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« on: December 07, 2021, 07:24:47 »

Here are some railway bridges to identify some still in use some out of use for many years.

Usual rules apply only one correct answer per person on the first day.

1,Bridge over part of the River Avon at Tewkesbury on the former branch to Upton upon Severn and Malvern:Richard Fairhurst


2,Grosvenor Railway Bridge into Victoria:eXPassenger


3,Chelsea bridge West London Line:grahame


4,Fulham Railway Bridge District line Wimbledon Branch: paul7575 and Stuving


5,Dukes cut lock on the Oxford Canal Just south of Wolvercote Junction:Reading General


6,The disused line linking the Cotswold Line to the Bicester line crosses the Oxford Canal:Richard Fairhurst


7,Shipston Tramway bridge Stratford on Avon: Prestbury Road


8,Smugglers Lane on the sea wall west of Parsons tunnel: Stuving


9,Bridge over Oxford Canal on Former line from Kings Sutton Junction to Kingham:paul7575


10,Bridge over the Plym, seen from the A38 by Marsh Mills, Plymouth: DR7835


11,ex Yealmpton branch over the River Plym: plymothian


12,Bridge over Oxford Canal on former Blenheim & Woodstock Branch at Shipton on Cherwell: ellendune
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« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2021, 07:29:55 »

Guess on 9 S&D (Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway) near Shepton?
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« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2021, 07:39:00 »

7 is the Tramway Bridge at Stratford-Upon-Avon
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2021, 07:52:41 »

Guess on 9 S&D (Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway) near Shepton?

Sorry No
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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2021, 08:29:02 »

7 is the Tramway Bridge at Stratford-Upon-Avon

Correct
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« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2021, 09:00:50 »

11. ex Yealmpton branch over the River Plym.
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« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2021, 09:06:45 »

3. Looks like the Battersea Rail Bridge on the West London Line

Sidenote - TonyN - huge "thank you" (and to eightonedee yesterday) for setting this advent quiz - great fun and a real pleasure to be able to take part for a change.  It's fun to set quizzes (hint to others) but funner if I can also take part occasionally.
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« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2021, 09:18:20 »

2 Grosvenor Railway Bridge into Victoria.
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« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2021, 09:38:53 »

3. Looks like the Battersea Rail Bridge on the West London Line

One railway further up the river, I think - Fulham Bridge (at Putney Bridge, of course).
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« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2021, 10:01:44 »

5 Dukes cut lock on the Oxford Canal? Just south of Wolvercote Junction?
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« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2021, 10:08:49 »

5 Dukes cut lock on the Oxford Canal? Just south of Wolvercote Junction?

You beat me to it by a couple of minutes!

6 is just north of there, where the disused line linking the Cotswold Line to the Bicester line crosses the Oxford Canal.
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« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2021, 11:20:19 »

5 Dukes cut lock on the Oxford Canal? Just south of Wolvercote Junction?

You beat me to it by a couple of minutes!

6 is just north of there, where the disused line linking the Cotswold Line to the Bicester line crosses the Oxford Canal.
So it is. Well spotted.
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« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2021, 11:25:47 »

11. ex Yealmpton branch over the River Plym.
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« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2021, 11:30:32 »

3. Looks like the Battersea Rail Bridge on the West London Line

Sidenote - TonyN - huge "thank you" (and to eightonedee yesterday) for setting this advent quiz - great fun and a real pleasure to be able to take part for a change.  It's fun to set quizzes (hint to others) but funner if I can also take part occasionally.

3. Is the west london line but the bridge is officialy called Chelsea Bridge

See http://www.railwaydata.co.uk/bridges/overview/?ELR=WLL&RID=9
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« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2021, 11:32:51 »

3. Looks like the Battersea Rail Bridge on the West London Line

One railway further up the river, I think - Fulham Bridge (at Putney Bridge, of course).

Stuving are you trying to correct Graham's answer or answer anouther question?
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