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Title: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: grahame on May 25, 2014, 23:09:14 1. Melksham. Can't be a picture quiz...no picture of Taunton ;D I'll get my coat.Oh, sorry - it isn't a quiz. :P :-[ ;D Just one guess in 24 hours (each ;D) , please ... 1. Taunton - Bobm (http://www.wellho.net/pix/qmay14_a.jpg) 2. Melksham - Phil (http://www.wellho.net/pix/qmay14_b.jpg) 3. Glasgow Central - Worcester Passenger (http://www.wellho.net/pix/qmay14_c.jpg) 4. Dilton Marsh - Southern Stag (http://www.wellho.net/pix/qmay14_d.jpg) 5. Westbury - Brooklea (http://www.wellho.net/pix/qmay14_e.jpg) 6. Victoria Station, London. Bignosemac (http://www.wellho.net/pix/qmay14_f.jpg) 7. Oxford - Brucey (http://www.wellho.net/pix/qmay14_g.jpg) Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: JayMac on May 25, 2014, 23:21:31 6. London Victoria
Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: grahame on May 26, 2014, 05:08:26 Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: bobm on May 26, 2014, 05:58:44 1 is Taunton.
Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: grahame on May 26, 2014, 07:06:44 Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: Phil on May 26, 2014, 08:24:13 2. is Melksham ("rubber town" as it used to be called by CB radio aficionados)
Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: Electric train on May 26, 2014, 08:28:58 3 is Waterloo
Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: grahame on May 26, 2014, 08:30:16 2. is Melksham ("rubber town" as it used to be called by CB radio aficionados) Correct - this is truly a traditional quiz, with a picture of Taunton and a picture of Melksham mandatory. Cooper Tires (formally Avon Tyres, still know as "The Avon") remains one of the largest employers in the town but now with just a shadow of its former workforce. Being on the same side of town as Melksham Station, business visitors have now been observed coming to this very road-centric type business on the new train service ;D 3 is Waterloo I'm sorry - it isn't :-[ - it's going to be a tricky one is no. 3, as there are ranks of unused phones at quite a few stations these days ... Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: Worcester_Passenger on May 26, 2014, 10:43:21 3 is Glasgow Central
Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: grahame on May 26, 2014, 10:48:44 3 is Glasgow Central Wow, yes ... that was one of the two I would describe as "difficult" ... Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: Southern Stag on May 26, 2014, 11:18:48 4. Dilton Marsh
Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: grahame on May 26, 2014, 11:27:00 4. Dilton Marsh Correct ... I was there yesterday afternoon; trains in both directions stopped during my visit, with five people getting off one of them and four off the other. I chatted with a couple of them, and their view is that the current services are sporadic and unhelpful in their time distribution and sources / destinations ... with attention given to these issues and changes to something more suitable, passenger numbers would grow dramatically. Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: brooklea on May 26, 2014, 16:52:25 I think 5 is Westbury, but that isn't the difficult one, is it?
Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: grahame on May 26, 2014, 17:05:39 I think 5 is Westbury, but that isn't the difficult one, is it? Yes, that's Westbury. Passengers waiting to board yesterday's 19:40 to Cheltenham Spa via Swindon. (lots of confusion amongst passengers looking for the train to Swindon since it was announced as "Cheltenham Spa via Melksham" ...) It's the one remaining picture - no. 7 - that may take a while to be worked out. On the other hand, we have quite a few members who use that station / go past that spot on a regular basis ... Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: grahame on May 27, 2014, 16:38:52 I have received a correct answer to No. 7 by personal message - from someone who feels he's not played fair in how he identified the picture. Congratulations to him - he's right ... can anyone else get it - indeed by any means as it appears to have stuck.
Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: grahame on June 01, 2014, 19:43:33 I have received a correct answer to No. 7 by personal message - from someone who feels he's not played fair in how he identified the picture. Congratulations to him - he's right ... can anyone else get it - indeed by any means as it appears to have stuck. OK --- come on, Cotswold Line types .... Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: Brucey on June 01, 2014, 19:54:56 Based on the platform surface, it looks like Oxford. But I don't recognise that fencing.... ::)
Title: Re: Traditional Bank Holiday quiz ... Post by: grahame on June 01, 2014, 21:50:07 Based on the platform surface, it looks like Oxford. But I don't recognise that fencing.... ::) It is indeed Oxford, towards the north end of the station looking across to the City. 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 |