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Post by Phil on Feb 20, 2006 11:20:46 GMT
This weeks pics to identify courtesy of our old friend Q8.  |
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Post by Harsig on Feb 20, 2006 12:00:08 GMT
Goodness me, I haven't used that station since Saturday. It's too easy for me to even bother to answer.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2006 12:35:51 GMT
Been there, done that. I too will allow someone else to try to guess this - it can be deceptive though  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2006 16:10:23 GMT
Is this Rayners Lane? I remember seeing a picture like this many, many years ago and it seems familiar.
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Post by Phil on Feb 20, 2006 16:25:03 GMT
Not Rayners.....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2006 16:26:36 GMT
It's somewhere on the Uxbridge branch though isn't it...................?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2006 16:28:37 GMT
What about Hillingdon?
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Post by Phil on Feb 20, 2006 16:39:38 GMT
Still close, still not close enough.....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2006 16:46:09 GMT
Ickenham. (Halt)
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Post by Phil on Feb 20, 2006 19:44:43 GMT
Yup
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Post by trainopd78 on Feb 20, 2006 20:09:00 GMT
Wasn't it spelt Halte at one point or am I thinking of somewhere else? Love the pics Phil. Lots of history for me to peruse too. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2006 22:33:04 GMT
Wasn't it spelt Halte at one point or am I thinking of somewhere else? No, not to my knowledge anyway. Perhaps in another language maybe. |
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Post by Tomcakes on Feb 20, 2006 22:36:29 GMT
AFAIK yes - there's something about it on the Met video IIRC.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2006 22:48:45 GMT
No, it really was called Ickenham Halte.
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Post by russe on Feb 20, 2006 23:02:43 GMT
Wasn't it spelt Halte at one point or am I thinking of somewhere else? Can't remember what the Metropolitan did in those days, but 'Halte' was an in vogue spelling at the beginning of the 20th century, perhaps to distinguish it from the abbreviated and more modern form, which in those days could have been perceived in the verb form of 'halt'. Trains halted only if passengers (getting off, or waiting on the platform) issued a command. The Great Western used the 'Halte' form for many years, so it is not unlikely the Metropolitan followed suit, but whether the Metropolitan adopted the same operating philosophy I know not. Russ |
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Post by Phil on Feb 20, 2006 23:15:58 GMT
The (removed) caption from the photo certainly spelled Halte with an e at the end
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2006 23:45:49 GMT
Well, you can't say this forum is not informative. I can't find halte via google, and even my (once) trusty London Transport Railways list of opening, closing & renaming dates of lines & stations calls it Ickenham Halt.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2006 6:30:58 GMT
I knew it was somewhere around there. I had a book years ago all about the Metropolitan Railway, it contained many many photos like the one Phil has posted and was very good. Unfortunately I haven't seen it for years and cannot remember what it was called................. |
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