Nice-looking station! Where is it?

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Re: Station Armonica

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GuyBarry wrote: 27 Jul 2024, 09:56 Well at least you won't have any difficulty finding one for "X" :)
Hmmm... really struggling with that one... :?
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Station Armonica - closing soon

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Last chance for answers... :)
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Station Armonica - answered...

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...and well done to RJSRdg, tubeguru, trains500 and greatkingrat for deducing that Station Armonica is:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!

And yes, I typed that in from memory, no kidding. So I'm trusting I've spelt it correctly... :roll:

Station Bouzouki coming soon. Though it may be a few days before it does...
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Station Bouzouki

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Here you go folks. Easier than it looks, it's Station Bouzouki. Popular in Greece, the Bouzouki is related to the Lute, and the name comes from the Turkish word bozuk, meaning modified (or broken).

But I guess you really just want to work out what the station is. PMs, please!
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Station Bouzouki - answered

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So well done to trains500 and tubeguru, for almost-correctly identifying Station Bouzouki. Yes, just one stop down the line from Station Zulu, Bouzouki is Ardrossan Harbour. I say 'almost-correctly', because both submissions had the first 'r' replaced with an 'n', but they were near enough. :D

Righto! I'm off for my summer break up to Scotty-land the noo, and be off-forum. I'll return early September, when I'll release Station Cajón to y'all. See you soon! :D
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Re: Nice-looking station! Where is it?

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I'm not quite sure how I didn't get that!

I got that it was in Scotland, and that it was an electrified terminus of a single track line, and that it was in a coastal location (from the masts on the right hand side) and I checked all such lines in my rail atlas against Google satellite view.

I can only think that I had assumed that the boats were in the water, and thought that as Ardrossan Harbour has the water on the left side, it couldn't be there!
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Re: Nice-looking station! Where is it?

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RJSRdg wrote: 14 Aug 2024, 20:28 I'm not quite sure how I didn't get that!

I got that it was in Scotland, and that it was an electrified terminus of a single track line, and that it was in a coastal location (from the masts on the right hand side) and I checked all such lines in my rail atlas against Google satellite view.

I can only think that I had assumed that the boats were in the water, and thought that as Ardrossan Harbour has the water on the left side, it couldn't be there!
If you plonk the streetview man here: https://www.google.com/maps/@55.6387106 ... &entry=ttu, you will see the tower on the left of the original image, the larger building in the middle, and the masts.

Placing the man at end of the platform doesn't really show much, given the availability of roads to plonk him on. See this image, where I've put the two buildings in the middle of the shot, but still just about visible in the distance: https://www.google.com/maps/@55.6403004 ... &entry=ttu
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Re: Nice-looking station! Where is it?

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tubeguru wrote: 18 Aug 2024, 08:48 If you plonk the streetview man here: https://www.google.com/maps/@55.6387106 ... &entry=ttu, you will see the tower on the left of the original image, the larger building in the middle, and the masts.

Placing the man at end of the platform doesn't really show much, given the availability of roads to plonk him on. See this image, where I've put the two buildings in the middle of the shot, but still just about visible in the distance: https://www.google.com/maps/@55.6403004 ... &entry=ttu
Once Robbie had given the answer, I went on Streetview and saw exactly that!
However I hadn't previousy got as far as looking on Streetview as even a zoomed-out aerial image showed the water to be on the "wrong" side.
It was only after zooming in (again, after Robbie had given the answer) that I realised the boats were on land!
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Station Cajón

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Okay folks, back from my travels! Here’s another station named after a musical instrument – Station Cajón. From the Spanish word meaning ‘crate’, ‘box’ or similar, the cajón is a box-shaped percussion instrument which you sit on, and slap it on the backs and sides to make low and high noises. It can be very useful as a ‘substitute drumkit’ in a small band setting.

Incidentally, be careful when writing the word ‘cajón’ that you don’t accidentally replace the ‘a’ with another ‘o’; it’s a common misspelling. However, the resulting Spanish word means something very different. And if you sit on one of those and slap it on the backs and sides, you certainly will get low and high noises of a very different kind… :oops:

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One correct answer so far - any more takers? :|
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*checks watch*
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Station Cajón - Hint

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tubeguru wrote: 30 Oct 2024, 10:27*checks watch*
Funny you should say that, I have been doing the same thing! :D

I was waiting for a response to my question, even if it was a ’no’! I’ll take your comment as that response.

It’ll be a few days before I can upload Station Dulcimer, so in the meantime, I’ll congratulate trains 500 for correctly guessing Cajón, and leave everyone else with a hint:

Hint: Station Cajón is on one of the very oldest lines on the network.

Any more PMs welcome! :D
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Station Cajón - answered

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…and well done to trains500 and, post-hint, lunaticonthegrass for correctly identifying Newton-le-Willows as our mystery station this time. :)

I hope to have the dulcet tones of Station Dulcimer with you before midnight tonight!
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