Where Am I?

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  1. UP13

    UP13 Well-Known Member

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    WCML somewhere? I'm assuming it's not the GEML or NNL (I'm assuming the Freightliner 86s haven't strayed from their usual route).
     
  2. 749006

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    Not WCML - the scenario normally had a 66 but I swapped it for 2x86 as they are nicer to drive
     
  3. UP13

    UP13 Well-Known Member

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    Near Barking, East London?
     
  4. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    No, not near Barking
     
  5. AirbourneAlex

    AirbourneAlex Well-Known Member

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    Looks like the junction near Finsbury Park where the line to Moorgate and freight line to the North London Line join up with the ECML.
     
  6. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    Near enough - Drayton Park is just below the bottom of the picture
    Your turn :)
     
  7. AirbourneAlex

    AirbourneAlex Well-Known Member

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    Hopefully those station signs are illegible. DTG route again.
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  8. inversnecky

    inversnecky Well-Known Member

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    That's a great shot, you should definitely enter it into the Screenshot competition on the Creations forum.
     
  9. AirbourneAlex

    AirbourneAlex Well-Known Member

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    Thank you, but unfortunately this uses an AP enhancement pack so wouldn't count.
     
  10. Robbo13

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    Sankey for Penketh?
     
  11. AirbourneAlex

    AirbourneAlex Well-Known Member

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    Yes, good job. Quite easy given the only DTG route that uses that track and station model style is Liverpool to Manchester. Your go.
     
  12. JJTimothy

    JJTimothy Well-Known Member

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    "Manchester Airport " was a bit of a clue too.
     
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  13. Robbo13

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    Screenshot_Settle to Carlisle_54.83095--2.76916_13-19-58.jpg

    Next one with a Class 70 on Chirks.
     
  14. deedee3382

    deedee3382 Member

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    Low House Crossing?
     
  15. Robbo13

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    Yep correct
     
  16. deedee3382

    deedee3382 Member

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    Let's try this one out...
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    The route is available on steam.
     
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  17. UP13

    UP13 Well-Known Member

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    ECML somwhere?
     
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    Lockerbie
     
  19. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    Not Woodhead as it does not have 25kv overheads
     
  20. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead Well-Known Member

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    The OHLE from Woodhead is instantly recognisable. As a point of interested, the same equipment is still used for the 25KV to this day on the line out to Hadfield.
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  21. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    The OHLE is Mk1 style so not ECML but could be WCML - not north of Weaver Jn or GEML up to Colchester
    After that I'm lost
     
  22. inversnecky

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    Hmm, ideas for a new quiz: where’s that OLE? Do you recognise that insulator or conductor wire? Maybe not...!
     
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  23. deedee3382

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    You're getting close.

    Here's a more revealing version of the image.
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  24. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    Hatfield Peverel
    Screenshot_GEML London Ipswich_51.77996-0.59214_12-00-28.jpg
     
  25. deedee3382

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    Correct!
    Your turn. :)
     
  26. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    Ok which station is this - route is off Steam
    87mml.jpg
     
  27. theorganist

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    Birmingham International?
     
  28. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead Well-Known Member

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    Warrington Bank Quay
     
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    749006 Well-Known Member

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    No
    No
     
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    theorganist Well-Known Member

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    Okay, then my second choice is Coventry?
     
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    Still No

    Clue - you would not normally see this loco on this route
     
  32. theorganist

    theorganist Well-Known Member

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    Sneaky lol!
     
  33. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    The picture above the 87 is of a train not in its normal area but it drives so . . . .
     
  34. Nacho

    Nacho Well-Known Member

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    It is Midland mainline or North london line? I am not very familiar with those two but both have OHLE as far as I know
     
  35. mrcharliemiggins2.0

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    749006 Well-Known Member

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    Nope
     
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    Not many 5 platform stations on the NNL
     
  38. AirbourneAlex

    AirbourneAlex Well-Known Member

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    Luton perhaps? The lamppost colours are the same/similar to other stations on the MML, and the screenshot shows a 319 that appears to be on another platform in the background which makes me think there's 5 platforms, confirmed by there being a platform 3/4 sign on an island platform (meaning the 87 must be on platform 5- same as Luton on the dn fast).
     
  39. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    Your deductive skills are working - Luton it is :)
    Your turn
     
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  40. AirbourneAlex

    AirbourneAlex Well-Known Member

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    Ok, should be easy. DTG route with correct rolling stock.
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    Raynes Park with the train departing from P2
    Not many station with staggered platforms
     
  42. AirbourneAlex

    AirbourneAlex Well-Known Member

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    Yep correct, nice and easy. I thought the platform to the right might throw some people since it looks like a bay platform but in fact is not...
     
  43. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    Ok where is this - route off Steam and I think I have covered up the names
    43.jpg
     
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    Cantley on the Wherry lines, very distinctive with the industrial bit ahead and pipes over the line.
     
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    749006 Well-Known Member

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    We were both thinking the places looked difficult and were easy
    Your turn
     
  46. AirbourneAlex

    AirbourneAlex Well-Known Member

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    Hehe, yes that was unfortunate.
    Lets try this one again... Steam route.
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    Rhosneigr?
    The 142 is throwing me
     
  48. AirbourneAlex

    AirbourneAlex Well-Known Member

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    Correct yet again, you're on the ball today. Not sure if the Arriva Pacers ever made it this far north but at least the TOC is correct.
     
  49. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

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    I looked thru my Track Atlas as the 256 MP was a clue and I don't have the LLJ - HHD section of NWC

    Ok where is this - route off Steam
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  50. theorganist

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    Is it Heysham?
     

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