"name That Cab!"

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  1. inversnecky

    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Edit to add: this is the British version of ‘Name that Cab’ - the international version is here:

    https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/name-that-cab-international-version.36397/

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    (Was toying with the idea for this for a while, so let's give it a shot!)

    Idea is to identify the train/loco the pic is the cab of.

    As per usual, first to get it posts the next (or declines if the want to).

    Here's cab #1:

    20210207202855_1.jpg
     
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  2. inversnecky

    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Hmm, the capital "N" of "Name" reduced to a small one in the title, no doubt automatically changed by virtue of following quote marks. Shame I can't edit a title....
     
  3. CowBoyWolf

    CowBoyWolf Well-Known Member

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    Class 52?
     
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    ntypeman Well-Known Member

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    Class 52 definitely...

    Eric
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Spot on,both of you: I thought nothing too hard to begin with. I tried making it black and white to camouflage the giveaway Maroon.

    Over to you, 5alex!
     
  6. CowBoyWolf

    CowBoyWolf Well-Known Member

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    i would rather someone else to post since i have only TSW2 installed so i let someone else post
    Btw if you wondering how i guess the class 52 its look similar to the TSW2 one
     
  7. inversnecky

    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Eric, 5alex has stood down - would you like to post a cab now?
     
  8. ntypeman

    ntypeman Well-Known Member

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    I will do but aren't in a position to be able to do so right now...

    Eric
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    No problem, no rush :)
     
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    ntypeman Well-Known Member

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    Inver...

    Will try to sort it later on this morning...

    Eric
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Don’t stress, Eric, it’s just a silly game to pass the time :)
     
  12. dunkrez

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    Ready and waiting for the next one :)
     
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    749006 Well-Known Member

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    I have a number of different cab shot of locos from TS2021 but not all are from Steam
    This one is though
    Screenshot_Salzburg - Rosenheim_47.81246-13.04526_10-30-09.jpg
     
  14. inversnecky

    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    There’s one particular cab, I’ve no doubt you’ll recognise instantly :)
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Good shot, Peter.I’m still cutting my teeth on BR stuff just now, haven’t ventured further afield yet, so hopefully someone else will recognise?
     
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    Pookeyhead Well-Known Member

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    I know literally nothing about foreign trains so I'll be sitting this one out.
     
  17. inversnecky

    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    With it obviously needing spare time to take a shot and put it up, we can have two cabs on the go: currently Peter’s German/Austrian/Swiss train, and Eric’s when he has a chance.

    Will make game go swifter. Whoever guesses right takes one of the two slots.

    Might be a good idea for participants to have cab shot ready to deploy, should they win.
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Someone might have got it, Peter!
     
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    749006 Well-Known Member

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    Ok - this is an easy one
    cab.jpg
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Haven't driven anything more sophisticated than a Class 87 or HST, so I've a bit fo catching up to do. Maybe others will know.
     
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    TGV Reseau? (Wild stab in the dark)
     
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    Screenshot_North Wales Coast-BRBlue_53.30736--3.24420_18-00-06.jpg

    There you go... Apologies if its a bit easy... Time constraints & all that... If I'd had a bit more time I'd have cropped it to make it a bit harder...!!!

    Eric
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Cheers Eric.

    A Class 40, of the AP variety?
     
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    Blimey Inver... Bit of insomnia??? :D

    Yeah spot on (was dead easy though....!!!)... Bonus points available if you can tell me where the shot is taken and the link with what's in the shot...??? ;)

    Eric
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Sorry, have no idea about the ship, someone else will have to claim those bonus points.

    Here’s the next one (and Peter’s has still to be solved, too):

    25E1723A-87F3-4675-AD7C-3259A6A1925E.jpeg
     
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    ntypeman Well-Known Member

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    That's a Hymek (Class 35)...!!!

    Eric
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Well done! Over to you again!

    74096E9E-D497-4852-96BE-C374457BE8DF.jpeg
     
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    Nope
     
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    Class 92...??? Its French or something capable of running on French tracks...

    Eric
     
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    Is it a class 395?
     
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    It's a class 92
     
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    749006 Well-Known Member

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    Yes Eric :)
    A class 92 - I kept a bit of English Text in the picture.
    But it does not run far on the French Network - just to Calais
    It does run on HS1 though

    Your turn
     
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    Peter...
    I only worked it out from the TVM button...!!!

    Eric
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Wow Eric, you’re on a roll!
     
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    North Wales Coastal, and it's the former Sealink passenger ferry “The Duke of Lancaster”, later called the "The Fun Ship" which is beached at Llanerch-y-Mor.
     
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    ntypeman Well-Known Member

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    CORRECT... Bonus points go to IronBladder... :cool:
     
  38. inversnecky

    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Let's get this going again.

    Here's your "starter for ten":

    20210212151251_1.jpg
     
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    Another easy one.
    Can't see the Speedo :o
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Well done, Peter. Would you like to post the next, or see if someone else gets it right?
     
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    506 Woodhead unit...

    Eric
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    Both go it - would you and Peter like to post a new cab? Can be a part of it to make it harder?
     
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    Ok... prob do it in the morning (yawn)... bed is calling...

    Eric
     
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    Morning...

    as promised here's my entry for "name the cab"...

    Screenshot_Cornish Main Line_50.37757--4.14493_13-34-33.jpg

    I can see this contest getting harder & harder as we try to reduce the size of the picture in order to make it more difficult... My money is on it ending up whereby someone posts an image of a rivet / screw head...!!! :mad:

    Won't be me though... I have a hard enough time uploading these piccys, let alone cropping them!!!:cool:

    Eric
     
  45. Trainmania100

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    Well done... your turn I believe...

    Screenshot_Cornish Main Line_50.37757--4.14493_13-30-59.jpg

    Screenshot_Cornish Main Line_50.37751--4.14498_13-32-27.jpg

    Eric
     
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  47. Trainmania100

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    Open floor, anyone can take the next go.
     
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    Class 52 got it in TSW2 in WSR (for the first one)
     
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    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    I was thinking the same: might end up posting a 1cm square of grey dashboard!
     
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    What train is this? Screenshot_Chatham Main & Medway Valley Lines_51.19150-0.27066_10-30-38.jpg
     

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