The Bristol Railway Archive

Found this in a bunch of old slides....

I thought Bath Road.

Any thoughts


Fullscreen capture 12122011 194337.bmp by SGMTB, on Flickr

Chittening

Thats the one.

On the YouTube about 1:42 in.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittening ... ay_station

Probably something from WW1.

Just up from St Andrews Road heading towards Hallen.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6442540611_b737e5416a_o.jpg
IMG_5339 by SGMTB , on Flickr

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=hallen&ll=51.525313,-2.678196&spn=0.005654,0.016512&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear ...

southglosboy wrote:I have been told that this is going to be an illegal travellers site. Aren't we all lucky !

Unlikey, as it was sold for ú500,000. It's only 6 acres. Nothing can be built with bedrooms.

I found this on YouTube.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ojue01u ... re=related

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GH9RFclkb ... re=related

Finally it's gone and good riddance.

Thanks Andy. I would like to make a print and have it in the hallway.

The image I'm interested is...

http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/images/thumb/1/1a/Ableton_Lane_Crossing.jpg/708px-Ableton_Lane_Crossing.jpg


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Any others buy any chance?. It seems every other railway thing in the area was ...

and they did it







More Here...
http://black2colour.com/mb/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=209

Can I use this picture ? or do you have a higher res.

It's my house and I'd love to have it printed.

Great stuff.

Mike.P

severnbeach AT gmail DOT com

The Terra has closed.

The Nitram tower will be demolished sometime in November. I was told today the M-Way, A403 and railway will be closed during demolition.

Agency_Scum wrote:Try this mate. Any more problems PM me.

You should have a website just for this

Thanks chaps. The battle continues.

Can I ask a question? As a kid I remember seeing (at least i think I do) the old turn table at the back of the sheds. If you look at the excellent ariel photos on www.maps.live.com you can clearly see the out line of where it was. Now comparing that recent view to where this pic was taken:

http ...

Mike in answer to your question this is it
When the unit comes to a stand and the driver does not stop the engines. The engines with the master key out will automatically shut down after 15 minuites have passed, they can be restarted when the driver opens a new driving cab at any time.

Thanks ...

Hi All,

After a bit of advice or confirmation. This for engines that arrive at Severn Beach station, the little single or double carriage things. Not sure of class.

The offender:

"Once shut down, the engines cannot be restarted for 20 minutes?"

Is this true? I'm sure when I was working at Bath ...

Pay attention!

http://bristol-rail.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1178

:P

p.s. love the sunset shot!

The sunset was is in the set by accident

I haven't been to the site for ages. Heard the rough sounding loco (thinking it was even older FGW rubbish than normal) and grabbed a few pix from the ...