 Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: paul7575 on April 22, 2013, 23:17:51 3. Ashford International
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 22, 2013, 23:19:25 Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: eightf48544 on April 22, 2013, 23:50:57 5 Hythe RHDR
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 23, 2013, 00:04:24 Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: grahame on April 23, 2013, 16:00:23 6 - Dungeness??
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: thetrout on April 23, 2013, 17:44:33 8 ) Bromley South (BMS)
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: eightf48544 on April 23, 2013, 18:55:58 6 Romney Sands
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 23, 2013, 18:56:25 Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 23, 2013, 18:56:43 Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 23, 2013, 19:01:10 6 Romney Sands Yet again, despite the mahoosive request in the OP for one guess each for the first 24 hours.... ::) Never mind, correct. Free for all now that eightf has jumped the gun. Just 8 & 9 remain unanswered. Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: paul7575 on April 23, 2013, 19:17:26 Number 9 is also Ashford International!
Bit of a catch question that, using two views of the same station which rather unusually has fairly different building designs on the two sides! Were they built some years apart, does anyone know? Paul Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 23, 2013, 19:28:05 Number 9 is also Ashford International! Correct. This entrance is on the 'town side' where most domestic passengers enter and exit. Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: devon_metro on April 23, 2013, 19:57:01 Have they taken to roof off then! Eh? It's only ever been part-roofed hasn't it? Open to the elements at one end to allow for smoke and steam egress in days of yore. I've obviously never looked up! Always assumed it was roofed throughout. Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 23, 2013, 20:12:23 Just number 8 left to guess....
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 23, 2013, 20:40:59 Melksham. ;D Oh, if only ... ::)
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 23, 2013, 20:42:46 Melksham. ;D Oh, if only ... ::) Sorry. Most definitely, no. Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 23, 2013, 20:44:54 Oh. I thought it was number 9 that we were still trying to guess? ::)
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 23, 2013, 20:47:55 Typo on my part. I did say number 9 initially. Definitely number 8 that remains to be answered.
And it isn't Taunton either. :P Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 23, 2013, 20:50:39 And it isn't Taunton either. :P Even I know that! ;D Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: Electric train on April 23, 2013, 20:54:53 No 8 how about Hastings
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 23, 2013, 20:55:52 Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: eightf48544 on April 23, 2013, 21:29:04 Apologies for jumping the gun thought you'd posted it earlier yesterday.
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: grahame on April 23, 2013, 22:24:44 Researching Dungeness lead me to Lydd which lead me to the Hastings demu site ....
Quote There are two issues which are occupying us at present: The funding and fitting of GSM-R radio which is becoming mandated throughout the UK^s main-line railway network, and is almost unbelievably expensive; The apparent ORR Insurance Cap Regulation Change Proposal which, if enacted, would greatly increase our risk in terms of business liability when running railtours, and could require us to raise fares by perhaps ^30 per head just to cover the additional insurance costs. http://www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/railtours/ Goodness .... Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: SandTEngineer on April 23, 2013, 23:07:50 8 Dover Priory
....and I think that 9 is technically called Ashford Domestic? Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: JayMac on April 24, 2013, 00:05:59 8 Dover Priory ....and I think that 9 is technically called Ashford Domestic? Correctly correctington for the final picture. well done all. :D Don't know about technically. The station is referred to as Ashford International by all operators who serve it. National Rail Enquiries makes no distinction between Domestic and International and I can't find a three letter code for Ashford Domestic. The sign above the entrance on the 'town side' says Ashford International. Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: Southern Stag on April 24, 2013, 00:32:46 On the subject of three letter codes, Ashford must have one of the more obscure codes nowadays. AFK I believe derives from Ashford (Kent), but the station is now called Ashford International so doesn't have a K anywhere in its name.
Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: SandTEngineer on April 24, 2013, 10:45:54 8 Dover Priory ....and I think that 9 is technically called Ashford Domestic? Correctly correctington for the final picture. well done all. :D Don't know about technically. The station is referred to as Ashford International by all operators who serve it. National Rail Enquiries makes no distinction between Domestic and International and I can't find a three letter code for Ashford Domestic. The sign above the entrance on the 'town side' says Ashford International. OK. But when I was Railtrack Engineering Manager for the railway works back in 1995 we always referenced the Eurostar station as International (the big empty one) and Domestic (the little full one) :D :D ;D Title: Re: Where was I last weekend? Picture quiz Post by: thetrout on April 24, 2013, 18:52:10 There is also Stratford (SRA) which is served by: London Underground, London Overground, DLR, GreaterAnglia and to some extend c2c
Then Stratford International which is a different albeit fairly nearby station served by: DLR and Southeastern (HS1 Javelin Services). Probably the only station with "International" in the name that doesn't have any International Services or International Connections (e.g. Harwich Ferry). Eurostars are regularly seen at the station... They don't call there though! :o This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |