The Bristol Railway Archive

Well I Did Manage to get out ond see 45407 Lancashire Fusiler on Sunday On the Return to Castleton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP8AsUjPBak[/url]

After all that, All my tickets arrived this morning (Saturday)

Just had email From first Great Western. It would appear there have been a number of issues with the tickets for the First Great Western Community Rail trains. Unfortunately when the data was transposed from the on line registration some of the information has been incorrectly recorded including the ...

Trains Stop at Portbury Dock Stop Board Then reverse

I Believe 47805 TnT 47810.
TIMES ARE
6th September 2012

5Z69 Crewe HS to Manchester Vic ECS
Crewe HS 10.30
Sandbach 11.14-11.22
Stockport 11.44
Denton Jn 12.10
Manchester Victoria 12.25

1Z70 Manchester Victoria to Cardiff Central
Manchester Victoria 12.34
Newton-le-Willows 12.53
Wariington BQ 13 ...

I Booked on Tuesday 28th August about 9PM

I Am Booked on the 12.09 departure. Thank you for registering your details for the First Great Western Community Rail Festival on Saturday 29 September.

IÆm writing to confirm that youÆve been successful in your bid for tickets on the 12.09 service from Bristol Temple Meads along the Portbury ...

West of England Rail Conference and Rail Tour 4 November 2011
9am to 4pm, Mercure Holland House Hotel (7 minutes walk from Bristol Temple Meads)

Following the conference and lunch there will be the opportunity to explore our local rail network, courtesy of a special train provided by First Great ...

There was a bit about it in the Bath Chronicle

Railway enthusiasts are expected to head for Bath next month for an auction of items from transport history.

Among the highlights will be a piece of signalling equipment which allowed trains to safely operate over the single line from Bath to Midford ...

Class 31 on Track Assessment Train
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Mon 20th July

2Z08
0442 Derby RTC
0447-0451 Derby
0504 Burton
0518 Tamworth
0559 Kings Norton
0647 Cheltenham
0717 Yate
0727-0729 Bristol Parkway
0819 Filton AW
0827-0830 Bristol TM
0911-0915 Portbury
0934 Bristol TM
0943 ...

I have no idea if this uses the loop line at Weston or go straight down the main line, but if i get more times i will post them.

Next week the TRU (950001) is due to cover the West of England but the unit
has failed and will now be formed of 31/1 + test coach + DBSO (9701).

Runs as 2Z08 all week

Monday

Derby RTC - Bristol Pwy (0725) - Avonmouth - Bristol Pwy - Temple Meads -
Portbury (0915) - Temple Meads - Severn Beach ...

CREWE - WEYMOUTH & RETURN CHARTER (PATHFINDER TOURS) WCR1277

1Z33MA SO 05:58 CREWE - WEYMOUTH

Crewe Plat 11 Dep 05:58
Line SL
Crewe Basford Hall Jn 06/02
Madeley 06/07 [1]<1>
Norton Bridge 06/19
Stafford [1] Arr 06:25 Plat 5 Dep 06:33
Stafford No4 06/35 [1]<1>
Bushbury Jn 06/51
Portobello Jn (West ...

A rail link between Portishead and Bristol has moved a step closer after North Somerset Council bought a three-mile section of defunct track to safeguard its future.
The section of railway, which runs between the former station at Portbury and Portishead, was owned by British Railway Board ...

THE PORTBURY DOCKER
Saturday 04 October 2008
This Forgotten Tracks excursion of the Bristol area features the recently re-opened freight-only line to Portbury as well as the loop from Narroways Hill Junction through Avonmouth to Filton. We therefore travel beneath the two great bridges in the region ...