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 Can anyone identify this? I confess I stumbled across it entirely by accident - I didn't even know it existed until today. The "siding" in the foreground forms part of a bizarre turntable kind of affair, which I also took a snapshot of (available on demand). |
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« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2009, 19:43:59 » |
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Didcot railway centre?
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« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2009, 21:30:20 » |
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complete shot in the dark Oakhill Manor? (went there as a kid so it was along time ago!)
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« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2009, 21:34:33 » |
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No to both, sorry.
It's in FGW▸ territory, if that's any help.
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« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2009, 21:36:54 » |
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Maidenhead ... Crossrail? C.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ 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 #5 on: September 09, 2009, 21:48:43 » |
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Coate Water, Swindon, or LaFarge, Westbury?
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« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2009, 22:11:52 » |
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No  , no and no. This is more difficult than I expected it to be! Here's a picture of the strange turntable affair mentioned above. Basically, the bit in the middle rotates around to feed the 9 or 10 tracks in green, which are at around waist height. In the background you can see a length of green track on wheels. This moves sideways to align with the main line - however it doesn't actually connect to it as far as I can make out! Presumably a giant "Hand of God" then reaches down and lifts the locomotive or rolling stock onto the track, which must be rather disconcerting for any passengers.  |
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« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2009, 22:18:59 » |
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Cricket St Thomas?
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« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2009, 22:22:25 » |
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Legoland!
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2009, 11:28:27 » |
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Longleat ?
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« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2009, 15:27:59 » |
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No, to both - I'll give it a couple more hours and one more clue - it's in Hampshire (but as I say, still in FGW▸ territory)
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« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2009, 15:46:03 » |
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Either Beauliea or Eastleigh rail thingy wotsits
No idea what they are called but the mother-out-law lives down there and I remember her wittering about going on mini trains at both Beauliea and Easleigh one year
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love"
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« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2009, 16:45:30 » |
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Exbury ?
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« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2009, 16:56:07 » |
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bankside garden centre?
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« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2009, 17:06:28 » |
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No, it's at (of all places) Basingstoke. Here's a link to their website: http://www.basingstoke-dmes.co.uk/Take a look at their gallery pages, which (quote) "displays B&DMES at its best, with genuine action photographs taken over the past year" (as opposed to my photos of inaction taken yesterday when I happened to find myself in the car park, which doubles up as a craft centre) |
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