The Bristol Railway Archive

Tell a lie. Here's the view to the left of that one...!

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9Flover

Literally, the ONLY one I could find online...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mao_zhou/3 ... 332768818/

Good old Mao Zhu

If you have Photoshop or some other whizzy program, that might help you zoom in. It's the bridge in the bottom left hand corner...

Sounds great all round guys. Bob - I've been following your screenies on the UKTrainsim forum. I'm Forostar on that forum. Looks really good mate.

What are either of your intentions re: the B&NSR? That was the route I had in mind for my RW project, mainly because it enables a Titfield Thunderbolt ...

Sorry. Didn't mean to give the impression that I meant I thought it would lead to a job! :wink:

:lol:

As you say, just for the experience! But even on heritage operations, it'd be nice to turn up as a volly and be able to say I'd already put my money where my mouth is and have at least half an ...

Jules - yes please! Would definitely be interested in diesel, just as much as steam. Please add me to the mailing list if possible. Many Thanks!

Nickt - thanks for the advice re: the ESR. Similar distance for me, (from Bristol), so that would be just as good. It's more the experience than the ...

Afternoon All

I have no doubt that the answer to the above question will be a resounding "yes" for one or 2 of you! :wink:

Do you have any recommendations as to which "Drive a Loco" course has really stood out as excellent for you?

Several local heritage operations seem to offer them, but as the ...

Guys

Just thought I'd let you know that I've added in a new railway routemap to the wikipedia page for the Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Ha ... ial_Museum

Hope it meets with your approval!

And whoever put that damn scissors junction into St Augustine's and Colston, and ripped up the perfectly good roundabout with a park in the middle and replaced it with the "Grand Urinal" fountains, should be shot too... :x

Back to the BHR though: at this year's Harbour Festival, I had a long ...

Absolutely.

I should caveat that I've lived in England practically all my life, so most of the reasons behind me loving BR come from all those early steam train rides as a kid, not to mention rides on the Specials with my stepdad (although I suspect that's through very rose-tinted glasses ...

Hi Everyone

Long time lurker. I thought it was about time I made an honest rail fan of myself! :wink:

Name: Chris
Age: 31
Lives: Horfield
Born: Auckland, NZ
What's he doing here then?: Came to England aged 4, (hence the "fake plastic" prefix) :P Virtually all my family is in NZ. Probably should ...