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I agree......excellent shot.

Looks good in black too!

Great pictures.

I think it looks rather nice in the experimental blue livery (I'm sure the purists would disagree with that statement :shock: ). I must confess I do have a fascination with the early British Railways period and how the railways were in a state of flux for quite a while until things ...

Oh, that is addictive!

Good luck to them, I really hope they do it!

tivvybumper wrote:Camping coaches at Blue Anchor!

Many thanks!

Great pictures Andy!

I wonder if you remember what the coaches are here http://andy-kirkham.fotopic.net/p59868825.html There is something on the side of them, I'm guessing it says camping coach? I've often wondered what the facilities were like on a camping coach, I don't suppose the sleep would ...

mow wrote:Link to news report on BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/ ... 353553.stm

Thank you for posting that!!

Yes they did, I imagine the silence is due to security at the docks preventing access?
They're planned to leave the docks on January 7th...

Ah, that makes sense, thanks.

I was just getting a little worried they'd been left behind, or ended up overboard. It wouldn't be the first time that had ...

Did the Locomotives arrive? Everything is pretty quiet online about them.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from me too, and, a big thank you to madhattie and all the contributors that keep this exile up to date!

Mark

Great pictures, thanks for posting them.

I think everyone gets homesick once in a while, I know I do. I've lived on the left side of the Atlantic for nearly thirty years, but still think of myself as English and I've lived 2/3 of my life here.

I lived in Cam but my grandparents lived in Kingswood ...

Yikes! Thats not good

(I wonder if someone plugged the kettle into the wrong spot )

It looks like someone has been stretching an "ex-LMS 70xx diesel shunter" as well as the truth!

I still haven't found that book, but it doesn't sound like it has what you're looking for. Still annoying though!

The book 'An Historical Survey of the Midland In Gloucestershire' by Peter Smith has a section in it on Mangotsfield. There are track plans and some drawings etc. but I can't seem to lay my hands on my copy at the moment

If it turns up fairly soon I'll let you know exactly what's there.