Mystery Photographs - Selection 3 Updated December 2011

Bonus points for these – a real mixed bag! There’s not much to identify many of these locations.

Picture 3-1 A foreign view to start off this section – France maybe?

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Picture 3-2 A ballast tamper – can anyone say where?

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Picture 3-3 We think this is a photo of a mast being installed as part of the West Coast electrification, but where on earth could it be?

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Picture 3-4 A line in a cutting – not many clues, I’m afraid!

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Picture 3-5 Maurice Hopper identifies this as being on the Vale of Rheidol Railway with its straight-sided coaches and a bountiful supply of steps. Based on our A Narrow Gauge View of North Wales, I’d hazard a guess at the 1 in 50 gradient near Rhiwfron in the mid-1960s.

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Picture 3-6 Maybe on the West Highland as well?

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Picture 3-7 How about this one?

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Picture 3-8 Nice bridge –taken from a brake van possibly.

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Picture 3-9 As could this:

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Picture 3-10 The signal and bridge might be a clue:

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Picture 3-11 A junction and road bridge ahead:

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Picture 3-12 Could be anywhere…!

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