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On the rails to off the rails - part 1
 
On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by grahame at 12:15, 14th September 2025
 
The first dozen - all my pictures, and all taken by train within the south west quadrant of Great Britain, mostly this year and mostly by on trips by train.  We have a huge variety of places to see in the UK - so many that a lot of these, though close to rail stations, may not be familiar.

For today - 14th September 2025 - one each please in this set of a dozen. I will be posting a second set - a further dozen - and you're welcome to identify one in there too.

1. St Ives (Cornwall) - GBM


2. Hayling Island - Oxonhutch


3.


4. Exmouth - eightonedee


5. Dorchester - Timmer


6.


7. Paddington - stuving


8. Totnes - AMLAG


9.


10. Hamble - TonyN


11. Bath - PhilWakely


12.

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by stuving at 12:45, 14th September 2025
 
7. looks like bus stop S at Bishops Bridge Road / Little Venice, where the number 18 bus from Euston stops.

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by Timmer at 13:31, 14th September 2025
 
5 Dorchester

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by Oxonhutch at 14:27, 14th September 2025
 
2: Hayling Island Railway. Eastern terminus.

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by John D at 15:45, 14th September 2025
 
9) is on seafront, adjacent to Harbour at West Bay

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by GBM at 15:55, 14th September 2025
 
1. St Ives (Cornwall).

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by grahame at 15:57, 14th September 2025
 
9) is on seafront, adjacent to Harbour at West Bay

Oh ... perhaps those were mass produced. My picture came from somewhere else.  Right county 

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by AMLAG at 16:46, 14th September 2025
 

8 = Totnes, quay on River Dart


Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by eightonedee at 17:29, 14th September 2025
 
4 - The Strand, Exmouth

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by RobT at 19:47, 14th September 2025
 
2. Hayling Light Railway, Hayling Island

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by PhilWakely at 20:51, 14th September 2025
 
11. Halfpenny Bridge, Bath

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by TonyN at 21:36, 14th September 2025
 
10. Hamble-Le-Rice

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by grahame at 08:02, 15th September 2025
 
Eight out of twelve already correctly identified ...

1. St Ives (Cornwall) - GBM
2. Hayling Island - Oxonhutch
4. Exmoouth - eightonedee
5. Dorchester - Timmer
7. Paddington - stuving
8. Totnes - AMLAG
10. Hamble - TonyN
11. Bath - PhilWakely

Only ones remaining are numbered multiples of three
3.
6.
9.
12.


Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by ellendune at 08:44, 15th September 2025
 
Guess
9. Dorset County Museum in Dorchester

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by grahame at 09:33, 15th September 2025
 
Guess
9. Dorset County Museum in Dorchester

No - and my goodness there might be lots of places where these translators can be found!   I had probably better give the game away / wider clue by showing you this particular example in context


Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by CyclingSid at 11:56, 15th September 2025
 
6. Victoria Park, Netley

Country park on the site of the former Queen Victoria Hospital

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by Oxonhutch at 12:51, 15th September 2025
 
3: From the flora and fauna, it would suggest the New Forest.

Re: On the rails to off the rails - part 1
Posted by grahame at 12:53, 15th September 2025
 
3: From the flora and fauna, it would suggest the New Forest.

I thought members might be correctly sway-ed in that direction.

 
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