Barton Road
From Bristol Railway Archive
To Avonside Wharf: Avon Street
To Lawrence Hill Junction : Kingsland Road
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1970s
D2121 shunts wagons in the early 70s. © Andy Kirkham |
03382 shunts a train load of cement wagons across Barton Road sometime in the 70s. © Dunstable Dasher |
She picks up more wagons. It's interesting that the match wagon is just a normal five plank open, I've always remembered these locos as being matched with a Conflat. 03382 was a long-standing Bath Road Depot loco. She was transferred to Landore in 1981 before being withdrawn from there in October 1983. She was cut up at Swindon Works in February 1986. © Dunstable Dasher |
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The gates are briefly closed to allow traffic to pass. © Dunstable Dasher |
Now coupled, up she proceeds to draw the wagons from the sidings. © Dunstable Dasher |
Some of the wagons are then fly shunted into the correct place. © Dunstable Dasher |
The loco sits across the crossing once again. Traffic could be stopped at Barton Road for a considerable time and in the days of steam provision was made for pedestrians in the shape of a footbridge. © Dunstable Dasher |
1990s
The route in the 1990s. Kingsland Road bridge visible in the distance. © Clive Moore |
2003
18.11.03
In this photo I've zoomed in on the bridge at Kingsland Road. |
The view from Barton Road towards Avon Street with Temple Meads beyond that. Note that the level crossing gate was still in place. |
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2004
13.3.04
The 2004 view from Barton Road across to Avonside Wharf. Work had started on the regeneration of the area. |
The view across to Temple Meads. |
This is the building was standing next to the crossing on Barton Road and is visible in quite a few of the photos on the Avon Street page. I'm archiving it here because it's hard to imagine it lasting much longer. |
2006
The 2006 zoomed view of the bridge at Kingsland Road. |
The view towards the harbour. Temple Meads is no longer visible as modern housing goes up. |
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