4. Site of former Dundee Esplanade station looking back at the Tay Bridge from the Northern end.

14 Torquay Torre

B4 = Daniel Gooch,
D3 = Rev. Wilbert Awdry

oops.  Mixed up using letters for rows and number for columns! What I meant was:-

2D = Daniel Gooch,
4C = Rev. Wilbert Awdry

Probably disqualified by the 410 space car park!

There are plenty of other examples in the Peak District (some lit , other not):-
Ashbourne Tunnel (Tissington Trail - lit and complete with train sound effects!)
Swainsley Tunnel (Manifold Trail - narrow gauge and now shared with a road)
Chee Tor 1 & 2, Litton, Cressbrook and Headstone (Monsal Head) Tunnels (Monsal Trail)

From past experience I would advise booking Interrail tickets at
https://www.myinterrail.co.uk/
assuming that you are booking from with the UK^▸ (United Kingdom) of course.
The passes on are exactly the same as those offered by the .eu site, including the special offers when available.
The only difference is that the pass numbers have different prefix to denote that they are issued in the UK.

The reason for using the myinterrail site is that they have UK based contact points, including by 'phone, for enquires and most importantly, if you have any difficulties with the pass (e.g. incorrect details shown).  See https://www.myinterrail.co.uk/help/contact-us/

The .eu website however does not provide any  'phone contact and relies on a chatbot, a "community forum" or webpage forms.  See https://www.interrail.eu/en/support#contact-us
These can all be excruciatingly slow to respond as I found on one occasion when an error on an issued pass was only corrected on the afternoon before I was due to travel, despite having raised the issue several weeks beforehand!

The UK based "myinterrail" will not deal with enquiries relating to "interrail.eu" issued passes and vice-versa.

Dave

Hurst Castle, Hampshire, probably for moving munitions.

In fairness I only recognise the site thanks to a photo from TonyN who visited the castle a few weeks ago!

Dave

Slightly off-topic but very closely related:-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-essex-65653429

I can name 9 I think.
No. 4 is Meldon Viaduct (a close cousin of 5. )

Meanwhile, just across the channel:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqwasBTzZS8
(and incidentally not patch of Lycra and hardly a crash hat to been seen).

Likewise, and also https://railcam.uk/ although one has to be a subscriber to access the real-time maps and train information.

On board vending machines have been around for many years.  This is the second generation of SOB trains so fitted, and very smart they are!:-
https://railway-news.com/stadler-contract-flirt-traverso-trains/
Whether they'd be up to withstanding the rigours and demands of the Great British travelling public is possibly a debatable point though!

Trouble House Halt

Thank you. It's the result of many holidays and other visits to Switzerland exploring the country using Swiss Travel Passes https://swisstravelpass.com/
Whereas Interrail just covers trains, the Swiss Travel pass covers trains, boats, buses, trams & trolleybuses, cable cars & funiculars to almost anywhere there is habitation.  There are a few exceptions but they are few and far between. The pass also gives substantial discounts on cable cars,  funiculars and to many "tourist sites" such as mountains tops (although even then the prices can be eye-watering!).  If you want a break from travelling and viewing the magnificent scenery, the pass gives free access to many of the national museum sites and monuments. (p.s. I'm not on commission for the Swiss travel centre!)

As you probably already knew, or discovered in your travels, the Swiss Transport system is superbly well integrated with trains, buses, boats and other transport all timetabled to connect.  Even at small stations in the mountains it is quite usual to find a Postbus waiting to connect to nearby villages.  Our planners and politicians could learn a lot!


OK, from top to bottom then I'll guess:
- Strasbourg
- Basel SBB station frontage
- Luzern concourse area
- Olten - the "Crewe" of the Swiss railway network!
- Basel SBB concourse with the former booking office windows and those distinctive murals above
- Strasbourg
- Strasbourg again?
- Luzern
- Basel SBB in the very recently refurbished section adjacent to "French" wing of the station

Completely agreed!

I did wonder about Rapperswil with the pollarded trees but couldn't place it exactly.  I guess you were on one of the brand new copper-coloured Stadler Traverso units.

Looking at your most recent pictures from top to bottom:
- Luzern Hbf; looking remarkably quiet, even for that time of the morning!
- Bern Hbf;  Switzerland's architectural answer to Birmingham New Street!
- Kandersteg;  spare BLS "Brownie" and DVT^▸ (Driving Van Trailer (carriage) or Deep Vein Thrombosis, depending on context) for the car transporter shuttles through the original Lötschberg tunnel
- Brig standard gauge platforms after travelling over the "classic" Lötschberg route
- Brig MGB (Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn) platforms in the main station forecourt with a local train the Andermatt and an ominous warning on the departure board!
- On the MGB rack somewhere above Grengiols
- A postbus connecting with a train - could be almost any station in Switzerland :-).  This Fiesch though, and the bus is rather larger than usual for the location.  As shown in the notice at Brig, this is a bustitution around some engineering works (not unusual at this time of year in the lull between the summer and winter seasons).
- Oberwald, (as it says on the station signs) with the loading bays for the car transporter through the Furka base tunnel on the left.
- Blitzingen; a bit out of sequence but seen from the Ersatzbus between Oberwald and Fiesch
- Andermatt; seen a few minutes after leaving the station!  Climbing on the rack section up towards from Nätschen.
- Start of the top rack section (looking out of the back of the train) when climbing up to the summit of the Oberalp pass towards.  Note the distinctive double timber overhead masts due to the harsh weather conditions on the exposed length.
- Tschamut-Selva (looking back) on the descent of the Vorder-Rhein valley towards Disentis & Chur.
- Disentis/Mustér;  change of train from the MGB to the RhB (Rhätische Bahn)
- Chur; vintage railcar arriving from Arosa down the street running section!
- Chur; Platform 2 (in the station forecourt) with an Allegra unit waiting to depart for Arosa
- Upstairs on a Dosto unit between Chur and Zürich
- Zürich Hbf; changing trains.
- Luzern Hbf; busy as usual!  Arriving from Zürich.
- Luzern Hbf; station concourse on the escalator to the balcony level.
- Tasty looking snack!

I'll be over there again myself covering much so the same ground over Christmas and the New Year!

Dave