The Bristol Railway Archive

I do not think gay! is much of a railway subject. stick to railway interest or gay interest one or the other .

These locos at SPM were mainly used on the Avonmouth and Stoke Gifford diagrams also transfer work Avonmouth to West Depot I have no record of any of these locos working over the Radstock branch I remember that we had daytime diagram Avonmouth to Stoke Gifford in the Plymouth link. Hope this helps ...

On looking at some of my very old pictures and rexeamining the one shown I will conceed it looks very much like Bathampton.

Try South Liberty
If you study the up line curvature coming down from the cutting to the signal which will having taken you to the up loop the next box being West Depot signal box. The photo looks like it was taken from the foot bridge which is still in situ PS Was always glad to see that signal ...

When I was reqired to work on that guaging train as its inspector, ,it was known as Dracular as it only ran at night.From the strange machine in the middle there would be a very bright flash of light when guaging .

Bet you enjoyed that Injector ,it is nice to have a lovely memory and think about when we had a real railway ,not these bus type things we have to-day. Of course that was the civilised way to travel in a compartment and not the modern cattle truck including those damed phones, have a nice day all of ...

Good grief can any one tell where the network management worked before going on to the railway The severn beach line continued to work all the time snow fell from 1963 onwards they must have worked in a non do any thing job with management like that there is no hope for a proper railway

Any one running on book on the odds of this scheme getting of the ground
It will be very interesting to learn of any progress in this YET another plan
A,B.C, AND ON! well hears hoping!!!! or disappointing

I have known Wayne since he started work on the railway and a better one could not have met. When I was driving and needed information he was the one to ask I shook his hand yesterday. By the way not only a good railman he is quite a good artist as well . for him.

I will say with no fear of contridiction that the fares increase is down to to stupid politics by the tory party and John Major who is also responsible for the all the othe damage done to the energy and water companies ,it was that gang of crooks that sold it all off to their friends in the 1990"s I ...

A very happy christmas to all on this web and may all your trains run to time.And hopefully a good new year for all

I was a member of the Bath road" LDC" in which we were consulted by the local management as to the reduction of two tracks from Larwence hill and Filton jct the management told two stories the first being that the bridge on the up & down main at Stapleton rd required heavy repairs as to which there ...

Don"t last long do they? When railway men ran the show the bosses stayed a long time and perhaps one day soon I hope they will run the system again.

When i was doing driver training on the 158 class a cardiff inspector told me it could be i said rubbish and we failed to stop at nailsea. no more mentione of that nonsence stoping at a 60mph approach to a station.

To get you up the steep hills ie; St Michaels Hill, Park Street, The Wells rd they will all be fitted with moving pavements. Bet the brilliant councilors have not thought that one out. "I HAVE" ONLY JOKING.