| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by stuving at 22:13, 31st August 2026 |     |
B4: Bregenz - like what it says on the lady's bag!
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by Mark A at 19:20, 31st August 2026 | |
What or where is the Sham? 
For the first time, there are three others I know too.....and CfN really ought to get one of these!
For the first time, there are three others I know too.....and CfN really ought to get one of these!
(Melk)sham - fond local name for the town. Got me thinking - how common are nicknames like this? In my youth we always used to say we were going to "into Town" for trips to London which was about half an hour by train. Is that saying still commonly used?
Fairly common? 'Ciren' for the town for which Kemble is the railhead, though my great aunt's name for it was 'Ciceter'. Hampton on Thames was sometimes known as 'Appy Ampton' - the reason being lost in the mists of time. Or of Bushy Park.
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 17:51, 31st August 2026 | |
... Got me thinking - how common are nicknames like this? In my youth we always used to say we were going to "into Town" for trips to London which was about half an hour by train. Is that saying still commonly used?
I've heard it used occasionally in Nailsea - which is a town in its own right - when people express their intention of "going into town", when they mean Bristol - which is a city. Ten minutes by train, in our case.
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by grahame at 14:37, 31st August 2026 | |
B13: Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV
Sorry - it isn't; not even right county. But it IS a very modern station server by rather fast trains
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by DR7835 at 11:39, 31st August 2026 | |
B13: Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by grahame at 06:04, 31st August 2026 | |
Well - that's an incredibly rapid set of responses, and correct ones.
B0 Reading - ChrisB
B1 Arnhem - stuving
B2 Wuppertal - PrestburyRoad
B3 Cattewater (Plymouth) - Chris from Nailsea
B6 Taunton - Chris from Nailsea
B7 Inverness - eightonedee
B8 (London) St Pancras - TonyN
B11 Leven - brooklea
B12 Melksham - Phil
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by grahame at 05:38, 31st August 2026 | |
What or where is the Sham?
For the first time, there are three others I know too.....and CfN really ought to get one of these!
For the first time, there are three others I know too.....and CfN really ought to get one of these!
(Melk)sham - fond local name for the town. Got me thinking - how common are nicknames like this? In my youth we always used to say we were going to "into Town" for trips to London which was about half an hour by train. Is that saying still commonly used?
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 00:05, 31st August 2026 | |
B1: Arnhem.
Yes, I rather thought you would bag that one, stuving.
Posting after midnight, so I'm now going to make a bid for B3. Cattewater, Plymouth, Devon, UK.
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by stuving at 23:00, 30th August 2026 | |
B1: Arnhem.
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by TonyN at 22:44, 30th August 2026 | |
B8 St Pancras
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by eightonedee at 22:15, 30th August 2026 | |
B7 - Inverness
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by brooklea at 22:08, 30th August 2026 | |
B11. Leven
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 21:18, 30th August 2026 | |
B6. Taunton.
Thanks for the hint / prod, ChrisB.
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by PrestburyRoad at 20:53, 30th August 2026 | |
B2 is Wuppertaler Schwebebahn - very neatly built above the river
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by ChrisB at 20:51, 30th August 2026 | |
What or where is the Sham?
For the first time, there are three others I know too.....and CfN really ought to get one of these!
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by Phil at 20:46, 30th August 2026 | |
b12 is the Sham
| Re: 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by ChrisB at 20:43, 30th August 2026 | |
B0 is Reading
| 2 of 3 - rail related but no trains Posted by grahame at 20:40, 30th August 2026 | |
More pictures taken by ... myself on my travels .. showing the great variety that are railways. The first section remains open with a handful still to identify. How about these?
B0. Reading - ChrisB
B1. Arnhem - stuving
B2. Wuppertal - PrestburyRoad
B3. Cattewater (Plymouth) - Chris from Nailsea
B4.
B5.
B6. Taunton - Chris from Nailsea
B7. Inverness - eightonedee
B8. (London) St Pancras - TonyN
B9.
B10.
B11. Leven - brooklea
B12. Melksham - Phil
B13.
B14.
