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Title: Where was I today? Post by: Phil on September 09, 2009, 19:37:16 (http://www.terrascope.co.uk/images/090920090261.jpg)
Can anyone identify this? I confess I stumbled across it entirely by accident - I didn't even know it existed until today. The "siding" in the foreground forms part of a bizarre turntable kind of affair, which I also took a snapshot of (available on demand). Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: Btline on September 09, 2009, 19:43:59 Didcot railway centre?
Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: Timmer on September 09, 2009, 21:30:20 complete shot in the dark Oakhill Manor? (went there as a kid so it was along time ago!)
Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: Phil on September 09, 2009, 21:34:33 No to both, sorry.
It's in FGW territory, if that's any help. Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 09, 2009, 21:36:54 Maidenhead ... Crossrail?
C. ;D ;D ;D Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: grahame on September 09, 2009, 21:48:43 Coate Water, Swindon, or LaFarge, Westbury?
Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: Phil on September 09, 2009, 22:11:52 No :D, no and no. This is more difficult than I expected it to be!
Here's a picture of the strange turntable affair mentioned above. Basically, the bit in the middle rotates around to feed the 9 or 10 tracks in green, which are at around waist height. In the background you can see a length of green track on wheels. This moves sideways to align with the main line - however it doesn't actually connect to it as far as I can make out! Presumably a giant "Hand of God" then reaches down and lifts the locomotive or rolling stock onto the track, which must be rather disconcerting for any passengers. (http://www.terrascope.co.uk/images/090920090271.jpg) Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: devon_metro on September 09, 2009, 22:18:59 Cricket St Thomas?
Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: Mookiemoo on September 09, 2009, 22:22:25 Legoland!
Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: moonrakerz on September 10, 2009, 11:28:27 Longleat ?
Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: Phil on September 10, 2009, 15:27:59 No, to both - I'll give it a couple more hours and one more clue - it's in Hampshire (but as I say, still in FGW territory)
Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: Mookiemoo on September 10, 2009, 15:46:03 Either Beauliea or Eastleigh rail thingy wotsits
No idea what they are called but the mother-out-law lives down there and I remember her wittering about going on mini trains at both Beauliea and Easleigh one year Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: moonrakerz on September 10, 2009, 16:45:30 Exbury ?
Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: Tim on September 10, 2009, 16:56:07 bankside garden centre?
Title: Re: Where was I today? Post by: Phil on September 10, 2009, 17:06:28 No, it's at (of all places) Basingstoke.
Here's a link to their website: http://www.basingstoke-dmes.co.uk/ Take a look at their gallery pages, which (quote) "displays B&DMES at its best, with genuine action photographs taken over the past year" (as opposed to my photos of inaction taken yesterday when I happened to find myself in the car park, which doubles up as a craft centre) 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 |