Photo Quiz 10.09 (now finished)

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Photo Quiz 10.09 (now finished)

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Deadline is Thursday December 17th at 8pm.

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The station is, as the sign just above the first carriage says, Harrow & Wealdstone.

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GAH and yet I spend half my life there!

What are those dangly bits on the front of that B1 train?
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They're the jumpers for multiple working.
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I wouldnt have got this except for the sign on right which says Harrow & whealdstone
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where? That clearly isn't on my map :P
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Its on the right above the train number a little white board presumably james didnt see it either.
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That's a lamp post. In the 50's and 60's BR used to stencil the statiom name on the lamps. It wasn't a particularly great idea as they were usually quite small.
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Ahem... Whoosh... I was getting at the intersting spelling of Harrow and Wealdstone more than anything...
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I do beg your pardon, but at least you ignorance vis a vis 60's BR station signage is now addressed.
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Who said I didn't already know about BR 60's station signage? :P
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