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« Reply #45 on: August 25, 2018, 20:44:16 »

Google Earth would seem to confirm Tipperary
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« Reply #46 on: August 25, 2018, 21:03:53 »

Just as well as it's a long way to go and check.
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« Reply #47 on: August 25, 2018, 23:49:19 »

No.11 - Tipperary (I think Huh)

Google Earth would seem to confirm Tipperary

I did say it was a long way  Grin

Perhaps closer to home:

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« Reply #48 on: August 26, 2018, 00:26:09 »

Well, it's Weymouth, obviously.
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« Reply #49 on: August 26, 2018, 05:07:01 »

Well, it's Weymouth, obviously.

Obvious to you  Grin Grin

This one may be a little trickier!

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« Reply #50 on: August 26, 2018, 05:18:39 »

Well, it's Weymouth, obviously.
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Would it be Canada by any chance.
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« Reply #51 on: August 26, 2018, 05:52:19 »

It's a Metrolink station. Southern California Metrolink that is, not trams in Manchester!

I'd say a terminus station judging by the unhitched locomotive.

Lancaster, Los Angeles County?
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« Reply #52 on: August 26, 2018, 06:30:58 »

It's a Metrolink station. Southern California Metrolink that is, not trams in Manchester!

I'd say a terminus station judging by the unhitched locomotive.

Lancaster, Los Angeles County?

Yes, Lancaster.   What looks like the unhitched loco is on the end of another complete train ... Sunday at the outer end of the commuter run, and spares parked up in the station

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« Reply #53 on: August 26, 2018, 07:54:13 »

14 is NOT part of Bristols Gromit Unleashed 2 trail but you can sit next to Long John Wallace on his bench at the head of Cascade Steps on The City Centre.
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« Reply #54 on: August 26, 2018, 09:24:30 »

One thing I did notice this year as also did my nephew was there seemed to be more tank hulks on the horizons and across the valleys this year or was it the army had uncamouflaged some more distanced tanks just for this years event. 

If anything, the number of tanks has decreased of late. Several that were very close to the road have been removed - they were probably deemed to be too attractive to those who thought that the warning signs didn't apply to them ! I think that those across the valley (RHS going to Imber from Warminster) were just more visible because of the dry weather's effects on the vegetation - old photos would seem to support that.

Attached is the "classic" Imber Bus photo showing one of the hulks that used to be at the roadside - taken 2012.
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« Reply #55 on: August 26, 2018, 12:12:18 »

Well, it's Weymouth, obviously.
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Would it be Canada by any chance.

I thought it was Pilning. Nevermind!
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« Reply #56 on: August 26, 2018, 12:15:36 »

Well, it's Weymouth, obviously.
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Would it be Canada by any chance.

I thought it was Pilning. Nevermind!

Yes I can see why you might have. There are no passengers waiting on the platform.  Angry
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« Reply #57 on: August 26, 2018, 12:42:48 »

Pilning yesterday afternoon service 15:34  1 off 4 and a bike on .
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« Reply #58 on: August 26, 2018, 12:52:47 »

Pilning yesterday afternoon service 15:34  1 off 4 and a bike on .

If you're not careful you're going to be out of the "least used stations" list ...  Grin

Still looking for this lady, who I photographed a couple of hundred yards from a GWR (Great Western Railway) station in a town that was crawling with enthusiasts and enthusiastic rail people on the morning I was there, even though no trains were running at the time.

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« Reply #59 on: August 26, 2018, 14:15:14 »

Caldecott I think.
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