Opened on the 1st March 1917 as a wartime measure.
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The entrance to St Andrews Road station from the road. Pretty it ain't..
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Standing on the footbridge and looking in the direction of Bristol. The huge loading tower is for coal trains bound for Didcot power station.
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The view of the sidings looking towards Severn Beach. There are 3 66s in this shot, the closest being 66247.
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The station and platform shelter are somewhat dwarfed by the industrial equipment that surrounds them.
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The platform has been halved by the addition of this barrier. Beyond this spot nature is doing it's best to reclaim the area.
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It's only half two and the sun is already going down... 08685 trundles along the sidings on the 16.12.03.
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A more conventional portrait of 08685. The EWS staff were very helpful with my attempt to archive the station and environs. Mucho thanks to them.
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The 08 backs onto a rake of coal hoppers.
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66247 awaits its next turn of duty.
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A look at the footbridge with a train of Cargowaggons underneath. The red brick building behind the train is the crew, control and signalling building. Unfortunately, due to all the activity on site, this was the best shot I could get of it!
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A couple of electrical boxes hidden underneath the footbridge.
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A better look at the graffiti covered wagon.
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A general view of the stockpiles of coal, and the cranes used to unload ships.
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Coal as far as the eye can see... (well, as far as those petrol storage tanks anyway..) A truck is loaded for a local delivery.
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By the end of March 2004 08685 had been replaced as yard pilot by 09003.
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Another look at the gleaming shunter as it stands at the end of a rake of Cargowaggons.
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A look at one of the trains as it is loaded.
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Neil Higson has very kindly allowed me to use this pic of the view from the top of the coal loader on this website. Clearly, I would never have been able to get this shot myself!
Neil has a fotopic gallery which is going to be expanded with pics from the Bristol area. I suggest you go check it out :)
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This structure spanning the tracks is all that remains of the overhead conveyor system seen in at the bottom of the previous pic.
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A visit to this station on 13.7.05 shows that the resident shunter was 09013.
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