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« Reply #90 on: August 27, 2018, 18:36:49 »

No.18 River Tavy Bridge on the Gunnislake branch (looking out to the river Tamar).

It is ... let's tell you the difficult overseas one ones:
17: Kilbarrack
19: Vincent Grande / Acton

move on to ...

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« Reply #91 on: August 27, 2018, 20:00:52 »

20 is Copplestone.
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« Reply #92 on: August 27, 2018, 20:39:11 »

20 is Copplestone.

Looks too busy for there. Was thinking London Waterloo or Birmingham New Street?
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« Reply #93 on: August 27, 2018, 20:46:47 »

20 is Copplestone.

Looks too busy for there. Was thinking London Waterloo or Birmingham New Street?

It actually IS Copplestone ... until you go on a train and stop there you don't realise!

Oh - this will be a tough one.    I'll give you two with a link

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« Reply #94 on: August 27, 2018, 20:55:44 »

No. 21. Well the first one is obvious cos its on the nameboard: NJPAC Center Street on the Newark Light Rail system in Downtown Newark, New Jersey.
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« Reply #95 on: August 27, 2018, 21:04:26 »

No. 21. Well the first one is obvious cos its on the nameboard: NJPAC Center Street on the Newark Light Rail system in Downtown Newark, New Jersey.

OOOOooooops

So the second one is ....
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« Reply #96 on: August 27, 2018, 21:07:36 »

....it must be Newark Northgate....(UK (United Kingdom)) that is....
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« Reply #97 on: August 27, 2018, 21:11:04 »

....it must be Newark Northgate....(UK (United Kingdom)) that is....

It is!!

Ah - another easy one.   I have a handful more before the bank holiday ends

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« Reply #98 on: August 28, 2018, 06:25:17 »

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Tuesday morning, back to work ... at Cambridge North.  Hope you enjoyed the Bank Holiday Bonanza!
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« Reply #99 on: August 28, 2018, 09:46:23 »

Yes, Grahame.  Thanks for posting that QUIZ....Spent far too much time over the weekend racking my brain.  It needs a rest now  Grin
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« Reply #100 on: August 28, 2018, 15:17:51 »

4. Warminster (sorry Grahame, the shunt signal number gave it away)......

But only an S and T Engineer ...

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« Reply #101 on: August 28, 2018, 15:52:21 »

Brean Down

Sorry - that was Imber on Salisbury Plain ... I think the original answer has got lost in a flurry of other pictures!
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« Reply #102 on: August 29, 2018, 10:35:28 »

Brean Down

Sorry - that was Imber on Salisbury Plain ... I think the original answer has got lost in a flurry of other pictures!

Ahh, thought it was like this

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« Reply #103 on: August 29, 2018, 10:37:48 »

Brean Down

Sorry - that was Imber on Salisbury Plain ... I think the original answer has got lost in a flurry of other pictures!

Ahh, thought it was like this


I hadn't seen that before ... very interesting!   Thank you.
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« Reply #104 on: August 29, 2018, 11:02:48 »

Is that Brean Down? Fascinating walk around there a year ago.
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