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« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2016, 10:43:57 »

5 is somewhere on the GE Main Line between Stratford and Shenfield as thats pre-MK1 OLE (Overhead Line Equipment, more often "OHLE"), but I have no idea exactly where..... Roll Eyes Tongue

Apart from that being hardly rural, I thought it was all tarted up by Furrer+Frey. Did they miss some bits?
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« Reply #16 on: November 14, 2016, 11:21:08 »

5 is somewhere on the GE Main Line between Stratford and Shenfield as thats pre-MK1 OLE (Overhead Line Equipment, more often "OHLE"), but I have no idea exactly where..... Roll Eyes Tongue

Apart from that being hardly rural, I thought it was all tarted up by Furrer+Frey. Did they miss some bits?
Looks to me as though it had been at some point in time as the original 'Inverted V' catenery support arms have been replaced by standard MK3 (or later) ones.
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« Reply #17 on: November 14, 2016, 11:21:30 »

9 I agree as hook of Holland. Aware graham used a Harwich ferry recently which goes to the Hook which further cemented my belief it's the Hook
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« Reply #18 on: November 14, 2016, 12:17:06 »

You're looking pretty much convinced beyond reasonable doubt on most of the pictures ... however there's one that still at the 'speculation' level.   Would it help you to have another picture taken on the same day's round trip from Melksham, last month, at a different place?

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« Reply #19 on: November 14, 2016, 13:01:47 »

You're looking pretty much convinced beyond reasonable doubt on most of the pictures ... however there's one that still at the 'speculation' level.   Would it help you to have another picture taken on the same day's round trip from Melksham, last month, at a different place?

I guess that's Southport, given that you reported going there. But no, not really.

PS: For avoidance of doubt, I meant no, it doesn't help.
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« Reply #20 on: November 14, 2016, 13:25:28 »

Huddersfield perchance?
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« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2016, 17:08:56 »

1. Glasgow Central
2. Oxford
3. Bristol Temple Meads
4. Taunton
5. Norton Bridge (from flyover to West Coast main line)
6. Salisbury
7. London Victoria
8. Osnabrocke
9. Hoek van Hollande Haven
10. Farnborough Main

And - yes - the bonus clue was Uddersfield.

Well done everyone - no great surprises in the answers above as you had pretty well deduced everything except 5, and you all knew you were guessing on that one!
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« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2016, 17:37:01 »

Salisbury was a fluke. I'd all but convinced myself it wasn't. Attempted cross referencing with other pictures and I couldn't find any of Salisbury with arched windows and door ways. So, for want of another guess, I plumped for Salisbury.
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« Reply #23 on: November 16, 2016, 17:42:25 »

Try this one - it's in the public domain:



I know - simply because I, too, was struggling to identify that one!  Wink Cheesy Grin

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« Reply #24 on: November 17, 2016, 11:40:23 »

I did get WCML (West Coast Main Line) for 5 so within 400 miles!
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