A challenge

[whole diary]

[swlines]

Yep, although technically its the up platform AFAIK^▸ (as far as I know)! (former London platform).

If anyone is interested, I might be able to do a sort of daily quiz where people guess and I only give out the answer the next day? Submissions would be welcome if I did that though.

[grahame]

If anyone is interested, I might be able to do a sort of daily quiz where people guess and I only give out the answer the next day? Submissions would be welcome if I did that though.

Nice thought, thanks, Tom ... but I wonder if it might be fresher to make it more occasional (and this will allow you to have "off days" too when you're stuck in a blizzard on the Penzance sleeper diverted via the Golden valley in August ... (replace my choice of delay, train, route and month with your own  )

[devon_metro]

Its definatly on the Swanage Rly 

[Conner]

Its definatly on the Swanage Rly 

I should have known that, I went there a couple of weeks ago.

[Karl]

Morning

Just wondering if the "Coffee Shop" was still
serving 'A Challenge'?  I am missing my railway
brain teasser!

Regards

Karl.
 

[swlines]

Here you go, have a pig: (Challenge 1)



(Challenge 2)

[grahame]

Yep, they're both pigs, all right.  I'm so glad you have said that I'm not allowed to take part in these challenges as I don't know these two - apart from xxxxxxxxxxxx and yyyyyyyyy 

Here are another couple - shall we call them "Challenge 3" and "Challenge 4" so that people can answer them all at once?

[swlines]

Oh oh oh let me guess the 4th one....

Oh, it's only Melksham .... 

PM me your answers to mine though Graham...

[grahame]

Morning

Just wondering if the "Coffee Shop" was still
serving 'A Challenge'?  I am missing my railway
brain teasser!

Regards

Karl.
 

Looks like you're down to (1) (2) and (3) Karl ... as I said a few minutes ago, I don't know (1) and (2) but there are what look like some good clues in there which I won't spoil!

[Conner]

(3) Your model railway Graham and Melksham station on it.

Late note added by Graham.  In reviewing posts, I note I hadn't folowed up on this one; rather than do so out of place at the end of the threat, I'll do so here.  Correct - it's a model railway. Not mine, and in fact I don't have a model railway nor work on anyone else's.  And it's a model of a location in Wales, rather than the place Conner guessed.

[Karl]

Evening

OK, I meant pictures with some sort of a clue in
them (as per Havent e.t.c), plus a real railway
not anybodies model railway.  I'm not even going
to bother with the second one, because it could
be anywhere on the Southern; probably only seen
by regulars and train crew.  I live c5 hours away
from any third rail.

The first which you rigtly say has a Pig in it
again hardly any hint of clues, but I think from
what picture we have it looks to be single track.
So from that basis with a Pig, I'm going to give
a few ideas of where it could be or between:
Eastleigh to Romsey, Botley to Fareham or a wild
stab at the Lymington branch or Alton.  This going
from an old Bradford-Barton pocket guide which at
the time this was printed were single track.  But
as said there isn't really any clues in them to be
bluntly honest; sorry!

And I have never had the pleasure of travelling on
one of the Pigs.

I agree with coments already posted for pictures
three and four.

Regards

Karl. 

[swlines]

I'll expand number 2 a bit further up when I find the picture.

[Conner]

Well I am going to say Number 1 is between Dorchester Junction and Weymouth I think.

And I am guessing it is just past Wareham.

[swlines]

Number 1 clue - this is in an area with quadruple tracks.

[Karl]

Evening

Well if its running on quadruple track then take
a stab at it being either Basingstoke, Eastleigh
or Southampton, but couldn't give you an exact
location to the junction.

Seen as we are on the Southern, does the BR^▸ (British Rail(ways)) Blue
4 Vep still work the Lymington branch and how/days
regularly?

The second pic needs to be re-sized by a country
mile SWlines!!!

Regards

Karl.