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Title: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: grahame on August 06, 2010, 18:32:13 (http://www.wellho.net/pix/where_a10_1.jpg)
(http://www.wellho.net/pix/where_a10_2.jpg) (http://www.wellho.net/pix/where_a10_3.jpg) (http://www.wellho.net/pix/where_a10_4.jpg) (http://www.wellho.net/pix/where_a10_5.jpg) I'll try to get back on to follow up as guesses get posted, but there's all sorts of things going on (away from the tracks and rail stuff) so please excuse me if the service isn't as crisp as usual. Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 06, 2010, 18:40:01 2. Kingswear.
Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: grahame on August 06, 2010, 18:43:34 2. Kingswear. Bit of a quandry there ... sort of. I should have asked "which stations were these pictures taken at" ... Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: Phil on August 06, 2010, 18:44:42 Is the first one Salisbury by any chance?
Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 06, 2010, 18:50:51 2. Kingswear. Bit of a quandry there ... sort of. I should have asked "which stations were these pictures taken at" ... Yes, you should! ;) :D ;D It's Kingswear, across the River Dart, but taken at Dartmouth. (There's nothing worse that a pedantic administrator ... ::) ) Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: grahame on August 06, 2010, 19:00:39 (There's nothing worse that a pedantic administrator ... ::) ) Picture was taken in Dartmouth Station. > There's nothing worse that a pedantic administrator ... Hmmm ... I think I prefer a pedantic admin to getting someone else's gum stuck to the bottom of my shoes, but I guess there's no accounting for taste ;) Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 06, 2010, 19:34:44 Thanks, grahame! ;D
Actually, on a slightly more serious note: Dartmouth Station is quite interesting, for various rather odd reasons: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_railway_station :) Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: JayMac on August 06, 2010, 19:51:25 No 5. Paignton. The terminus of the Dartmouth Steam Railway.
Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: grahame on August 06, 2010, 19:56:54 No. 5, yes, is Paignton
No. 1, sorry - not Salisbury And Dartmouth Station is indeed interesting. Can anyone tell me when a train last called there? Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: Timmer on August 06, 2010, 20:00:21 Seriously number 1 Taunton?
Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: JayMac on August 06, 2010, 20:47:03 And Dartmouth Station is indeed interesting. Can anyone tell me when a train last called there? Um.... never? Plenty of connecting ferries though! Up until 30th December 1972, according to Wikipedia. The passenger ferry now calls at a pontoon further down river. Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: grahame on August 06, 2010, 20:53:10 "Never" and "Taunton" ... both correct. I make it (3) and (4) to go.
Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 06, 2010, 21:00:34 4. Westbury.
Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: grahame on August 06, 2010, 21:05:26 4. Westbury. Correct ... and I expected (3) to go very easily but it's the last one left! Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: devon_metro on August 06, 2010, 21:10:51 3 is Newton Abbot, however I should add that I knew all 5 ;)
Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: devon_metro on August 06, 2010, 21:13:18 And Dartmouth Station is indeed interesting. Can anyone tell me when a train last called there? Um.... never? Plenty of connecting ferries though! Up until 30th December 1972, according to Wikipedia. The passenger ferry now calls at a pontoon further down river. The foot passenger ferry still goes from the pontoon just near to the grockel fest that is 'Dartmouth' station. Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: grahame on August 06, 2010, 21:59:12 3 is Newton Abbot, however I should add that I knew all 5 ;) It is indeed ... yes - I were "down your way!" ... Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: JayMac on August 07, 2010, 02:45:13 And Dartmouth Station is indeed interesting. Can anyone tell me when a train last called there? Um.... never? Plenty of connecting ferries though! Up until 30th December 1972, according to Wikipedia. The passenger ferry now calls at a pontoon further down river. The foot passenger ferry still goes from the pontoon just near to the grockel fest that is 'Dartmouth' station. I stand corrected ;). 'grockel fest' is a bit strong though. I had a cracking cream tea in 'Dartmouth Station' last year. Oh, hang on, we were visiting, so I guess that did mean we were grockles (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/page/192). I have, however, never worn a knotted handkerchief on my head! Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: devon_metro on August 07, 2010, 10:01:01 You'll soon become bitter to grockels when you sit in endless traffic jams and work in the tourist trade ;)
Title: Re: Five pictures - which stations? Post by: super tm on August 07, 2010, 10:26:52 You'll soon become bitter to grockels when you sit in endless traffic jams and work in the tourist trade ;) Thats not very nice. You work in the tourist trade so if the grockels stop coming you would be out of a job ! 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 |