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4SRKT

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There's a great shot from the M2 motorway in Belfast, overlooking the depot at York Road. You can see both types of DEMU, plus one of the older GM locomotives.
 
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4SRKT said:
Not sure how to. Last time I tried to post a link from Google Streetview it went all wrong. :(
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Go get the streetview image you want (in this case, the locos), then click "Link", and copy and paste the link here.
 
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Keynsham,+Bristol,+Avon,+United+Kingdom&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=19.668567,57.084961&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=Fe-MEAMd8t7Z_w&split=0&hq=&hnear=Keynsham,+Bristol,+Avon,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.418123,-2.494886&spn=0.00127,0.003484&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.418154,-2.495242&panoid=XhO7Gl2dNg5AmKA7UMdHXQ&cbp=12,157.07,,0,-5.81 HST at Keynsham Bristol
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Highbridge,+Somerset,+United+Kingdom&sll=51.127633,-2.989697&sspn=0.020442,0.055747&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FXSODQMdXajS_w&split=0&hq=&hnear=Highbridge,+Somerset,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.343689,-2.970031&spn=0.001143,0.006968&z=18&layer=c&cbll=51.343689,-2.970033&panoid=he6SLXEotnz7qS-RTR1lLw&cbp=11,310.13,,1,-2.14 http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Highbridge,+Somerset,+United+Kingdom&sll=51.127633,-2.989697&sspn=0.020442,0.055747&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FXSODQMdXajS_w&split=0&hq=&hnear=Highbridge,+Somerset,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.344546,-2.970546&spn=0.001143,0.006968&z=18&layer=c&cbll=51.344886,-2.970109&panoid=VuXGlqLCio_gqWgZTlSrBw&cbp=11,252.96,,0,2.92 FGW Loco Hauled at Weston

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Highbridge,+Somerset,+United+Kingdom&sll=51.127633,-2.989697&sspn=0.020442,0.055747&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FXSODQMdXajS_w&split=0&hq=&hnear=Highbridge,+Somerset,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.446045,-2.579722&spn=0.00057,0.003484&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.446045,-2.579723&panoid=hLevWzvLnoUJPT8lG_DVJQ&cbp=11,343.09,,0,5.97 Class 66 at Temple Meads
 
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scottm said:
. . . . If you go just a little down the road it disappears and the weather gets a bit cloudier! :lol:
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You've just reminded me of one scene on StreetView which is very dark and miserable.
If you look around Manchester's Piccadilly station, its almost night time!
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=0iBsD1EwxI_kRMbi221aew&cbp=12,24.53,,0,-1.07

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=rcesugX4B9hW5O5r3uPjdw&cbp=12,123.98,,0,0.84

You'd think that central Manchester is an important enough city to justify a repeat visit by one of the StreetCiew cars in better weather!
 
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Bittern said:
Go get the streetview image you want (in this case, the locos), then click "Link", and copy and paste the link here.
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Or you could just scroll back a few pages to my earlier post (no. 95) :D

jamesontheroad said:
You can get a little bit of everything from NIR if you take the M2 north out of Belfast: York Road depot is right alongside the motorway.

NIR's rake of "Gatwicks" - mk. 2 carriages formerly used on GM111-hauled commuter services...


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=belfast&sll=58.972667,-2.900391&sspn=5.349161,22.5&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Belfast,+County+Antrim,+United+Kingdom&ll=54.612635,-5.921534&spn=0,359.989014&z=17&layer=c&cbll=54.612867,-5.921522&panoid=kNpH_0gI6tjDPuGvWY6MWA&cbp=12,311.52,,0,6.05

Head a little further north along the M2, and hiding behind the Gatwicks is a GM 111, a class 450 and a class 80 motor unit....

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=belfast&sll=58.972667,-2.900391&sspn=5.349161,22.5&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Belfast,+County+Antrim,+United+Kingdom&ll=54.614138,-5.921448&spn=0,359.989014&z=17&layer=c&cbll=54.614038,-5.921455&panoid=qNBNo60VIsqx7UIKwhGl4g&cbp=12,238.66,,1,3.46

Turn to the right a bit, and there's a C3K set...

[URL="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=belfast&sll=58.972667,-2.900391&sspn=5.349161,22.5&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Belfast,+County+Antrim,+United+Kingdom&ll=54.614138,-5.921448&spn=0,359.989014&z=17&layer=c&cbll=54.614038,-5.921455&panoid=qNBNo60VIsqx7UIKwhGl4g&cbp=12,317.58,,0,7.42"]http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=belfast&sll=58.972667,-2.900391&sspn=5.349161,22.5&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Belfast,+County+Antrim,+United+Kingdom&ll=54.614138,-5.921448&spn=0,359.989014&z=17&layer=c&cbll=54.614038,-5.921455&panoid=qNBNo60VIsqx7UIKwhGl4g&cbp=12,317.58,,0,7.42
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...and then a little further up there's an Enterprise...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=belfast&sll=58.972667,-2.900391&sspn=5.349161,22.5&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Belfast,+County+Antrim,+United+Kingdom&ll=54.614051,-5.921459&spn=0,359.989014&z=17&layer=c&cbll=54.61415,-5.921448&panoid=zTqNxtq0on5a5ILVesj-pw&cbp=12,299.39,,0,10.1

Not to mention the other 450 visible further south on M2 as you cross the Lagan:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=belfast&sll=58.972667,-2.900391&sspn=5.349161,22.5&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Belfast,+County+Antrim,+United+Kingdom&ll=54.602264,-5.919034&spn=0.002797,0.021973&z=16&layer=c&cbll=54.602723,-5.919834&panoid=f5glAKE_gzMSUlIGBsh_CA&cbp=12,223.58,,0,2.5
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Hold on a moment!
. . . . back to trainspotting in a couple of minutes . . . .
just got to go here . . . . I'll be right back . . .

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=audley+end&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=19.700796,56.030273&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Audley+End,+Saffron+Walden,+Essex,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.890504,0.232086&spn=0.004397,0.027359&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.890993,0.233871&panoid=CncUEP338wS_5m5nBjR5VA&cbp=11,53.27,,0,4.86

(Its above the line into Stansted Airport - prompted by the Stansted - Elsenham thread in Fares, Tickets & Routeing )
 
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It's Aberdeen, so it doesn't really surprise me to be honest!
 
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When I try to post the link it doesn't work but if you go to aerofoil grove, Colchester right to the end and face dead south there is an MPV far left
 
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bse35 said:
When I try to post the link it doesn't work but if you go to aerofoil grove, Colchester right to the end and face dead south there is an MPV far left
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Click the "Link" link on the top right hand of the map, copy and paste into the post.

I've looked but can't find what you're talking about, so it might be helpful to link!
 
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I think I've found what Dai's on about.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...dzo_Y-Xa1d01oBYausTDig&cbp=12,143.71,,2,-0.72
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A Fairlie on the Ffestiniog at Porthmadog.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=A8kztYomjrevw0taqqew9w&cbp=12,228.18,,0,4.54

What looks like "River Esk" at Dalegarth terminus on the Laal Ratty (the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway to more normal people)

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=e9_HXCYSmBmn2g3pY6ZhIg&cbp=12,336.44,,0,7.24
 
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me123 said:
It's Aberdeen, so it doesn't really surprise me to be honest!
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The city of dormer windows. In every possible roof.
But that concrete wall is quite spectacularly bad city planning. I don't have anything to say about horseboy, but who permitted that wall?

And what is he standing in front of? a little stone shine set into the pavement, to lament a few sadly missed weeds?
There is someting other-worldly about that place. And with 2 direct services to London a day, you'd think they'd be a bit more, well, (I'd better be careful herre 'cos of a family connection), less-different from the rest of us. Do we remember the cannibal family story some years ago - living on the cliffs nearby, alledgedly?
 
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