Another 5 from thetrout :)

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[thetrout]

Try these... Only 1 of these though are served by FGW^▸ (First Great Western)... Others close to FGW Land, Others a far way away

[Tim]

is 5 smethick Galton Bridge?

[Mookiemoo]

is 5 smethick Galton Bridge?

I was thinking that myself..............would have to be the low level look toward wolverhampton but the platforms look wrongly aligned for that

[Phil]

Is #3 Yeovil Junction?

Love the way the camera has superimposed what appears to be a flying pig on the "Track Record" poster on #4, by the way

[Tim]

is 5 smethick Galton Bridge?

I was thinking that myself..............would have to be the low level look toward wolverhampton but the platforms look wrongly aligned for that

I'm not certain by any means, but it does seem to have the right kind of fencing, the right livery on the train and the overbridge has electrification posts.

[Mookiemoo]

is 5 smethick Galton Bridge?

I was thinking that myself..............would have to be the low level look toward wolverhampton but the platforms look wrongly aligned for that

I'm not certain by any means, but it does seem to have the right kind of fencing, the right livery on the train and the overbridge has electrification posts.

Its certainly not looking down towards brum as there is a tunnel right at the end of the platform.

For that to be looking towards wolverhampton, the southbound platform would have to extend further north than the wolverhampton bound one otherwise it would not be visible when the other isnt.  BUT I dont think it does.

[IndustryInsider]

Smethwick Galton Bridge is on quite a sharp curve, and there are no bridges immediately north of the station on the Wolverhampton side. Southbound there's no tunnel, but there is the bridge where the high level platforms are, though again the track is on a curve and whilst there are two very similar bridges there is no sign of the junction just south of the station. Therefore I'm pretty sure it's not there, though it may well be on the same stretch of track?

[Mookiemoo]

Smethwick Galton Bridge is on quite a sharp curve, and there are no bridges immediately north of the station on the Wolverhampton side. Southbound there's no tunnel, but there is the bridge where the high level platforms are, though again the track is on a curve and whilst there are two very similar bridges there is no sign of the junction just south of the station. Therefore I'm pretty sure it's not there, though it may well be on the same stretch of track?

Okay - when I said tunnel I meant the big bridge thing - in laymans terms its much the same thing!

[IndustryInsider]

Okay - when I said tunnel I meant the big bridge thing - in laymans terms its much the same thing!

Fair enough. In non-layman's terms I do believe there is an official length where railway bridges/structures become classified as tunnels. Does anyone know what it is? I'm thinking 200 yards?

[eightf48544]

If 5 is not Galton Bridge what about Rolfe Street? Othewise I'd go for Sandwell and Dudley or Cosley? Unfortunately I know the canals better than the railway in that area, but those 3 are the only ones on the Stour Valley that I can think of as being in cuttings  as the canal is at those points.

Just out of interst do you realise that the Stour Valley line is mostly at around 500'? The Birmingahm level being 453' and the Wolverhampton level 473' and the railway is above the canal most of the way. I think the BCN are the most fasinating canals around.

Is 3 Midland it looks very Midland in style but a later extension. So S&C^▸ (Settle and Carlisle )?

Is 1 Shrewsbury Crewe junction? The North end of the station.

A trivial pursuits fact about Shrewsbury is that it has upper (LM^▸ (London Midland - recent franchise)) and  lower (GW^▸ (Great Western)) quadrant and colour light signals. Recently when a signal arm had to be replaced it had to be a lower quadrant because there was one more lower quadrant arm in the area thus  the replacement had to be the most prominent type i.e. lower quadrant. Until Shrewsbury is resignalled this means that if any more arms require replacing they will all be lower quadrants.

[Mookiemoo]

I'd go for Sandwell and Dudley or Cosley?

I can rule out Sandwell and Dudley - that is elevated (waited for a virgin to london often enough there)

[Phil]

I've heard there aren't too many virgins in Dudley.

[Mookiemoo]

Is 1 Shrewsbury Crewe junction? The North end of the station.

That wall does look familiar ............ not sure about the bike rack but never walked that far up - but also not 100% sure Shrewsbury has 7 platforms labelled a/b

There is one at the far side of the station
Then the main one for north bound trains
the main one for south bound trains (which is the one I think that picture may be of)
And two bay platforms....

that makes five however I could be completely wrong

[IndustryInsider]

Is 1 Shrewsbury Crewe junction? The North end of the station.

Looks about right to me! http://www.panoramio.com/photo/22504099

Old out of use platforms would probably account for the slightly strange platform number!

[thetrout]

#1 Is Shrewsbury London Marylebone Trains (Wrexham & Shropshire) use this platform

#3 Is Not Midland or Yeovil Junction

#5 Is not Sandwell & Dudley, Cosley or Rolfe Street

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#5 Also is not Smethwick Galton Bridge