The Bristol Railway Archive

Visit of 45687 "Neptune" to Bath on the Down Pines on Wednesday 29 June 1960 returning on the Up Pines the following day. I am pretty sure that it was allocated Corkerhill but the "Railway Observer" No. 378 for August 1960 quotes Ayr. According to my steam allocations database, 45687 was a Corkerhi...

Whilst thinking about this topic yesterday and wondering whether I do actually have any hard evidence about ScR engines in Bristol, something dawned on me like a ton of bricks, even if it is at a tangent to this thread. It was a fact, and to me until yesterday a curious one, that any unusual passeng...

Some of them are indeed running around with slam doors whilst waiting for refurbishment. I was on one a few weeks ago between WSM and Taunton.

I understand from another forum that this is causing some minor havoc with timekeeping due to the longer station dwell times necessary with slam door stock.

My spotting notes from those days were all thrown out when I left home in 1970 and my parents wanted the bedroom back! However, talking in general terms: In steam days there was no such thing as traction knowledge, and a driver was expected to drive whatever locomotive he was given. The fireman was ...

Sorry, can't offer any advice on that question but I was just thinking about the last time I saw a B1 in our patch. IIRC we used to see them at Barrow Road occasionally at weekends in the early 60's possibly from Canklow shed (Rotherham). Or has Mayflower visited us in more recent times? Roy Going ...

We've been discussing this on another forum. Whilst it is still extant, the RTT log is here: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/V34300/2019/09/24/advanced It ran via Badminton The GWR press release is here: https://www.gwr.com/about-us/media-centre/news/2019/september/special-gwr-train-run-posts...

I've watched three of them. As you say, the series shows the skill sets of the drivers and other staff involved in a very good light. The only downside to the series (in my view) comes by necessity given the subject - go to a railway location, load the cargo, move it, and offload it again at the oth...

Nice to see that we're back in business, as it were.

All we need now is to think of something to talk about and we'll be away