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« Reply #120 on: January 04, 2010, 20:57:56 »

4. Bristol Temple Meads?
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« Reply #121 on: January 04, 2010, 21:03:09 »

8.  Melksham.  Wink
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« Reply #122 on: January 04, 2010, 21:05:02 »

4. Bristol Temple Meads?

Yes.  Warship diesel in your avatar?  Nice!
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« Reply #123 on: January 04, 2010, 21:06:32 »

8.  Melksham.  Wink

Yup ...
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« Reply #124 on: January 04, 2010, 22:12:01 »

5 Weymouth
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« Reply #125 on: January 04, 2010, 22:20:38 »

4. Bristol Temple Meads?

Yes.  Warship diesel in your avatar?  Nice!

Yup. That's D821 Warship Class 'Greyhound'. The first ever ex-BR (British Rail(ways)) mainline diesel to be preserved.
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« Reply #126 on: January 04, 2010, 22:46:24 »

No 3 is Swindon Loco Shed / Refueling point
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« Reply #127 on: January 05, 2010, 00:01:59 »

... and, having waited patiently until midnight, I'm going to offer a second suggestion:

11.  Royal Albert Bridge, Plymouth.

(... but it's probably not, is it?  Roll Eyes Tongue Embarrassed )
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« Reply #128 on: January 05, 2010, 00:23:56 »

I've also waited patiently 'til after the witching hour to ask whether a certain wesscundry location is missing from this selection of photos? I think we should be told Grin
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« Reply #129 on: January 05, 2010, 00:29:22 »

New Year resolutions, remember?  Grin
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« Reply #130 on: January 05, 2010, 00:32:19 »

Let's see if Mr Ellis keeps it up eh, Chris?  Grin
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« Reply #131 on: January 05, 2010, 00:40:43 »

My, allowed by the rules, second guess is:

12. Keynsham?
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« Reply #132 on: January 05, 2010, 06:13:27 »

Keynsham, Weymouth and Swindon are all correct ... but there is no Royal Abert Bridge, nor is the county town of Somerset featured  Wink
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« Reply #133 on: January 05, 2010, 06:45:39 »

11. How many seats does FGW (First Great Western) operate per day from Reading to London Paddington (you're going to have to work this one out, I suspect - I've not seen the figure published!).  Any guesses that the average occupancy rate might be, and how many people (in total) have to stand?  How many extra seats from Reading to London are provided by another operator?

Some very rough calculations for the first part  (I expect to be told that some of my figures are very inaccurate!) ...

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8 an hour x 7 car x 70 seats x 14 hours
4 an hour x 3 car x 75 seats x 16 hours
= 69280 seats

SWT (South West Trains)
2 an hour x 8 car x 75 seats x 4 hours
2 an hour x 4 car x 75 seats x 14 hours
= 13200
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« Reply #134 on: January 05, 2010, 09:34:35 »

The SWT (South West Trains) contribution is 8 car all day 7/7, except for the last train from Waterloo (Mon - Sat) which are single 450s. The Reading route 458s are made up into 8 car sets semi-permanently .

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