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« on: September 26, 2009, 08:12:38 »

Here are some images that I have filtered to turn into interesting 'art pieces'  Grin .  The first one is of my local station at Melksham, but can you work out where I was when I took the others?



That was Melksham.   

Now work out 1.



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One each ... please (at least for the first couple of hours!)
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« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2009, 08:34:44 »

1. Redland
2. Cardiff Central
3. -
4. London Paddington
5. Bristol Temple Meads
6. Clifton Down
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« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2009, 09:23:31 »

3. Bath Green Park?
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« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2009, 09:23:50 »

1. Redland
2. Cardiff Central
3. -
4. London Paddington
5. Bristol Temple Meads
6. Clifton Down

So much for "one each please"   Angry
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« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2009, 09:39:48 »

Number 1 is *not* Redland ... Number 2 is *not* Cardiff Central ... all of the others are correctly identified.

I *did* come back and edit the post to add "one each please" within the three minutes (?) that our software allows after the initial post without it adding a "this post has been edited" flag, so I suspect that Rick had seen it very quickly and was busy researching answers ...
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« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2009, 12:53:55 »

Is 1. Chippenham?

(If it is, it's a lucky guess!)  Embarrassed
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« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2009, 13:04:18 »

Is 1. Chippenham?

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I'm sorry - number 1 is not Chippenham ... though you're close in two ways!
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« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2009, 03:08:31 »

Is 1 Kemble? That water tower in the background looks a bit familiar.
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« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2009, 03:39:55 »

Is 1. Chippenham?

(If it is, it's a lucky guess!)  Embarrassed

I'm sorry - number 1 is not Chippenham ... though you're close in two ways!

No. 2 is Chippenham. So, close in the sense that it's the next picture and the next station down!
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« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2009, 07:13:53 »

Spot one ... picture 1 was is at Kemble, and picture 2 at Chippenham


How about this one as a bonus ...


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« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2009, 12:58:56 »

Bonus pic: Southampton Central? (Just a wild guess based on the evidence of a third-rail)

Oh, and can we see the originals once the bonus is guessed?
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« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2009, 14:09:43 »

Bonus pic: Southampton Central? (Just a wild guess based on the evidence of a third-rail)

Oh, and can we see the originals once the bonus is guessed?

Hmmm .... that isn't actually a third rail ...  Not Southampton (nor Northampton either  Wink ) I'll have to hunt around for the originals.   I'm sure I have them *somewhere* ...
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« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2009, 14:51:42 »

Looks like Reading platform 4 to me
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« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2009, 15:55:15 »

Looks like Reading platform 4 to me

It is indeed Reading ... you're spot on with that.  I thought it was taken across FROM platform 4, but it's very likely I had my diagonal wrong (and was suffering slipped memory) ... it probably is a picture or platform four, with passengers from Basingstoke of Newbury dashing along to catch the London connection.
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« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2009, 01:43:49 »

It was obviously to heavily stylised for me, Graham. But in fairness it does look like there is evidence of ceramic insulators and a third rail!
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