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inspector_blakey
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« on: June 20, 2012, 22:58:10 »
Just been perusing Amtrak's North East Corridor on-board magazine - there's an article about sleeping (no, really) which is illustrated with a library photo of TIRED COMMUTERS in an old-style FGW▸ (First Great Western) first-class mark 3 (sans antimacassars) before those interiors were AXED.

Just to prove I'm not making this up...
http://www.arrive-digital.com/arrive/20120506#pg32
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« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2012, 09:39:36 »
I suppose tha makes up for apicture in teh GW» (Great Western - used as an abbreviation for the area / lines under the Great Western franchise, as opposed to FGW which includes "First", the company operating them too. For tickets - about) on-board magazine of a Southern Pacific.

Not a Merchant or WC▸ (Wiltshire Council (Unitary Authority)), which would have been bad enough in GW magazine but Southern of the USA.

The perils of clip art.
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« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2012, 17:06:33 »
On a similar theme, I was waiting to catch a Washington DC▸ (Direct Current) Metro train at Fort Totten station over the weekend: visible from the platform is a new housing development which has various big promotional posters displayed. One of these was highlighting its proximity to the WMATA Metro (and possibly MARC train as well) rail services, and was illustrated with...wait for it...a picture of an FGW▸ (First Great Western) HST▸ (High Speed Train) at Paddington!
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« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2012, 17:08:52 »
And where the Sussex is that?

Interesting picture - but I don't think it's in Sussex?

http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/story-16446791-detail/story.html?

I stand open to correction, but the lack of 3rd Rail bothers me.
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« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2012, 22:07:27 »
You may very well be right - I also have a bit of a hunch that it may even be track from outside the UK▸ (United Kingdom), although I'm not really sure why...
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« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2012, 17:23:21 »
Quote from: inspector_blakey on June 25, 2012, 22:07:27
You may very well be right - I also have a bit of a hunch that it may even be track from outside the UK▸ (United Kingdom), although I'm not really sure why...

Definitely the UK. The weeds are the giveaway....  Wink Grin
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« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2012, 00:17:46 »
Hmm.  Roll Eyes

It seems to be a generic (and apparently not copyright) image: a google search brings up examples of exactly the same image being used on a few Spanish and various other European websites - all non-specific illustrations for some vaguely railway-related articles / blogs.  Tongue
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« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2012, 07:19:14 »
Quote from: chris from nailsea on June 29, 2012, 00:17:46
Hmm.  Roll Eyes

It seems to be a generic (and apparently not copyright) image: a google search brings up examples of exactly the same image being used on a few Spanish and various other European websites - all non-specific illustrations for some vaguely railway-related articles / blogs.  Tongue

Thanks, Chris ...  I hadn't done such a search.   One of my favourite image-finding websites is Tineye (http://www.tineye.com/) and that lead me to the same image in Perth, Western Australia - http://www.pbc.wa.edu.au/courses/ .

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