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« Reply #30 on: August 27, 2008, 22:25:50 »
the old tavvy line? nr marsh mills?
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« Reply #31 on: August 27, 2008, 22:55:08 »
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It must be the one near Plympton then!

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« Reply #32 on: August 27, 2008, 22:55:20 »
Quote from: relex109 on August 27, 2008, 22:25:50
the old tavvy line? nr marsh mills?

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« Reply #33 on: August 27, 2008, 22:56:47 »
isnt there something at intow or biddeford?
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« Reply #34 on: August 27, 2008, 22:58:24 »
And I find myself guessing (carefully chosen wording as I don't know the place!) at Churston.
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« Reply #35 on: August 27, 2008, 23:12:20 »
It isn't Churston!!
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« Reply #36 on: August 27, 2008, 23:20:05 »
devon_metro...you come across as very hostile?
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« Reply #37 on: August 27, 2008, 23:25:48 »
It appears to have very two very substantial platforms so somewhere on the withered arm, i.e the ex LSWR▸ (London South Western Railway) branches in North Devon.

Okehampton? That would account for the unit.
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« Reply #38 on: August 27, 2008, 23:27:26 »
Oh.  Thanks, relex109 - but I'm giving devon_metro the benefit of the doubt, here: he lives in south Devon, so he knows it's not on his local preserved line.  Wink

As I was just about to post:

No, sorry, grahame - I've discounted the Paignton - Kingswear line, if only because Liam would have shouted 'house!' by now, if it was anywhere on that line!  Grin

Liam - by the way - do you have a clue?  (In exchange for a National Rail Travel Voucher, perhaps?)

Chris  Cheesy
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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« Reply #39 on: August 27, 2008, 23:34:33 »
sorry thats not what i mean im in east devon, i ment that ive noticed a slight irritation with any comment that he deems silly
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« Reply #40 on: August 27, 2008, 23:37:12 »
its not okehampton mate, there is a road and a carpark to the side of the station also the line finishes at the end of one of the platforms
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« Reply #41 on: August 27, 2008, 23:49:52 »
Instow: Warmer
Bideford: Colder
Churston: Much colder (but warmer than Marsh Mills)
Okehampton: Lukewarm
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« Reply #42 on: August 27, 2008, 23:52:05 »
are you cheating and its a light railway??
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« Reply #43 on: August 28, 2008, 00:05:58 »
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are you cheating and its a light railway??

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« Reply #44 on: August 28, 2008, 00:10:47 »
Ah!

And the correct answer is ... ?

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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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