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There's a new series of images at the top of the pages on this site ... how many can you place, or tell me what they are and why you think they may be relevant.   All are pictures I took, the majority in the last few months.

P.S. If you click on an image ... you'll get a larger copy in a new window

Ticket office queue at Bristol Temple Meads:

(http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/tima35.jpg)

Blimey, grahame - how many of these pictures are there??  :o

Chippenham:

(http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/tima04.jpg)

Hmm.  By checking all of these images, I reckon there are 60 :o - and I have positively identified about 20 of them, with 7 more which I'd have a rather more tenuous stab at. ::)

For example, this is 43034 'TravelWatch SouthWest' - but I don't know where?

(http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/tima56.jpg)

Is there any way for non admins to actually SEE these pictures without having to stay on coffeeshop 24/7 - some of us do have a life (joke) !

Note - I'm sure I won't get anyof them right since I don't live or travel (often) down that way but at least give me a chance of seeing how wrong I can be!

(http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/tima22.jpg)

Quite a creepy looking dog if you ask me :P

I'd guess at Staffie crossed with greyhound.

No "special concessions" to admins or moderators - no, there was no way that anyone could see them all at the same time.   They come up randomly.  I wasn't feeling very bright yesterday afternoon, so I undertook a somewhat mindess but fun couple of hours going though the memory card on my camera and taking the opportunity to provide a really wide range (60) pictures for the top of the site so we don't keep seeing the same old thing for a month or two.

There's a proportion that's off the TransWilts - I often connect to all sorts of places. So there are one or two that might be recognisable to you.  ;)   ... and if you want to see them all, I have just added a page at

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty

Where you can see them all, and I will come back and keep a tally of identified pictures too.

There are indeed 60 ... and, yes, that is "TravelWatch SouthWest" (how on earth did you work that out?  :D ).   Your other posts of Chippenham and Temple Meads are correct, and with the link I've just added in to http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty you'll be able to see them all more easily (and in some cases, in something of a sequence) so that will let you confirm your thoughts on the other 27 ...

Ah ... you will want to read ...

http://www.wellho.net/mouth/2499_ourdog-is-Greyhound-Staffie-and-Ginger-Cake.html

(http://www.wellho.net/pix/gypsy001.jpg)

(http://www.wellho.net/pix/mouthontop.jpg)

and more at

http://www.doggysnaps.com/kennels/grahame/gypsy/?Action=ViewAll

(http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/tima48.jpg)

A part of the Stapleton Road mural.

Oh...... Wot no Somerset county town in the selection? (at least that I can see!)

Westbury

That'd be Westbury

Damn you Timmer....beaten by 3 minutes  :P ;) ;D

(http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/tima31.jpg)

A gaggle of happy passengers waiting to board an overcrowded Cardiff-Pompey service at Bristol Temple Meads?

Well bignosemac if it gives you any comfort I wouldn't have been able to say what breed Graham and Lisa's dog is who enjoys travelling by train it would appear:
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=4860.15

(http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/tima14.jpg)Trowbridge, as is 15, 16 and 17.  Relevance is the launch of TransWilts Community Rail Partnership?

(http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/tima36.jpg)I'd hazard a guess at Oldfield Park.

A good range of correct answers there (these are not designed to be tough) ...

Trowbridge, Westbury, Stapleton Road, Oldfield Park and Bristol Temple Meads.  I have updated the page that shows all of the images to include the answers to those that have already been guessed at thsi stage, and will do a further update this evening. The dog wants to go out for a walk and ride  ;)

Common link - yes - TransWilts and connections, some distant, thereoff.  Did you know that as well as a lot of journeys withing the line, we get some long distance traffic / connecing people too?   The connection onto the Weymouth line at Westbury should be far better than it is (in some ways that could be our logical route), and we get all sorts of journeys like Swindon to St Austell, Chippenham to Chichester,  and Melksham to Norbury!

01 would be Warminster!

On the contrary: there is a Taunton picture!  ;D



Actually, I thought remembering TravelWatch SouthWest is power car 43034 was rather good for me - I'm hopeless at numbers!  :-[ ::)

21 flushes the toilet!

34 is the queue for the TVMs at Bristol TM, overlooking the queue for the ticket windows.

41, 42 and 43 are a Class 150.

I agree - Santa Special, perhaps?

20 is Melksham Station.  And 18 is Melksham - but not the station!  ;D

5 is Melksham again!

15 Trowbridge

03 = Chippenham, looks like a particular person I know is walking down the stairs too.
10 = TWSW Meeting
25 = Swindon
26 = Swindon
not sure on 27, Oxford maybe?

Agreed: moderator alert!  ;D

And 47 is Melksham, I think?  ::)

A lot of correct answers there ... I have updated the page showing all of the pictures at

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/

to include the definite correct and complete answers. 

Of note ... not 5 was *not* taken in Melksham  ;D  and for no. 10 you've just given the name of the event - can you name the location where it was and the speaker too?

Overall ... you're doing well on these!

Really trying to figure out where 27 is..really thought it would be Oxford :(

Thanks, grahame!  ;D

Having had moderate success so far, I'll now offer the following suggestions, if I may?

02 is Warminster

05 was taken at Chippenham - a picture of the entire Melksham service, from the timetable there?

06, 07 and 08 are Chippenham

10 _(cough) I'll leave others to describe in more detail  ;)

37, 39, 44 and 45 are Melksham  ;)

54 - I've driven under that bridge, but I'm darned if I can remember where it is!  :-[

It is, Ollie.  You weren't sure about it earlier, so I left it for others to chip in.  I'm conscious that our North Cotswolds and Welsh Marches members don't have much in their area in this series, so was hoping that one or two of them might contribute.

Chris - all of yours are correct, and I have updated the "answer sheet" to show them.   It's now standing at 34 guessed, and 26 to go. Some are very easy if you note that pictures come in batches ... others are going to be rather tricky, and there are a couple that I know I will need to explain.

All pictures, and up to date (at present) list of places / scenes identified to far at:
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/

Yesterday, I visited three locations from where my picture collection was either light or out of date, and I've added 10 images onto the end of the sequence.  I wasn't far from home (so sorry - Cookham, Cornwall, Colwall - nothing that you'll identify in your areas!), but one of the locations may give pause for thought  ;)

I'd hazard a guess that 11 is Chippenham, 13 Trowbridge and 24 Swindon.

28 might be Didcot, but I confess that's a long shot.

55 and 60 are both Westbury. I think 67 might be too.

59 is Dilton Marsh

68 and 69 are Devizes

Oh and 46 is Corsham

Good call on all of those, Phil ... yes, 28 is indeed Didcot.  I had thought that the Devizes ones and Corsham might "stick" ... but they didn't.   There are still some very interesting ones (and some I think are easy!) there.

09 - Frome?
49 - Brockenhurst (unless Taunton's acquired a third rail and blue/grey 3CIG...)
58 - Soton Central?

No, Yes and Yes  :D

9 Looks like the Bristol bound platform at Chippenham, presumably all of the punters awaiting a Transwilts service  ;)

It is indeed the Bristol-bound platform at Chippenham.  Some of the punters had just come up from the TransWilts direction and were catching a train to Bristol and beyond.   Not sure how many, but certainly car park surveys at Chippenham station show this sort of use of "Chippenham Parkway" to be quite common!

I think 30, 32 and 33 are all variations on the theme of 31 - crowding on Portsmouth / Southampton services?

60 is most definately Frome :)

Edit... I ment 66 :)

00 I would say is Chippenham, Bus Stop on the station forecourt.

52 - 53 I would hazard a guess are Salisbury...??

I know some of the others too but I won't post them just yet, i'll let others guess first :)

I hadn't even noticed 00 didn't have a caption! It's definitely Chippenham.

61, 62, 63, 64 and 65 all look like Westbury to me.

Confirming:

00 - Chippenham
30 to 33 - Portsmouth to Cardiff crowds
52 and 53 - Salisbury
61 - Westbury (but NOT all pictures up to 65 are Westbury!)
66 - Frome

64 - 65 is also Frome :)

I am highly tempted to say that 63 is also Frome - But I can't quite see the 4 Aspect signal in the picture ???

62 I would agree with Phil is Westbury... The classic park a 150 out of the way manouver ;D

40 I would say is most definately Melksham.

and I'm going out a mile here... But I'd say that 19 is Clapham Junction ;)

40 isn't Melksham, trout mate - Melksham's single track at the moment. It's possibly Trowbridge but I'm only guessing, I admit.

50 and 51 - I'm pretty sure I've been to both these places before and I'm pretty certain they're both in Hampshire, but can't think exactly where they are.

DOn't know how I didn't spot it before, but 29 is Didcot Parkway, specifically standing on Platform 3 looking towards Oxford where I have spent many cold, windswept hours waiting for connecting trains!

54 is I think the bridge on the A420 north of Swindon on the way to Oxford, can't remember the place name for sure...Shrivenham maybe?

And it's a bit of a long shot, but could 19 be Taunton?

Ah... and on looking at the picture again, i can see it's double track... lol!! thanks :)

I would agree with you, i'm 97% sure it's Trowbridge ;)

Some good "spots" there ... 19 is indeed Clapham Junction (not Taunton), 29 is Didcot (yes, I have spent cold hours there too - oh for a through service from The West to Oxford!), and the snow scene is Trowbridge.    The unit parked off at the side is frustratingly waiting to run the evening-only TransWilts Sunday service; yes, pictured at Westbury.  And there are indeed pictures at Shrivenham and Frome too.

Pictures 50 and 51 ... sorry, not Hampshire, and there are still 4 more to guess.  One or two are impractical - could have been taken anywhere - but there's still a bit of mileage in 3 or 4 of the pictures.

Hmm.  I'm resorting to some rather more 'wild stab in the dark' suggestions, now:

12 = Melksham?

38 = Chippenham - Core Strategy Consultation?

57 = Kemble ?

Aww thetrout beat me before I got home, extra points by saying a colleague tells me it is taken from Platform 9 at Clapham Junction?

only 12 correct completely, I'm afraid.  38 was a core consultation (arranged by a community group not The Council) but elsewhere. But that really only leaves 50, 51 and 58  which are practically guessable and still open.

I'm hazarding another guess...

I'd say that 57 is Southampton Central...

But only a guess... I could be completely wrong... But I'm 99% sure it's on the Cardiff - Portsmouth Line :)

Is 51 one of the Thames Valley branch lines? Looks familiar from the footage of car drivers chancing it!

57 isn't Southampton.   51 is indeed somewhere in the Thames Valley - but where  ;)

51 - Langford Lane LC on the Oxford-Bicester Town line?

I'm afraid it's not between Oxford and Bicester Town - but this is the warmest guess so far

Okay then.... a bit further down the same line on the (currently) freight only section. Launton?

Yes - you're right.  The line is currently used only by waste trains headed up to Calvert afaik.

These are the remaining 4 that have no location against them ...  I think there's probably someone out there who can identify the last two ...

(http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/tima23.jpg) - 23

(http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/tima38.jpg) - 38

(http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/tima50.jpg) - 50

(http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/sixty/tima57.jpg) - 57

 I think there's probably someone out there who can identify the last two ... the first one I tink I took in Melksham  ;) and trhe second one - numbered "38" was taken in Melksham Town Hall on the day in January that the Community Area Partnership ran a consultation excersize.

So ... 50?   57?

57: A 158 and I can see a third rail, so it is south of Southampton.  My initial thought was Fareham (by the design of the roof).  I keep coming back to thinking of this as being Platform 2 at Fareham, overlooking the train sat at Platform 3.  This fits in with the Ladies being in the correct place!  But I can't see the bridge - perhaps this photo was taken before it was built?

57 definitely Fareham, the background detail to the immediate right of the cab is helpful too I think.  But taken prior to the new footbridge installation, so some time before early 2009, by which time the lift shafts were going up...

Just a wild guess, but could the overgrown crossing also be on the Bicester - Bletchley line, beyond Claydon?? junction?

Paul

Yes, Fareham (one of the very few older pictures) and Claydon - see how the shrubs have grown around that fence which is visible in the last picture

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/c/claydon/index.shtml

But we don't actually know where 21, 22, 23 or 30 were taken either!

I think we should be told precise locations otherwise the whole competition has to be deemed null and void.

First two between Chippenham and Swindon ... third one in Melksham, fourth one around Freshford

So where was the Taunton pic? Was it the TW-SW meeting?

Apparently "between Exeter and Reading" - I'm going to remember the model answers given above for the next quiz! ha ha!

Ah ... I think the Taunton-every-time thing has worn a bit thin, but that neeting was indeed there.

I case your suffering from TWS (Taunton Withdrawl Symptoms) here are pictures of two different stations in that town:

(http://www.wellho.net/pix/tauz.jpg)

(http://www.wellho.net/pix/tauy.jpg)

Perhaps rather sadly, I've just seen that picture appear, yet again, in the top right corner of my screen - and I know the answer: Taunton, Mark Hopwood (TravelWatch SouthWest).  ;D