Guess the Station...

[Grumpus63]

Okay, I'll just nip in with another then, if I may. Where is this?

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

Doncaster?

 

[Grumpus63]

Splutter......YES! That didn't last long Well done.

 

[Strat-tastic]

Thanks, yes the Wimbledon to Sutton link, opened by the Southern in 1930 was a line definitely built for electric traction due to the gradients and curves (having said that they used a steam loco to iron out the tracks and ballast when it was first built). The gradient and curves on the section from Sutton to West Sutton that you can see drop away in the picture used to be bordered by fresh white high concrete walls (now weathered and faded) and railwaymen nicknamed it "The Wall of Death" after the fairground ride of the same name.

Sounds like a trip may be in order

 

[Grumpus63]

Sounds like a trip may be in order

Be prepared for the "Keep to Your Seats!" notice as the train leaves Sutton and the fact that everyone has to wear shoulder harnesses for the first dip....well....perhaps I am exaggerating...

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

Splutter......YES! That didn't last long Well done.

Thank you.

A random guess, but the old-style speed signs were a pretty big clue!

Where are we now?

Good luck.

 

[Grumpus63]

At a long shot that is Shotts

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

At a long shot that is Shotts

Yep, it certainly is! Well done.

 

[Grumpus63]

Thank you.

A random guess, but the old-style speed signs were a pretty big clue!

Where are we now?

Good luck.

Shotts

 

[Grumpus63]

Oops, sorry, duplicate answer there by me. Tut tut! Okay, now for the next one... this view has changed since the pic was taken in 2010. I expect there are easy clues....

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Worcester Park looking towards Epsom?

 

[Grumpus63]

Worcester Park looking towards Epsom?

Over to you Mr Mugridge, well done.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Over to you Mr Mugridge, well done.

Thank you; I'm out at the moment but I will post one this evening. I have one in mind...

OK...this should be a ridiculously easy one: we have here what was once an everyday scene - 205 023 platformed adjacent to a Gatwick Express Mk2 rake.

The question is: where?

 

[ls2270]

London Bridge?

 

[Peter Sarf]

Yes. That is so London Bridge. The cream coloured stuff above the trains is the footbridge linking to the middle of the through platforms. The flat-ish roof. How come I never looked at the photo last night .

 

[steamybrian]

Just beat me to it...!
Can I guess the year around 1985- 1987 when the thumpers were still running on the East Grinstead Line (headcode 66) with NSE livery.
Was the Gatwick Express stock on a diverted service away from Victoria..?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

London Bridge?

Very good... and slightly disappointing because I was hoping someone would at first just look at the stock and not the background and say it was Victoria...

Anyway, your turn...

Just beat me to it...!
Can I guess the year around 1985- 1987 when the thumpers were still running on the East Grinstead Line (headcode 66) with NSE livery.
Was the Gatwick Express stock on a diverted service away from Victoria..?

Errr... no; it was 30th March 1991 - the London Bridge open day.

 

[ls2270]

Thank you. A rather less busy station now…

 

[AireValley]

Shotton?

 

[ls2270]

Shotton?

Is the correct answer, over to you!

 

[Grumpus63]

Good Lord, I was convinced it was one of the stations between Guildford and Redhill! I had no idea that Shotton could look so rural...presumably this is the Shotton on the Bidston to Wrexham line?

 

[ls2270]

Good Lord, I was convinced it was one of the stations between Guildford and Redhill! I had no idea that Shotton could look so rural...presumably this is the Shotton on the Bidston to Wrexham line?

No it’s taken from the Chester bound Low Level platform, looking west towards Flint.

 

[Grumpus63]

Gobsmacked

 

[AireValley]

Is the correct answer, over to you!

Thanks, the dense lineside vegetation hiding any buildings threw me at first!

This is probably an easy one:

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

Whitby?

 

[AireValley]

Whitby?

Whitby it is, well done!

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

Lets see how you get on with this. It may need expanding if it's too difficult.

 

[ls2270]

Lets see how you get on with this. It may need expanding if it's too difficult.

Bedworth?

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

Bedworth?

Afraid not.

 

[AireValley]

Oldfield Park?