RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted June 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 23, 2013 Talerddig, home of the summit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted June 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 23, 2013 Galveston - Glenn Campbell sang about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 (edited) Nameless - Tennessee , USA ( so bad they couldn't name it once ? ) Edited June 24, 2013 by RJL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted June 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2013 (edited) Sligo (twinned with Cape Town?) Edited June 24, 2013 by Metr0Land 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted June 24, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2013 Ongar....Home of the Epping Ongar Railway http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/71410-epping-ongar-railway/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 (edited) Humpybong - Queensland - Originated when British abandoned this area in favour for Brisban. Leaving behind there huts or " Humpies ", the name comes from the Aboriginal meaning dead shelters. Humpybong was the name given to the whole Redcliffe Peninsular though it originally referred to Humpybong Creek and is still commemorated in Humpybong Esplanade, Humpybong Park and Humpybong State School. The Creek was not sufficient as a source of water for the settlement. That and the mosquitoes drove the settlers up the Brisbane River. Given the anglicized form of the aboriginal term for the abandoned settlement it was never a town per se. After permanent settlement arrived, starting about 40 years later, "Redcliffe" was eventually chosen (reviving Matthew Flinders' original name for Woody Point) as being a much more attractive name for the region, so let's go with that: Redcliffe, QLD Edited June 24, 2013 by Ozexpatriate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Eek - Alaska, USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 (edited) McMinnville Oregon between Portland and the Pacific coast. A nice Air museum there with the Spruce Goose inside. A tornado touched down last week ripping roofs of some industrial buildings And famous for the 1950 UFO sighting - celebrated every May with the annual UFO festival and alien costume parade. Also the rooftop party on the McMenamins' Hotel Oregon. McMinnville (particularly the Cascade Steel Rolling Mill) is served by the Portland and Western short line. The letter being "K", let's keep it in Oregon: Keizer, OR, home of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. Edited June 24, 2013 by Ozexpatriate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Ratho – a village in Midlothian, Scotland, UK. It's situated on the Union Canal, which connects Edinburgh with the Forth and Clyde Canal at Falkirk, and had a station on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The nearby Ratho Viaduct carries the E & G across the Almond Valley. Ratho Viaduct, AKA the Almond Valley Viaduct. © Copyright Anne Burgess and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted June 24, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2013 Ogbourne, on the MSWJR, used to have some race horse traffic The Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted June 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2013 Eldersfield, Gloucestershire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted June 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2013 Des Moines (Iowa) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted June 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) San Luis Obispo, California - a University town and home to an umber of brewpubs. has a market on Thursday evenings which is very good. Edited June 25, 2013 by roundhouse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) San Luis Obispo, California - a University town and home to an umber of brewpubs. And recently recognized as the "Happiest City in the United States" according to someone's analysis of somewhat arbitrary indicies. An "umber" of brewpubs? Surely an "amber of brewpubs"? (I'm not picking on your typographical mistake, it's fun to think of what the collective noun for brewpubs should be.) Extrapolating with some fictitious venery. A 'tun' of brewpubs, A 'wort' of brewpubs, Perhaps different words might indicate a different quantity: A 'tipple' of brewpubs might mean a small number. A 'crawl' of brewpubs might mean a larger number. A 'debauch' of brewpubs would be at least one too many. A 'beervana' of brewpubs is of course Portland and the Pacific Northwest. The letter is "O", keeping it in Cali, let's go with: Oakland, CA - major rail hub for the Southern Pacific Railroad (now Uncle Pete). There's a nice aerial shot here. Edited June 25, 2013 by Ozexpatriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) Oxley. Oxley shed was built in 1906-7, the shed had two 65ft turntables. The shed closed to steam on Saturday 4th March 1967, the day that two special Castle hauled trains ran to Chester, behind 4079 Pendennis Castle and 7029 Clun Castle. The shed finally closed in March 1976 and was dismantled. Edited June 25, 2013 by andytrains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted June 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2013 Yafford, which is on the 'Back of the Wight'.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) Dawsholm. Is an area of Glasgow to the north west of the City. The loco shed, coded 65D that once existed there was to the north of Maryhill station on the east side of the goods branch. It was built of brick and was a six road straight dead-ended shed and had a north-light roof. The shed closed on 3rd October 1964 and was later demolished. Caledonian Jumbo 57245 at the coaling stage at Dawsholm. Photo by Ron Fisher. Edited June 25, 2013 by andytrains 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Muff - County Donegal,Eire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted June 26, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) Using the last 2 letters from Muff, we can go to Fforestfach, near Swansea. Edited June 26, 2013 by tomparryharry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Hastings - where we used to love to go to play the slotties! Now we go becaue my eldest loves crazy golf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted June 26, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) Santa Barbara, California. Superb all year round weather and a very nice beach with a timber pier dotted with restaurants. Plenty of Pelicans waiting to steal a fishermans catch. A very nice centrally located Amtrak station aswell. Edited June 26, 2013 by roundhouse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Álora – in the province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. Looking down from the Moorish fortress at Álora to the station, on the Málaga-Córdoba line far below; the train is the Cercanías Málaga Line C-2 service which terminates here – Málaga is 40 km away to the right. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted June 26, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2013 Andover at the junction of the Milky Way (AKA Tiddly Dyke) and the Sprat and Winkle The Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted June 26, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2013 Ramstein - big US air base just outside Frankfurt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted June 26, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2013 Ranworth a village and a Norfolk Broad very intresting church to visit too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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