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« on: August 06, 2010, 18:32:13 »










I'll try to get back on to follow up as guesses get posted, but there's all sorts of things going on (away from the tracks and rail stuff) so please excuse me if the service isn't as crisp as usual.
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« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2010, 18:40:01 »
2.  Kingswear.
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) 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.

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« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2010, 18:43:34 »
Quote from: chris from nailsea on August 06, 2010, 18:40:01
2.  Kingswear.

Bit of a quandry there ... sort of.   I should have asked "which stations were these pictures taken at" ...
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« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2010, 18:44:42 »
Is the first one Salisbury by any chance?
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« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2010, 18:50:51 »
Quote from: grahame on August 06, 2010, 18:43:34
Quote from: chris from nailsea on August 06, 2010, 18:40:01
2.  Kingswear.

Bit of a quandry there ... sort of.   I should have asked "which stations were these pictures taken at" ...

Yes, you should!  Wink Cheesy Grin

It's Kingswear, across the River Dart, but taken at Dartmouth.


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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) 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.

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« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2010, 19:00:39 »
Quote from: chris from nailsea on August 06, 2010, 18:50:51
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Picture was taken in Dartmouth Station.

> There's nothing worse that a pedantic administrator ...

Hmmm ... I think I prefer a pedantic admin to getting someone else's gum stuck to the bottom of my shoes, but I guess there's no accounting for taste Wink
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« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2010, 19:34:44 »
Thanks, grahame!  Grin

Actually, on a slightly more serious note: Dartmouth Station is quite interesting, for various rather odd reasons: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_railway_station  Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2010, 19:51:25 »
No 5. Paignton. The terminus of the Dartmouth Steam Railway.
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« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2010, 19:56:54 »
No. 5, yes, is Paignton

No. 1, sorry - not Salisbury

And Dartmouth Station is indeed interesting. Can anyone tell me when a train last called there?
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« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2010, 20:00:21 »
Seriously number 1 Taunton?
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« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2010, 20:47:03 »
Quote from: grahame on August 06, 2010, 19:56:54
And Dartmouth Station is indeed interesting. Can anyone tell me when a train last called there?

Um.... never? Plenty of connecting ferries though! Up until 30th December 1972, according to Wikipedia. The passenger ferry now calls at a pontoon further down river.
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« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2010, 20:53:10 »
"Never" and "Taunton" ... both correct.  I make it (3) and (4) to go.
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« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2010, 21:00:34 »
4.  Westbury.
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« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2010, 21:05:26 »
Quote from: chris from nailsea on August 06, 2010, 21:00:34
4.  Westbury.

Correct ... and I expected (3) to go very easily but it's the last one left!
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« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2010, 21:10:51 »
3 is Newton Abbot, however I should add that I knew all 5 Wink
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