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« on: May 28, 2009, 06:57:37 »

My first is within the FGW (First Great Western) saved area.  My second is within the UK (United Kingdom).  And my third is far, far away. But I know that at least 1 or 2 members may recognise the style, of not the exact location, of each.





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« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2009, 09:50:28 »

1 is Weymouth
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« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2009, 10:21:46 »

1 is Weymouth

Was it the caravan that gave it away?  Wink
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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2009, 10:32:27 »

1 is Weymouth

Was it the caravan that gave it away?  Wink

Yes, you're right.  Now - how about the 'mid' (UK (United Kingdom) but not FGW (First Great Western)) and far (not UK) pictures?
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« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2009, 10:35:52 »

the traffic cone is a good friend of mine, is number two in the northwest
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« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2009, 13:07:55 »

the traffic cone is a good friend of mine, is number two in the northwest

I could never tell one traffic cone from another ...

Number two.   Hmm - do you mean geographically in the North West quadrant of the UK (United Kingdom) (Yes) or in the area known as the North West of England? (No).
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« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2009, 19:09:47 »

Is 3 Uastralia?

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« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2009, 19:26:34 »

No 3 is definitely somewhere on Amtrak's Northeast corridor (i.e. on the line between Boston and Washington DC (Direct Current) via New York and Philadelphia). At a wild guess, is it Wilmington, DE?
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« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2009, 21:17:55 »

The third one is indeed the North East Corridor ... the wild guess of Wilmington isn't it, but it's not that wildly distant.  Sorry, Mookiemoo ... Australia is way out (but I wondered if you might get No. 2 - I suspect you're one of the more likely members to do so!)
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« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2009, 21:36:27 »

is number two between chester and holyhead
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« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2009, 21:52:13 »

Hmm.  I rather think, relex109, that when grahame suggested that 2 is 'in the North West quadrant of the UK (United Kingdom)', he may have been hinting that we should look rather further afield.  To Northern Ireland, for example?  Lips sealed
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« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2009, 22:38:23 »

Hmm.  I rather think, relex109, that when grahame suggested that 2 is 'in the North West quadrant of the UK (United Kingdom)', he may have been hinting that we should look rather further afield.  To Northern Ireland, for example?  Lips sealed

And given I never travelled on NIR I have no fecking idea!  If that is where it is

Its not cotswolds I can say that
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« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2009, 22:51:34 »

well i class northwest as chester across to macclesfield and upto  leeds, if you split the uk up into quadrants would north wales not be in the north western quad  Grin

i dont know why but apart from the track relay aws magnent or whatever it is, it kind of has a private railway feel to it
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« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2009, 00:28:08 »

well i class northwest as chester across to macclesfield and upto  leeds, if you split the uk up into quadrants would north wales not be in the north western quad  Grin

i dont know why but apart from the track relay aws magnent or whatever it is, it kind of has a private railway feel to it

actually if you divide the UK (United Kingdom) - North wales is in the south west
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« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2009, 00:32:09 »

I thought that afterwards
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