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« on: February 21, 2009, 10:00:55 »
Here is the first half of the new pictures from the top of this site.  Can you identify them?
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« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2009, 11:05:57 »
1 Bristol TM▸ (Train Manager, or Ticket Machine, or Temple Meads (Bristol), depending on context)
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4 Westbury
5 Looks a bit like Trowbridge, although looks like an errant roof on the platform
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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2009, 12:44:30 »
3 and 5 Bradford on Avon.
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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2009, 13:00:31 »
Quote from: Timmer on February 21, 2009, 12:44:30
3 and 5 Bradford on Avon.

Ah yes of course, should have recognised it by the tunnel mouth.
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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2009, 13:19:31 »
Yes, indeed:

Bristol Temple Meads
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Bradford on Avon
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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2009, 20:14:55 »
#6 looks like Melksham to me - there's no trains in sight, which is a bit of a giveaway.

Was #7 taken in the boardroom of the Department of Transport?

There's plenty of clowns there. And the girl (?) standing second from right looks like a harbinger of death, so she's probably in charge of the future of railways.
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« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2009, 07:05:19 »
Quote from: Phil on February 21, 2009, 20:14:55
#6 looks like Melksham to me - there's no trains in sight, which is a bit of a giveaway.

Ah yes ... I am so used to seeing it like that.  Now that you mention it, the clue was obvious!

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Was #7 taken in the boardroom of the Department of Transport?

There's plenty of clowns there. And the girl (?) standing second from right looks like a harbinger of death, so she's probably in charge of the future of railways.

No - actually it wasn't but there do seem to be some possible comparisons to be made.  You have a whole cast of people (perhaps so many that one gets confused as to who is who, and who has what agenda), many of whom are in faintly or very odd roles ... and this results in some spectacularly peculiar situations. However, underneath their roles these are very earnest people doing their very best - and I think I can say that (but for a very few exceptions) that's also the case in the rail world.  The other great thing about the panto is that it ends "happily ever after" ...
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