3 Random Pictures

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[Mookiemoo]

I can confirm that Picture 1 is Paddington Station in Car Park 2

Just 3 to get then.

Clue being it's a station served by Turbos

Which means its on:

PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) - OXF^» (Oxford - next trains)
PAD-RDG^‡(resolve)
RDG-Basingstoke
RDG-Newbury (?)
Maidenhead-Marlow
Slough-Windsor
Twyford-Henley

I personally can rule out
Slough-Windsor
PAD-RDG

It looks vaguely like it COULD be between reading and oxford - possibly somewhere I normally speed through BUT it could also be one of the cotswolds halts which I dont fully recognize yet (and hope never to!)

[inspector_blakey]

Well, it's only double track which rules out anywhere between PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains)/DID^» (Didcot Parkway - next trains), and it's definitely not Appleford, Culham or Radley either. So I think we can eliminate PAD-OXF^» (Oxford - next trains). It's definitely not Heyford or KIngs Sutton, don't think it's Tackley...

[Ollie]

I can confirm that Picture 1 is Paddington Station in Car Park 2

Just 3 to get then.

Clue being it's a station served by Turbos

Which means its on:

PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) - OXF^» (Oxford - next trains)
PAD-RDG^‡(resolve)
RDG-Basingstoke
RDG-Newbury (?)
Maidenhead-Marlow
Slough-Windsor
Twyford-Henley

I personally can rule out
Slough-Windsor
PAD-RDG

It looks vaguely like it COULD be between reading and oxford - possibly somewhere I normally speed through BUT it could also be one of the cotswolds halts which I dont fully recognize yet (and hope never to!)

It is not on any of the routes you have mentioned

[inspector_blakey]

Thinking laterally, might those Turbos be operated by The Sainted Chiltern...?

[Ollie]

Thinking laterally, might those Turbos be operated by The Sainted Chiltern...?

Nope, FGW^▸ (First Great Western)

[grahame]

Possibly North Downs line, and with the picture showing North at the top, It'll be between Guildford and Wokingham (exclusive)

[JayMac]

Thanks for that tip Grahame. Made trawling Google Earth easier (is that cheating?)

No 3 is indeed on the North Downs Line and is Crowthorne.

[Ollie]

Thanks for that tip Grahame. Made trawling Google Earth easier (is that cheating?)

No 3 is indeed on the North Downs Line and is Crowthorne.

It is cheating, but yeah, obviously due to that cheating you are right.

[Mookiemoo]

Thanks for that tip Grahame. Made trawling Google Earth easier (is that cheating?)

No 3 is indeed on the North Downs Line and is Crowthorne.

:-(

And that is the station I use twice a day every day and will do for the next year

:-(

But then i've only been on it a week!

[Ollie]

Thanks for that tip Grahame. Made trawling Google Earth easier (is that cheating?)

No 3 is indeed on the North Downs Line and is Crowthorne.

:-(

And that is the station I use twice a day every day and will do for the next year

:-(

But then i've only been on it a week!

In fairness to you, there are now homes near the station which the picture doesn't show. Which is what can easily lead to confuse you.

Random Fact: Crowthorne is the station that is closest to my home.

[Mookiemoo]

Thanks for that tip Grahame. Made trawling Google Earth easier (is that cheating?)

No 3 is indeed on the North Downs Line and is Crowthorne.

:-(

And that is the station I use twice a day every day and will do for the next year

:-(

But then i've only been on it a week!

In fairness to you, there are now homes near the station which the picture doesn't show. Which is what can easily lead to confuse you.

Random Fact: Crowthorne is the station that is closest to my home.

And its the closest station to my client and not even that close at that!  (J&J pinewood campus)  Arse end of no where.  But hey ho, helps the diet, no shops near by and an some bizarre desk rules means you dont feel like eating at all during the day

[JayMac]

My apologies if my 'cheating' caused offence Prior to Grahame's tip I had looked at stations on Google Earth all over the areas served by Turbos. Unfortunately I had neglected the North Downs Line (as had FallenAngel in her summary of possible lines!)

I could've just posted 'Crowthorne' with no explanation as to how I got the answer. However, I now subscribe to the tenet that 'honesty is the best policy'.

A magistrate once commended me on my admirable honesty when I was in the dock. Didn't stop her sending me down for six weeks!!!

[Ollie]

My apologies if my 'cheating' caused offence Prior to Grahame's tip I had looked at stations on Google Earth all over the areas served by Turbos. Unfortunately I had neglected the North Downs Line (as had FallenAngel in her summary of possible lines!)

I could've just posted 'Crowthorne' with no explanation as to how I got the answer. However, I now subscribe to the tenet that 'honesty is the best policy'.

A magistrate once commended me on my admirable honesty when I was in the dock. Didn't stop her sending me down for six weeks!!!

Aha no it's fine, in fairness with one like that I would expect people to have looked, part of the reason I mentioned I grabbed it from Google Maps.

[Mookiemoo]

My apologies if my 'cheating' caused offence Prior to Grahame's tip I had looked at stations on Google Earth all over the areas served by Turbos. Unfortunately I had neglected the North Downs Line (as had FallenAngel in her summary of possible lines!)

Which is WHAT embarasses FallenAngel so much!

I can accept not getting the Crowthorne - I dash in and our of there once a day (sometimes twice) so I ca accept not getting the station!

BUT

To forget the line existed at all - that is just not on!

Have to admit before now I only ever went to Waterloo or Egham on that line - going to Gatwick would never occur to me by train and I've never worked i Guildford - so I associate THAT part of Reading station with SWT^▸ (South West Trains)!

[JayMac]

Have to admit before now I only ever went to Waterloo or Egham on that line - going to Gatwick would never occur to me by train and I've never worked i Guildford - so I associate THAT part of Reading station with SWT^▸ (South West Trains)!

You're not alone! I also only associate THAT part of Reading station with SWT. As my only regular journey from platforms 4a and 4b is to Bracknell and occasionally onwards to Waterloo.