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      sydneyshortnorth Train Controller

    Location: On the 1 in 40.
    Sorry Valvegear and michaelgm, I was just being a bit mischievous with my two previous posts.

    Starting from TomBTR's rather obscure clues, a reverse-engineering of every possible "northern" station and a deep dredge of several pages of Google threw up (so to speak) this reference: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/scott-thomas-alison-2644 which explains Alison's involvement with Tom Scott (who??) and also the cane connection, leading us to T A SCOTT, who was apparently an early starter in Australia's sugar industry.

    My second tease, "............ point, Clare .............!" simply refers to Tascott's rail-connected neighbour just up the line.

    I'll let TomBTR decide if there's a winner for this one ......... I'm off to find some headache tablets!

    Steve
    Posted: 06 Feb 2020 14:44

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      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Norda Fittazroy
    I never realised that we were playing a quiz on obscure history. The clue didn't mention any Allison so that bit is inadmissable,
    Posted: 06 Feb 2020 16:23

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      TomBTR Chief Train Controller

    Location: near Sydney
    I am inclined to pass the staff to Steve who obviously knew where I was talking about and also developed some better clues.

    Thomas Alison Scott founded the sugar industry in NSW (maybe also in Australia) on the shore of Brisbane Water. The station at T A Scott became TASCOTT and long survived the end on cane growing on the Central Coast.

    Tom







    Edit: Above written and posted before I noticed the two posts above (fresh page carelessness on my part).
    One could do something similar with Kandos, but it is beyond the cityrail network.
    Posted: 06 Feb 2020 21:02

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      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Norda Fittazroy
    Thanks for the history lesson.
    Posted: 06 Feb 2020 21:17
      sydneyshortnorth Train Controller

    Location: On the 1 in 40.
    Moving along, give this one a go. It should be simpler and everything you need is in the words of the clue (I think/hope!).

    "With a change of layout and an encrypted iMap Central could become an even more central station!".

    Steve
    Posted: 07 Feb 2020 09:19
      DCook Chief Train Controller

    Location: The standard state
    Central?
    Posted: 07 Feb 2020 16:34
      sydneyshortnorth Train Controller

    Location: On the 1 in 40.
    The answer is a real, existing station but it's not Central.

    Steve
    Posted: 07 Feb 2020 17:26
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Norda Fittazroy
    Martin Place.  
    Take out the letters m a i p (encrypted imap), leaves r t n l a c e, unscrambled = central
    Posted: 08 Feb 2020 19:28
      sydneyshortnorth Train Controller

    Location: On the 1 in 40.
    Spot-on Sherlock, perfect deduction!

    Trivia add-on - historically, Main Post Offices have often been considered to define the "central point" of a city or town, especially for distance measurement. Sydney's is/was at No.1 Martin Place.

    Next delivery is Valvegear's.

    Steve
    Posted: 08 Feb 2020 20:50
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Norda Fittazroy
    Thanks ssn - that was a great cryptic.

    Here's a mix of a reserve, humans and geometry.
    Posted: 09 Feb 2020 16:40
      DCook Chief Train Controller

    Location: The standard state
    Thanks ssn - that was a great cryptic.

    Here's a mix of a reserve, humans and geometry.
    Valvegear
    Menangle Park?
    Posted: 09 Feb 2020 16:51
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Norda Fittazroy
    11 minutes for DCook to get the answer. Well done and over to you,sir.
    Posted: 09 Feb 2020 18:25
      DCook Chief Train Controller

    Location: The standard state
    Should be easy

    James had a point
    Posted: 09 Feb 2020 18:33
      TomBTR Chief Train Controller

    Location: near Sydney
    Milsons Point
    Posted: 09 Feb 2020 18:37
      DCook Chief Train Controller

    Location: The standard state
    Correct
    Take the staff TomBTR
    Posted: 09 Feb 2020 18:38
      TomBTR Chief Train Controller

    Location: near Sydney
    Mr. Wong was a coolie before he moved into waterfront real estate.
    Posted: 09 Feb 2020 19:42
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Norda Fittazroy
    Koolewong?
    Posted: 10 Feb 2020 08:17
      TomBTR Chief Train Controller

    Location: near Sydney
    Yes, that was an easy one to complete the set Point Clare, Tascott and Koolewong.

    over to you VG
    Posted: 10 Feb 2020 08:42
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Norda Fittazroy
    Thank you, kind sir.

    On your birthday, would you prefer yellow or red cake icing?
    Posted: 10 Feb 2020 12:55
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Norda Fittazroy
    On your birthday, would you prefer yellow or red cake icing?

    Hint:  I'm up to my old tricks again - think anagram.
    Posted: 11 Feb 2020 13:58
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Norda Fittazroy
    On your birthday, would you prefer yellow or red cake icing?

    Hint:  I'm up to my old tricks again - think anagram.

    Next Hint: It's two-word name.
    Posted: 13 Feb 2020 16:30
      5915 Chief Commissioner

    Woy Woy?

    5915
    Posted: 13 Feb 2020 17:50
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Norda Fittazroy
    Not Woy Woy.
    Posted: 13 Feb 2020 18:40
      bov Train Controller

    or red cake = Dora Creek
    Posted: 13 Feb 2020 21:54

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      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Norda Fittazroy
    By George; he's got it!

    Dora Creek it is, and bov takes up the running.
    Posted: 14 Feb 2020 08:41

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