Location: Victoria
How about Lancefield?
Rick
Lancefield is correct.
Over to you.
Apologies for the delayed response.
Where am I Victoria? - Non Cryptic - #3
trawny
Train Controller
Location: Victoria
Lancefield is correct.
Over to you.
Apologies for the delayed response.
RustyRick
Chief Commissioner
Location: South West Vic
No worries
This site has the facilities to load two different types of bulk goods.
Rick
This site has the facilities to load two different types of bulk goods.
Rick
ed31880
Train Controller
Hopetoun?
RustyRick
Chief Commissioner
Location: South West Vic
Not Hopetoun
Rick
Rick
RustyRick
Chief Commissioner
Location: South West Vic
Both facilities are no longer used.
Rick
Rick
RustyRick
Chief Commissioner
Location: South West Vic
One was a mineral.
Rick
Rick
brownhillboy
Train Controller
One was a mineral.
Rick
Cowangie?
RustyRick
Chief Commissioner
Location: South West Vic
Yep, gypsum and wheat out of Cowangie.
All yours BHB.
Rick
All yours BHB.
Rick
brownhillboy
Train Controller
This was a junction station on a now closed line. The station had a turntable. Three other stations within 30 track miles also had turntables.
Where was the station?
trawny
Train Controller
Location: Victoria
Clarkfield almost fits the clues?
brownhillboy
Train Controller
This was a junction station on a now closed line. The station had a turntable. Three other stations within 30 track miles also had turntables.
Where was the station?
Sorry, not Clarkfield
dmgrail
Junior Train Controller
Location: Wangaratta Vic. 3677
Sorry, not Clarkfield
Everton
DMG
brownhillboy
Train Controller
This was a junction station on a now closed line. The station had a turntable. Three other stations within 30 track miles also had turntables. The branchline from our station was closed as a result of the post-war increase in road transport, thus seeing the end of one of the turntables. Another turntable was a relic of old traffic patterns, and was removed in the early 60's. The two that remained were used Mondays to Saturdays by separate roadside goods services.
Where was the station?
Not Clarkfield or Everton
Valvegear
Oliver Bullied, CME
Location: Norda Fittazroy
Jeparit?
duttonbay
Minister for Railways
Gee, Koroit gets close. It's a junction on a closed line, which had a turntable, and there were tables at Port Fairy and Warrnambool Kerang is 35 miles away though. Perhaps Penshurt has a turntable when the short-lived line to Dunkeld was open? That's very close to 30 miles from Koroit.
brownhillboy
Train Controller
This was a junction station on a now closed line. The station had a turntable. Three other stations within 30 track miles also had turntables. The branch line from our station was closed as a result of the post-war increase in road transport, thus seeing the end of one of the turntables. Another turntable was a relic of old traffic patterns, and was removed in the early 60's. The two that remained were used Mondays to Saturdays by separate roadside goods services.
Although there was a rail connection between the two remaining turntable equipped stations, from at least the 1950's there was no direct service between the two.
Where was the station?
Not Clarkfield, Everton, Jeparit or Koroit
duttonbay
Minister for Railways
Maffra? Branch to Briagolong with a turntable there, plus tables at Traralgon, Sale and Stratford. Hmm, that's four other turntables within 30 miles, and your clue about direct service doesn't apply. Back to the drawing board methinks...
Bullucked
Assistant Commissioner
May I throw a cryptic answer up as a potential clue, if correct that is?
May I now be part of a large rail trail?
May I now be part of a large rail trail?
trawny
Train Controller
Location: Victoria
Tallarook? Turntables at Wallan, Seymour and Yea. But again missing direct connection...
brownhillboy
Train Controller
Maffra? Branch to Briagolong with a turntable there, plus tables at Traralgon, Sale and Stratford. Hmm, that's four other turntables within 30 miles, and your clue about direct service doesn't apply. Back to the drawing board methinks...
You have the correct answer duttonbay. The turntables I referred to were at Maffra, Briagolong, Stratford and Sale which were within the 30 track miles.
Over to you for another challenge....
duttonbay
Minister for Railways
You have the correct answer duttonbay. The turntables I referred to were at Maffra, Briagolong, Stratford and Sale which were within the 30 track miles.
Over to you for another challenge....
I only checked Traralgon now - is 32¾ miles, so outside the 30 mile range. Although a junction on a closed line should narrow things down substantially, that one took a bit of finding - and I didn't realise there was a turntable at Stratford before doing some digging. Good question.
I shall be back with a question shortly.
duttonbay
Minister for Railways
I guess "shortly" has expired by now. Carrying on with the turntable theme, but taking the opposite tack. There are likely to be multiple answers - I have one in mind. More clues will follow if necessary:
This station is more than 25 miles from the nearest turntable
This station is more than 25 miles from the nearest turntable
Rodo
Chief Commissioner
Location: Southern Riverina
There are rather a lot of them, especially nowadays. Please elaborate to make this question viable.
duttonbay
Minister for Railways
There are rather a lot of them, especially nowadays. Please elaborate to make this question viable.
Ahh. Very good point Rodo. My brain does tend to be stuck in the past. Let's try this:
In the "between the wars" era, this station was more than 25 miles from the nearest turntable
I think this reduces the number of candidates considerably.
brownhillboy
Train Controller
Ahh. Very good point Rodo. My brain does tend to be stuck in the past. Let's try this:
In the "between the wars" era, this station was more than 25 miles from the nearest turntable
I think this reduces the number of candidates considerably.
Underbool?
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