The Bristol Railway Archive

I've always wondered what strings were pulled to allow Cookham Manor and Princess Elizabeth to steam down from Ashchurch for the October 1968 Bath Road Open Day .The date and time of their departure must have been broadcast on the grapevine as Dad took some pictures.

Slightly (very!) off piste but picking up on the mention of the Portishead Branch I gather there used to be a sprung point at the eastern end of the loop at Pill. Does anybody know under what circumstances it was moved by the passage of trains and when it would have been swung by the signalman? This...

Odd title for a post maybe but bear with me..... I was at Bath Spa this afternoon videoing Mayflower departing for East Depot when the message "ERROR. RECORDING STOPPED" came up, so the slight slip which would have been nice to have captured was missed. I am wondering whether the camcorder (a Panaso...