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| Where is this image? 28/11/2016 at 13:02 #89542 | |
clive
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A friend of mine has found the following image in a number of different places (not surprising since it's available as a stock photo). Can anyone suggest where it is - at least the country if not the actual location? Copy 1 Copy 2 Some things to note: * Seeing it in newspaper stories set in (say) India is not of itself a clue, because it's available as a stock picture. * There are 6 tracks, of which only the middle 4 are electrified. * The tracks use concrete sleepers and Pandrol clips of various types. * At least the nearest points have a moving crossing. * The masts for the overhead gantries are numbered with 3-digit numbers. * There appears to be a hand-controlled OHLE isolator on the 6th pole on the left. * There appear to be points indicators next to each set of points. They look like they have a blue light, though that may be an artefact. * There are signals in two places near the right-hand posts. The nearer seems to have side-by-side signals while the further appears to be two headed or perhaps a "feather" over a head. Their position would imply right-hand running. Any ideas? Last edited: 28/11/2016 at 13:03 by clive Reason: Added URLs. Log in to reply |
| Where is this image? 28/11/2016 at 18:01 #89549 | |
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Humorist
102 posts |
The presence of swinging nose points suggests this might be in Russia, on part of the Leningrad to Moscow high-speed line, perhaps.
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| Where is this image? 28/11/2016 at 18:59 #89550 | |
belly buster
368 posts |
The photographer is Chinese.
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| Where is this image? 28/11/2016 at 20:20 #89563 | |
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Jan
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clive in post 89542 said:* There appear to be points indicators next to each set of points. They look like they have a blue light, though that may be an artefact.The signals with the blue light look like OSShD-style shunt signals to me and those main signals faintly visible in the distance would fit that style as well. So I'd definitively place that picture somewhere within the former Eastern bloc. Another clue could be those little white posts placed between the two tracks beyond the trailing end of a set of points. They mark the point where a vehicle would start fouling the neighbouring track, but I don't know off-hand which country uses precisely that style of marker post. Two million people attempt to use Birmingham's magnificent rail network every year, with just over a million of them managing to get further than Smethwick. Log in to reply |
