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« on: June 07, 2008, 14:58:26 »
If you were expecting a post about a station on the London to Brighton Line ... you ain't got one.

Can you identify these three bridges?
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« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2008, 16:48:22 »
Is 3 Thornford?
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« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2008, 18:15:56 »
Yes, the thrid one is Thornford (someone called it "Thornford International" the other week  Grin )
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« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2008, 18:40:51 »
ahh

My original theory is correct. Just realised 2 has the tunnel blanked out and just noticed a 4th rail.

Must therefore be the closed (and now demolished) Wood Lane (For Exhibition)?  Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2008, 20:04:08 »
Quote from: devon_metro on June 07, 2008, 18:40:51
ahh

My original theory is correct. Just realised 2 has the tunnel blanked out and just noticed a 4th rail.

Must therefore be the closed (and now demolished) Wood Lane (For Exhibition)?  Smiley

No - completely and utterly incorrect  Grin Grin

The second picture is taken with a different device (mobile phone) to the one used for most of the pictures I used, so you'll see a distinct colour match and contrast difference.   I have not manipulated the image save for cropping and resizing to my standard 400 x 300 pixel format, and the whiteout is simply the device struggling with bright sunlight and a gloomy subterranian location.
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« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2008, 20:06:12 »
Quote from: devon_metro on June 07, 2008, 18:40:51
ahh

My original theory is correct. Just realised 2 has the tunnel blanked out and just noticed a 4th rail.

Must therefore be the closed (and now demolished) Wood Lane (For Exhibition)?  Smiley

Wood Lane was never built in a two track tunnel, certainly not of those dimensions either. It was for all essential purposes entirely underground as well.
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« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2008, 10:01:41 »
I can only see one track! Does look remarkably similar though!
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« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2008, 11:23:19 »
Ladies and gents - I'm really surprised to have 1 and 2 still "open" for answers;  they're both in former "Wessex Trains" territory.
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« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2008, 12:36:30 »
I'm fairly certain I'm wrong, but: 1 - Devonport?
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« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2008, 16:06:18 »
Quote from: TerminalJunkie on June 08, 2008, 12:36:30
I'm fairly certain I'm wrong, but: 1 - Devonport?

I can confirm than number 1 is not Devonport - sorry.
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« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2008, 16:28:07 »
Afternoon

Is No. 1 the Cornwall end of St. Germans station,
taken from the bank where one of the GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) camping
coaches now oldly sits?  Think its 1. all I'm
getting at the mo is two red squares with a ? in
them, after its loaded?!

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« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2008, 17:56:54 »
'fraid it's not St Germans either ...
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« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2008, 07:03:15 »
For number 1 ... try a place with "Bridge" actually in its name  Wink

And for number 2, doesn't it look pretty suburban - I would expect our friends from Bristol to recognise it if I put it on their site  Cheesy
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« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2008, 07:22:38 »
2= Clifton Down, after the very strong clue from Graham.
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« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2008, 08:23:36 »
Quote from: John R on June 10, 2008, 07:22:38
2= Clifton Down, after the very strong clue from Graham.

Indeed it is ... I found myself wondering is I had zoomed in just too much on the original and presented it in such a way that I made it too hard ...
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