Where Am I?

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  1. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    Correct - your turn :)
     
  2. mrcharliemiggins2.0

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  3. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    Huntingdon?
     
  4. mrcharliemiggins2.0

    mrcharliemiggins2.0 Well-Known Member

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    Yep! You're turn.
     
  5. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    What is the name of the junction?
    68 jr.jpg
     
  6. 749006

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    Next clues - ignore the train as it is a special
    and Goblin
     
  7. Robbo13

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    Junction Road Junction?
     
  8. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    Yes, very good :)
    Your turn
     
  9. Robbo13

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    Screenshot_WCML-Over-Shap_53.76162-2.71295_16-29-51-1140x641.jpg

    Here's the next one
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Correct
     
  12. inversnecky

    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Can’t believe I actually got one!

    Pick me off the floor....
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Sorry I couldn't get a clearer picture, it was foggy :)

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  14. 749006

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    Haymarket?
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    No, sorry.
     
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    Eastfield?
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Well done!

    ‘over to you...’
     
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    Screenshot_Just-Trains-Midland-Main-Line_53.22615-1.42137_07-40-39-1140x641.jpg

    Here you go.

    Should be easy if you know a certain landmark.
     
  19. inversnecky

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    Chesterfield?
     
  20. 749006

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    Chesterfield South Jn ;)
     
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    You are both correct.

    749006 got the exact location and inversnecky got the right area.

    It is upto you two who wants to go.
     
  22. inversnecky

    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    I got one ready. I doubt I'll win again for ages, so will seize the opportunity if I may!

    Here you go:

    Where Am I.jpg
     
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  23. 749006

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    DTG route?
     
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    It's available on Steam for TS, where I got it.
     
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    I want to go with Annan, but I'm not sure
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Sorry, no.
     
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    Does that 25 belong there, or a red herring?
     
  28. IronBladder

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    The church on the left is the Dingwall & Strathpeffer Free Church and the stadium in the right distance is Ross County Football Club, so that means it has to be Dingwall.
     
  29. inversnecky

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    Bingo!

    It is Dingwall, Well done.

    I presume that church is supposed to be this one, though:

    70034989-1F99-4F29-BF9D-48654F5C4243.jpeg

    https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3789376

    and not this

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    [​IMG]
    Where am I?

    This will either be ridiculously easy or very hard.
     
  31. 749006

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    Scotland
     
  32. IronBladder

    IronBladder Well-Known Member

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    No, I'm not in Scotland, I'm sitting at my PC in England.

    You'll have to be more exact in the location of the screenshot.
     
  33. 749006

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    Somebody else will have to be more precise as I don't think I own this route
    And it should have been Scotland ?
     
  34. inversnecky

    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    It’s whatchmacallit halt. Am I right, or am I right?
     
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    The screenshot is of a place in Scotland.
     
  36. mrcharliemiggins2.0

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  37. IronBladder

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    Sorry, no.
     
  38. Pookeyhead

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    Nah... definitely thingymabob.
     
  39. JJTimothy

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    Dunno but somewhere not far from Durham Cathedral.
     
  40. UP13

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    It's a bridge in the West Highlands.

    I'll post my one later... ;)
     
  41. IronBladder

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    [​IMG]
    This gives a better view of the bridge, which is unique on this line.
     
  42. IronBladder

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    Next clue: This is not the West Highland Line and the route is available from both JT and Steam.
     
  43. Robbo13

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    So it's Kyle line? I've looked yesterday but can't find it yet.
     
  44. IronBladder

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    Yes, Kyle line. I've used the editor to make the bridge and surrounds more realistic, but I haven't changed the trackwork or basic configuration. All you've got to do is search for four span, three pier curved bridges on the route. There is only one and it's named after the nearest station about a mile west of it.
     
  45. 749006

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    So you have used the Editor and if we find the location in the route it won't look the same as your picture
    no wonder people cannot find it :(
     
  46. Pookeyhead

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    Arrrrrgh! Stop that.
     
  47. IronBladder

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    The bridge, track, water and mountains are unchanged. How much do you spot things by vegetation? If you've got the route it will be very recognisable and if you've not got the route it's not hard to research on the internet. It's visible in google maps and street view.

    Here it is in real life.
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  48. mrcharliemiggins2.0

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    The bridge between Loch Achanalt and Loch a'Chuilinn
     
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  49. IronBladder

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    Very good. It's often known as the Achanalt viaduct, but it is the bridge that straddles the short stretch of water linking those two lochs.

    Your turn.
     
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