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I think it's Lamport Station, looking North West. In that direction the landscape is fairly flat. However there is a hill behind the photographer which runs down to the crossing which may well have caused some of the problems there. (Presumably not the incident with the coach though, because...

@eastdyke - I think I'm with you. i) The signal box would probably be just out of shot. ii) The electricity pole with three insulators on the left of the original photo seems to match the pole on your first photo (visible because the cottage has been demolished). iii) The crossing is an A...

And also Combridge crossing house appears to be on the wrong side of the road.

I admire the ambition of your project! I don't know if this helps, but regarding Bromsgrove platform 1, I believe Cross Country are terminating their Nottingham-Cardiff services at Bromsgrove over the next couple of weekends (to meet the rail replacement bus) - and last Sunday at least I think...

Going on the OPs suggestion that similar cottages have been noted in Northamptonshire, I found this photo on Flickr of Desborough station: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49024867341_64c380a0c3_b.jpg Both the barge board on the end of the station and the top half of the chimneys look very...

Why not run the Bristol-Worcester up to Bromsgrove; platform 1 at Bromsgrove gets very little use, and this would provide connections with the bottom end of the Cross-City. OK, as it stands I realise that you probably can't get back to the Stoke Works branch from platform 1, that the Stoke...

We obtained our first EV in early January, probably the worst weather to start with. It's an MG ZS EV and had 32,000 miles on it. It's a whole new way of doing things, but works well. In the winter weather it's range was only 80 to 85% of the advertised as new range, which was OK, but not...

Unexpectedly our most recent car insurance quote was more expensive if we parked in the garage rather than on the drive. Apparently this was because of claims for damage caused by drivers while driving in and out of their garages, as well as dropping things onto their cars. Maybe this is...

Many of the above, but I'll add a couple that I've done that don't appear to have been mentioned yet. Russia-Mongolia and Mongolia-China both by train. USA to Mexico by foot. A closer border that a friend once crossed was Belgium-Netherlands. So what you say - well he was sleep-walking at the...

Tap and cap seems to work well in the West Midlands area, but slightly outside the area on Diamond not sure. First time time I tried it the driver didn't even believe it worked and made me buy another ticket - never got that one back. One of the local drivers always puts his hand over the...

@lostwin(m) - Can I just say that these are all superb photos, they really capture the essence of the era. I have enjoyed them immensely, partly because.... I was there too! And just to add... for accuracy's (or pedantry's ) sake I think that the canal is the BCN* Main Line. (Google shows...

Not on the outward journey which is via Castle Cary with no change. Maybe this easement is somehow being interpreted as allowing the Castle Cary routing for the occasional service via Yeovil: 700519 Journeys routed Yeovil Westbury may go via Castle Cary without calling at Westbury. This...

As @CyrusWuff says there aren't any point to point seasons in the TfWM area, but there are zonal nTrain tickets. Bournville is in Zone 3, University is Zone 2 and Birmingham New Street is Zone 1. My best guess at what's happening when getting the prices from WMR is that some sort of...

Did a 230 really make it up the Lickey incline today - 5Q68 Long Marston to Barnt Green??

12 years in on my panels and no problems so far with either the panels or inverter. They do seem to lose a small percentage of generation per annum, probably half a per cent per year or so (they are probably now at around 94% of where they were when new), and I would expect the inverter will...

My cards are showing again now. Decided not to risk it today though and took the car for the two journeys I needed to make.

Any ideas on this? I just received a notification on my phone that my version of the Railcard app is no longer supported and I need to upgrade. The railcard app is indeed no longer working and won't display any railcards. However I've checked and I'm already on the latest version of the app...

You may have already done this, but in BIOS is USB the first item in the boot sequence? If not, move USB to the top of the list and try it again. Best of luck!

He was the last station master there. I assume that he was given the role to over-see the closure. All must have gone well because he moved on to be station master at the following stations: Hampton in Arden Matlock Bridge Lancaster Green Ayre Tewkesbury* and Sutton Park - (station master at...