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Puzzle Picture<\/span><\/p>\n … published in a chapter showing the quality of station architecture. The picture’s title is here enlarged.<\/p>\n The question is, on which Underground line would you find Oakfield<\/span> station? Answer later in this blog.<\/p><\/div>\n Trains leave from 30th Street station well to the west of Centre City Philadelphia.<\/p>\n They curve round to the north of the central area crossing the river on the spectacularly spindly Delair bridge …<\/p>\n ,,, before calling at Pannsauken well to the north of Camden.<\/p>\n Here there is connection with the River Line (of which more tomorrow). We spotted interchange with PATCO red line at Lindenwold yesterday after which the Atlantic City Line strides cross country to its eponymous terminus.<\/p>\n So, how frequent is this line, joining two major conurbations on the populous east cost of the USA?<\/p>\n The above is an extract – there are just 14 trains a day Monday to Saturday! Connections are shown in italics<\/span> from Trenton via the River Line and from Philadelphia centre city via PATCO.<\/p><\/div>\n Atlantic City station is grand, but, these days,\u00a0 mostly empty!<\/p>\n It shows four Stagecoach South managers dressed ridiculously! They are launching\/re-launching route 60. In the past the route ran from Guildford to Bognor Regis …<\/p>\n … but has been cut at both ends and now only offers a link between Chichester and Midhurst.b<\/p>\n A bit of a come-down?<\/p>\n No longer the route that it was!<\/p>\n Perhaps the PR didn’t work!!<\/p><\/div>\n The “Point” is a multi-screen entertainment venue in the City Centre at Milton Keynes.<\/p><\/div>\n It was called “The Cube” …<\/p>\n … because it was a cube, but with a distinctive pagoda shaped roof.<\/p>\n Northampton correspondent Alan reports that, as part of a policy to encourage use of public transport in the city, a policy which seeks to rebuild public confidence after the pandemic, the cube is now …<\/p>\n … a Londis grocery shop!<\/p><\/div>\n Sam Turner IS<\/span> Sam’s Trains! He publishes video reviews of model railway products. He tends to be exuberantly enthusiastic and only rarely very critical.\u00a0 His reviews follow a standard pattern and fbb does watch them, just to see what Sam has to day about models that fbb will never<\/span> be able to afford. Maybe, more correctly, that should read “never be willing<\/span> to afford”!<\/p><\/div>\n Theseg were built, mainly by BR to a GWR design, and used for carrying milk. There were multiple doors for ease of loading and a whole line of ventilators to ensure a dark cool ride for the cow juice. Later some of the wagons were modified for general use.<\/p><\/div>\n Sam’s review version was this model …<\/p>\n … which provoked Sam into a delirium of excitement about the model’s detail and quality despite the \u00a355 price.<\/p><\/div>\n … one of the bogies was stiff and wouldn’t go round the corners. Sam had to open out the fixing hole with a rat tale file.<\/p>\n Success; the wagon went round the bends and all was well.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n … and however gently Sam’s arm tried to coax it!<\/p>\n