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« on: November 13, 2016, 20:48:48 »

Would anyone be brave enough to take a guess at ALL of these ... then others chip in and agree or disagree?   Bit of an experiment ... unless it gets silly I'll jump in tomorrow some time ... with confirmations if you're pretty sure between you by then

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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2016, 21:45:35 »

Hmmm ...

I can name one - and it isn't Taunton.  Wink Cheesy Grin

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« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2016, 21:51:24 »

Hmmmmmm ...

On second thoughts, I can name two - and one of them is Taunton.  Roll Eyes Shocked Embarrassed
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« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2016, 21:54:05 »

Hmmmmmm ...

On second thoughts, I can name two - and one of them is Taunton.  Roll Eyes Shocked Embarrassed

That's a relief; the mere thought of a quiz without Taunton does not bear thinking about
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« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2016, 22:08:39 »

1. Glasgow Central
2. Oxford
3. Bristol Temple Meads
4. Taunton
5. Cambridge
6. Salisbury
7. London Liverpool Street
8. Germany
9. The Netherlands
10. Farnborough Main
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« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2016, 22:22:24 »

That's a relief; the mere thought of a quiz without Taunton does not bear thinking about

That's exactly why I had second thoughts.  Roll Eyes Wink Grin

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« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2016, 23:37:20 »

9 is Hoek Van Holland.
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« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2016, 01:16:44 »

I'll take a guess that 8 is Osnabrück Hbf - the upper station; is that the Haupthauptbahnhof?
(And, at the risk of being thought pedantic, 9 is Hoek Van Holland Haven.)
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« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2016, 01:29:56 »

7 - London Victoria.
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« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2016, 03:06:50 »

7 - London Victoria.

I think Liverpool Street
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« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2016, 07:19:42 »

Huge thank you to bignosemac for starting us off with a superb set of good answers ... and admiration for everyone else's knowledge. Almost everywhere has been correctly identified already ...
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« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2016, 10:08:32 »

7 - London Victoria.

I think Liverpool Street

And I'd vote that it is Victoria.

The one that looks unconvincing to me is no. 65 - there's no plain 4-track line near Cambridge. Without a guide to OLE (Overhead Line Equipment, more often "OHLE") varieties (did Ian Allan ever produce one?) I'd say it was WCML (West Coast Main Line). So, where in those parts (and there's lots of them) has Graham been that we know of?
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« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2016, 10:16:10 »

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
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« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2016, 10:17:25 »

I now concur that 7 is London Victoria.
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« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2016, 10:21:21 »

I'd add my vote for 7 being Victoria.

Osnabruck HBf is both high and low level. In the sixties the through trains from Hook of Holland to  used to take the link from the low level to high and swap locos for an 01 10 pacific for the run to Hamburg. Real steam action and on a free pass!

For 9 WCML (West Coast Main Line) around Milton Keynes. Although agree could be GEML (Great Eastern Main Line) but seems to countrified,
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