The Bristol Railway Archive

Very sorry to hear this Robin. Thanks for sharing.

There was a siding that ran from the Up side of East Depot to Lysaght's engineering works, crossing Whitby Road on the level and then over the Avon. The siding was constructed in 1924. It is not shown on many maps but I have found one here https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.2&lat=51.45077&lon ...

I think the Clevedon one is still going.At least the track was still there in January of this year.

There was indeed one in Canford Park.

The Weston one has now been removed.

P.S. When I was living in Scotland in the early 1980's, my parents were able to visit me in Edinburgh by a day excursion from Bristol!

I very much mourn the demise of mystery excursions and other excursions. Imagine being able to fit in a ride on the Talyllyn or Vale of Rheidol as a Sunday day trip! The fare was just over £1 in the early 1970s

I too reached Clacton by this means, travelling via North London, passing the ...

Sorry this is a belated response, but I only drop into the the forum occasionally nowadays.

I volunteer in the British Heart Foundation bookshop near the top of Blackboy Hill (corner of Worral Road). We had an immense bequest of railway books earlier in the year and hundreds of them have passed ...

the green mile wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 4:11 pm I assume it will be built on the site of the old platform.

Roy

According to this https://travelwest.info/projects/north- ... n-stations it will be to the west of the old platforms, nearer to the Brabazon hangar and the rail/runway level crossing.

I am working in the British Heart Foundation bookshop on Blackboy Hill and we have recently had an large donation of railway books.

I would not claim there are very many rare or connoisseur volumes - mostly popular works such as Bradford Barton albums. They tend to be more loco-oriented, with not ...

Thanks for the tip-off. I did see it and I thought it was a bit of a let-down. The model railway featured only briefly and there was no sign of the crash.

I bought it back in the summer. It is, as you say, a cracking volume with a wealth of photos of places I know very well. Well worth the thirty quid being asked. There are a couple of inaccuracies I found but nothing that detracts from a very comprehensive coverage of the Midland in Gloucestershire ...