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« on: Yesterday at 20:55:37 »
Some pictures take in or from a train or zoomed - fuzzies, reflections and so forth about - can you identify one each ...

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1.  Edinburgh, Waverley station, looking up to the castle.
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7. Tay Bridge
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« Reply #3 on: Yesterday at 22:19:41 »
That would have been my second answer.  Wink

I only know the Edinburgh one because I used to work for a Scottish financial services company, and their head office is in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.  When we from the Bristol branch travelled to Edinburgh for team meetings, I was so envious of one of my colleagues there: her desk overlooked, through a full height picture window, the entire castle.  How inspiring is that, for a workstation?  Shocked

CfN.  Roll Eyes
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4. Site of former Dundee Esplanade station looking back at the Tay Bridge from the Northern end.
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« Reply #5 on: Yesterday at 22:58:57 »
Is 2 Duirinish? I think I've only been twice, once by road, but it seems to be popular with Highland cattle and looks like it's been plonked in a stereotypical Scottish Highland landscape!
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« Reply #6 on: Yesterday at 23:24:53 »
3. is obviously new, but there a are several new stations it might be - none of which I've seen, of course. First thought was Dalcross/Inverness Airport, because it has that look. But it's not, nor is it Kintore. Then there's Leven, known to have been visited, which does indeed have a round thingy a lot like the one in the picture. However, that has tiled paving ... but nearby there's Cameron Bridge, also on the Leven Rail Link. And that also has a "pebble" (?) that fits.
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How many guesses was that?  Shocked
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