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Can somebody tell me why the Western was badged "D1009 Western Invader" when I saw it at Bristol Parkway on Thursday 8th? Was it not Western Champion. Are numbers and nameplates swapped, and why?

Thanks,

Would anyone want a free copy of this book (a play) by David Hare? I have a spare copy. I believe it is written by splicing real quotes from individuals concerned, their names are changed though. Some more info out there on the web I'm sure.

Please note that I might not reply any time soon because ...

Thanks for the help

Today, one could take a bus to Yate, train to Gloucester and train to Stonehouse, which takes 2h 11m
or,
A bus to Gloucester and another bus to Stonehouse, which takes 1h 42m

Progress? Hmm.

Hi,

Can anyone please, stitch together the timetables of old to tell me what the journey time was from Thornbury to Stonehouse/Stroud. I know that Thornbury to Yate took 22 minutes, typically for a stopper.

Perhaps consider that the Thornbury branch line was open to passenger traffic around 1872 ...

Not sure what the name of this bridge is. I would be interested to see how the harbourside loop crossed the New Cut to reach the Ashton Junction.

I believe that the rail bridge also provided an elevated roadway connection?

(edit) I found Ashton Swing Bridge on the website: http://bristol-rail.co ...

... with Nicholas Crane. I knew he was a railway man, I could just smell it .

See this BBC4 page for programme details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fl3tq- Not sure if it is on iPlayer, though.

At 1245 today the train looked fully loaded and ready to depart Tytherington.

The thing that made me do several double takes was listening to the complaints from the passengers questioned about rail travel...

Those passengers' contentedness (lack of) with the condition of the railways appeared to be used as an excuse for the "reshaping". That somehow the conditions could ...

Can somebody tell me what the white plaques are for, located on the vertical wall of a platform? I can't help noticing them these days. They appear to have a vertical sliding indicator on them. Something to do with measuring the loading gauge?

Thanks

BristleGWR wrote:...Looking at http://www.old-maps.co.uk...

Map addicts like me, might like to see: http://tinyurl.com/4lhqby where there is a map of Saltford dated 1919.