The Bristol Railway Archive

Morning everyone,

I've been following this thread with some interest :).
Using the third edition of "Track Layout Diagrams of the Great Western Railway and B.R. Western Region (Section 20 - Swindon & South Gloucestershire)" the following information can be gleaned:-

Mangotsfield North Jct Carriage ...

horace wrote:1950's map of Tewell hill area, all evidence of siding now gone apart from the curved boundary at that location.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mao_zhou/8476343309/

Very nice Horace .

If I'm being a nit please tell me - I can take it :)

The photo linked to on Flickr shows Mangotsfield North Junction box. Shortwood box was more or less equidistant between Mangotsfield North and Westerleigh South boxes - the WTT shows it as 73 chains south of Westerleigh South and 68 chains north ...

I am assuming that the pic in the last posting is a section of the line that ran into the brickworks, that is north of the sidings i am referring to. The line into the brickworks came off of a single siding alongside the down line.

Hello Horace, the crossing was double-track, both sets of rails ...

Here's a shot of a boarded crossing at Shortwood which was still in-situ, complete with rail in the 1990s.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bristol-re ... 138740887/

Given the political comments currently rumbling around this site, I could not resist reviving this thread.....
Back in September last year, I had the pleasure of visiting Asheville, North Carolina.
Walking down one of the main streets in the centre of town, I spotted a `green` cafe (organic teas ...

Afternoon everyone, whilst uploading more audio tracks to YouTube, I've found another with the Station Announcer that I asked about originally.

Hopefully this might jog a few memories...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM1FejmFw4I

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.

stopblock wrote:I've heard that voice many times as a kid when I was on the station. Cant put a name to it though sorry.

Me too - although I saw the chap once when I was given a tour of Bristol Panel Box by Peter Wride early in 1978, shortly after the death of my father.

I have today digitised and uploaded this stereo cassette recording of a Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU journey from Bristol TM to Lawrence Hill, from 1982...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7flksSafYoU#!

Can anyone identify the announcer at Temple Meads in this clip? I always ...

What i meant was we didnt actually get many go on up to Gloucester, Living in yate Celestine road next to the line I dont recall seeing very many at all, except like i said on the tytherington line. I n fact in my old 1984 Abc I only have 17 underlined.

Hello Chris, during the late '80s, I was ...

What i meant was we didnt actually get many go on up to Gloucester, Living in yate Celestine road next to the line I dont recall seeing very many at all, except like i said on the tytherington line. I n fact in my old 1984 Abc I only have 17 underlined.

Hello Chris, during the late '80s, I was ...

Ian L Jamieson wrote:I've given it a quick visit, Patrick, and I think that it is brilliant. Well done!

Ian J

I'll second that!

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.

Regrettably not, even though I walked past them on almost a daily basis. When bad weather was forecast, it was usually arranged by the TME to give them a quick service then take them 'round the block' for a bit of a run just in case they were needed. They were definitely used in that bad winter of ...

Afternoon everyone,

Can anybody tell me which two snowploughs were allocated to Bath Road in the 1980s?

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.

Just for Bob and Jules some more St Pips Shots:

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t269/tonyperks/stphillipsyard1.jpg
The Yard.

A Famous view from Barrow Lane:


http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t269/tonyperks/barrowbridge.jpg

And My Favorite A Gangers View looking towards the shed and ...