The Bristol Railway Archive

I remember seeing the mail ecs on numerous occasions during the late 50's/early 60's, usually with a Barrow Rd 4F at the head. It used to pass Staple Hill around 09.45am and go to Mangotsfield North where it was propelled to Mangotsfield South from whence it headed for Bristol St. Phillips via ...

I recall seeing D93 on the services mentioned above and it was still on the same driver training diagram's when the summer timetable began - Monday 12th June 1961.
This date was when the Sulzers started to replace steam and the first services taken over included the following:-

1N32 0740 Bristol T ...

From my limited observation of this train in the early 60's -(the passing time coincided with my late afternoon paper round!!!)- it was always a Marsh allocated loco in charge. I sometimes caught this train home in the late 50's and it was usually worked by one of St.Phillips diesel railcars -(W23 ...