Advent quiz 2019

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[grahame]

Kirkby Stephen signal box end .

Or ... Kirkby Stephen West. south end

[Clan Line]

Saturday, 1st December 2018 - the Coffee Shop Advent Quiz.

1.1 - Where was this picture taken?

1.2 - And in which year?

Checked back - 1970.  And many thanks to SandTEngineer for the use of this picture, and others which will be sprinkled through up to Christmas.  Some very interesting pictures indeed coming up ...

Many thanks for that, have often wondered when that bridge last saw a paintbrush, or maintenance of any kind - now I know !

[grahame]

Many thanks for that, have often wondered when that bridge last saw a paintbrush, or maintenance of any kind - now I know !

The bridge has weight limits on it these days - with a series concern that one day it might be damaged when a heavy that shouldn't goes over it.  With the West Wilts Trading Estate to the north and the roads to ports (Southampton, Portsmouth, Poole) to the south it's very tempting to lorry drivers who's licenses aren't on the Swansea database for an easy penalty.   The D1 bus wriggles around through Slag Lane (no, not where your find the slags - the name has a different origin) ... and the lorries get sent all the way up to North Bradley.

[bradshaw]

Slag Lane - Throw back to the days of Westbury Iron Works I presume

[grahame]

Monday 3rd December 2018 - the Coffee Shop Advent Quiz.

3.1 - Where was this picture taken?

3.2 - And in which year?

3.3 Where was this picture taken?

[martyjon]

3.1 Black Dog Halt on the former Chippenham to Calne line ?

[grahame]

3.1 Black Dog Halt on the former Chippenham to Calne line ?

That would be so much "me" but, no, it isn't.

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/black_dog_halt/

[martyjon]

So my guess of 3.1 was wrong so I'll go for 3.3 as Salisbury.

[grahame]

So my guess of 3.1 was wrong so I'll go for 3.3 as Salisbury.

And that's correct ...

[grahame]

So my guess of 3.1 was wrong so I'll go for 3.3 as Salisbury.

And that's correct ...

The train is 1F30 - the 17:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central - pictured at 18:45 on 9th October 2018 (so running about 5 late). I was surprised to see a 150/1 turn up - especially in its own. Busy but enough capacity at that time of the evening for my run up to Westbury.

[grahame]

Monday 3rd December 2018 - the Coffee Shop Advent Quiz.

3.1 - Where was this picture taken?

3.2 - And in which year?

Bump ... is it really that hard?

I guess it is ... hundreds of little stations must have looked like that, most (including this one) gone.  To help, here is a picture taken a short distance up the trackbed earlier this month.

[chuffed]

Cross Hands halt ?

[grahame]

Cross Hands halt ?

So, so close .. next halt up that trackbed. (yes, my very recent picture is very close to Cross Hands)

[bradshaw]

New Passage Halt

[chuffed]

If you look REALLY hard at the name board you can just make it out. I am going to guess 1961