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I said the other day that I've had to re-catalogue my photos following a disastrous laptop failure. Here are 15 photos taken between 1970 and 2015. Some very easy, others not particularly hard - but a scene from 1970 may not be as recognisable in 2015. Just identify the location. Usual picture quiz rules apply - one guess per person until midday Monday12th. I reckon all will have been identified by midnight on 13th/14th  :)

1.   Appleby                         Red Squirrel
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_2_zps5nizax2k.jpg)

2.  Harrow and Wealdstone   SandTEngineer
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_8_zpsoemkv2ry.jpg)

3.  Falmouth Docks                Timmer
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_4_zpsmnviolaj.jpg)

4.  Corsham                          Grahame
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_7_zpsexuc7r83.jpg)

5.  Dunrobin Castle                Western Pathfinder
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_12_zpsbikvi4fe.jpg)

6.  Bridport                           SandTEngineer
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_9_zpszbm8ueme.jpg)

7.  Yeoford                            AMLAG
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_14_zpsfebfwhb7.jpg)

8.  Cheltenham Racecourse    Adelante_CCT
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_13_zps5smhcbyo.jpg)

9.  between Polsloe Bridge and Digby & Sowton     lympstone_commuter
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_10_zpsupt0x9qd.jpg)

10. Cilmeri                             bignosemac
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_6_zpssgzbuvnv.jpg)

11.  Sandplace                        marky7890
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_11_zps3q5yvbm9.jpg)

12.  Hythe Pier railway          Ellendune
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_1_zpsb35mlk6d.jpg)

13.  Finsbury Park                  SandTEngineer
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_3_zps59jf7tef.jpg)

14.  Yeovil Junction                Bignosemac
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_5_zpsxwjhwih0.jpg)

15.   Broadclyst                     AMLAG                   
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/Pic_15_zpsw9u1qpc6.jpg)

No5. I think that's Dunrobin Castle Station "

14. Yeovil Junction

12. Hythe Pier Railway

3. Falmouth Docks

2. Harrow and Wealdstone.

11. Sandplace

You know what really stands out in picture 12?

That flipping spurious apostrophe! 

station area's what?? Arrgghh! ::) :P :D

OK - slightly earlier than suggested, free-for-all!

So far,

1.
2.  Harrow and Wealdstone    SandTEngineer
3.  Falmouth Docks               Timmer
4. 
5.  Dunrobin Castle                Western Pathfinder
6. 
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.  Sandplace                      marky7890
12.  Hythe Pier railway           Ellendune
13. 
14.  Yeovil Junction                Bignosemac
15.

4. Badminton?
9. Somewhere between Yeovil and Dorchester South?

NO - on both counts!  :-X

As an aside, it's good to be reminded of how much better things were back in the days of good old British Rail - when everything was clean and well-maintained, and everywhere you looked was evidence of massive new investment. :P

I'll take a wild guess at number 15 - Umberleigh? ???

NO  :-X  Although, I'm sure local residents would have enjoyed a through service to Manchester  :o

1. Tumby Woodside
4. Corsham
6. Craigallachie
7. Dulverton
8. Pershore
9. near Finstock
10. Aspatria
13. Welham Green
15. Bakewell

 I have probably got all of the above wrong ... some laughably so.  But then I can usually only get 3 or 4 of the BNM quizzes right ...

4. Chipping Sodbury
6. Bridport
13. Finsbury Park

No - not all wrong!  No 4 is correct  :)

2 out of three correct!  No 4 is wrong!

OK - an update.....

So far,

1.
2.  Harrow and Wealdstone    SandTEngineer
3.  Falmouth Docks               Timmer
4.  Corsham                          Grahame
5.  Dunrobin Castle                Western Pathfinder
6.  Bridport                           SandTEngineer
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.  Sandplace                      marky7890
12.  Hythe Pier railway           Ellendune
13.  Finsbury Park                  SandTEngineer
14.  Yeovil Junction                Bignosemac
15.


So, just 1, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 15 left to solve  :-X

No.8 Cheltenham Racecourse

I can place 7 and 9 - but I cheated, so I won't.  :-[

15 Kennilworth?

9. Portishead branch?

Neither!  :-X  :o  ???

7  Yeoford

15 Broadclyst

No15 Torrington ?

That might well be D1052 Western Viceroy in 1975 iirc.

The very same! I remember the numerous photographic stops with enthusiasts swarming all over the tracks and not a hi-vis anywhere in sight. Wonderful times  :D

Yes - both correct  :)


No - see above!

OK - a further update.....

So far,

1.
2.  Harrow and Wealdstone    SandTEngineer
3.  Falmouth Docks               Timmer
4.  Corsham                          Grahame
5.  Dunrobin Castle                Western Pathfinder
6.  Bridport                           SandTEngineer
7.  Yeoford                            AMLAG
8.  Cheltenham Racecourse     Adelante_CCT
9.
10.
11.  Sandplace                      marky7890
12.  Hythe Pier railway           Ellendune
13.  Finsbury Park                  SandTEngineer
14.  Yeovil Junction                Bignosemac
15.  Broadclyst                      AMLAG


So, just 1, 9 and 10 to be done  :-X

Yes, I initially wondered whether that was it, too - as we were both on board the FGW HST special on the Portishead branch line, back in September 2012.  ;)

However, the stonework on that overbridge seemed wrong: more like somewhere in Devon, possibly?  :-X

This is a 'proper' public timetabled train - although maybe not quite the usual formation.  :-X

9. Digby and Sowton ?

No10 Yetminster ?.

Near enough! It is actually half way between Polsloe Bridge and Digby and Sowton at the site of the oft-proposed 'Hill Barton (for the Met Office)' station. The occasion being the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Avocet line

Nope! Somewhat further afield (and the coach in the picture would now probably be in somebody's living room!)

It's grown a bit since then!

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Broad_Clyst_Station.jpg)
"Broad Clyst Station" by Derek Harper. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broad_Clyst_Station.jpg#/media/File:Broad_Clyst_Station.jpg

OK - so near.... yet so far..........

1.
2.  Harrow and Wealdstone    SandTEngineer
3.  Falmouth Docks               Timmer
4.  Corsham                          Grahame
5.  Dunrobin Castle                Western Pathfinder
6.  Bridport                           SandTEngineer
7.  Yeoford                            AMLAG
8.  Cheltenham Racecourse     Adelante_CCT
9.  twixt Polsloe Bridge and Digby & Sowton    lympstone_commuter
10.
11.  Sandplace                      marky7890
12.  Hythe Pier railway           Ellendune
13.  Finsbury Park                  SandTEngineer
14.  Yeovil Junction                Bignosemac
15.  Broadclyst                      AMLAG


Leaving just 1 and 10 to be done (and I thought no 1 was one of the easier ones) :-X

No1 the old Filton station ?.

Nope!  :-X

1. Appleby-in-Westmorland. I claim my ^5.

With that diagonal fencing I was thinking S & C. :)

And then there was just one!  No.10.    :-X

If it helps, this is the 2015 view..
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/2015view2_zpstfpv0xhn.jpg)

and also from the other end of the platform (ie the coach in the original picture would be on your right behind the trees!)
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/PhilWakely/2015view_zpsldtat0xi.jpg)

I notice that some local hooligan has apparently sprayed part of their platform's CIS screen with black paint - which makes it rather difficult to read the train's destination ...  ::)

I think you can just about see the colour of the station name signs behind the lamp post and if it is any help....... assuming the couple in the picture are waiting for a local train, they will have to use their arms to request the driver to stop and they will also have a minimum of 30 minutes to wait for one of the four weekday trains in either direction as the train passing them is 15 minutes from a passing loop in either direction.  :P

Well, I don't think it's Taunton ...  :P :-[ :-X

Some unbelievably anal research to get what I'm fairly confident is the right answer:

10. Cilmeri Station. Heart of Wales Line.

That research included looking for examples of 39^ miles in the National Rail Timetable and 39 miles 40 chains in the Sectional Appendices. Drew a blank. Then looking at random stations to see which TOC painted their lamposts that way. Then noticing the dark cyan band on the station name board behind the overhanging tree. Those last two colour clues led me to the conclusion it was an Arriva Trains Wales station. Then thinking this must be railtour because of the glimpse of carriage and the window hanging. Then pondering, where might a railtour go through small country stations in Wales? So I plumped for the Heart of Wales Line and went back to the mileage. Cilmeri station is 39^ miles from the junction at Craven Arms. Finally, looking at some images of Cilmeri station online to confirm features.

Bingo!

Can I go to bed now?!  :P ;) ;D

(And may I just say, I compiled this post and posted it without reading Phil's additional clues at 11:32pm. Yes, I really was working on the answer for over an hour. I'd've been gutted if someone had popped up and got the right answer. Thank cripes it wasn't Taunton!)

 ;D Me too, I went through a mileage chart, and just like you couldn't find a suitable 39 something mileage, now you've said what it is I've gone back to that list and sure enough Cilmeri 39m 39ch, I must have completely missed it.


I was looking around 11:30pm so IF I had seen it then I may well have 'popped up' before you... but I didn't, well done BNM for putting us out of our misery

I admire both of you for your tenacity to finally get to the answer, but to get you on a technicality........ when I took the original photo, in 1977, the station name was actually 'Cilmery    :P  ;)  :D

I hope this generated as much enjoyment and head scratching as previous photo quizzes. The final list...........

1.  Appleby-In-Westmorland   red squirrel
2.  Harrow and Wealdstone    SandTEngineer
3.  Falmouth Docks               Timmer
4.  Corsham                          Grahame
5.  Dunrobin Castle                Western Pathfinder
6.  Bridport                           SandTEngineer
7.  Yeoford                            AMLAG
8.  Cheltenham Racecourse     Adelante_CCT
9.  twixt Polsloe Bridge and Digby & Sowton    lympstone_commuter
10.  Cilmeri                           bignosemac
11.  Sandplace                      marky7890
12.  Hythe Pier railway           Ellendune
13.  Finsbury Park                  SandTEngineer
14.  Yeovil Junction                bignosemac
15.  Broadclyst                      AMLAG

That was fantastically interesting and fresh, THANK YOU, Phil ... perhaps we could persuade you to have a further look through your old picture in a couple of months time!

I really thought that BNM was going to get a taste of his own medicine with Cilmeri/Cilmery. Just goes to show that he will leave no tiny piece of ballast stone unturned in his quest to retain top spot among the quiz setters. Though I must say from one Phil to another, you ran him very very very close ! These picture quizzes are great, and i am sure that all the head scratchers out here ( makes a change to track bashers and buffer kissers) really do appreciate all the work that quiz setters put into them.

I must admit that I feel very ashamed that I did not get no.6.  A large part of my mis-spent youth was spent at that location.  My only excuse can be that in those days the buildings were complete and there was also track and trains present

My first (and so far only) picture quiz (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=10901.15) has been online for years and still two are unawswered (three actually, but I've forgotten where I took the other). I'll add a photographic clue in a moment to help folk get them.