This is the original forum of the Bristol Railway Archive that existed between 2003 and 2013. I finally rescued it after it seemed unrecoverable after a large crash. I have made it available for viewing. It is locked, all posts to the new version please!
Use this forum to talk about the railways in and around Bristol, or for any off-topic stuff you want to share. Also request photos and information that you are missing.
I may be able to shed some light on the matter of Bristol's double deckers. A lot of re-bodying and renumbering was carried out after the war years and into the 1950's. JAE 765 was a Bristol K6A new in May 1946 to the city fleet with a lowbridge Strachan body, so the LC prefix to its original fleetnumber was correct. In 1956 it received a second hand highbridge E.C.W. body (from C3067) and was renumbered C3481.
HHY 586 was a Bristol K6A new in November 1944 with a lowbridge Strachan body, fleet number 3642. It gained an L prefix in 1946. In April 1955 it received a second hand highbridge E.C.W. body ( from 3042) and was renumbered 3785.
My wife now wants a divorce: she married a sad man
Mitch wrote:I may be able to shed some light on the matter of Bristol's double deckers. A lot of re-bodying and renumbering was carried out after the war years and into the 1950's. JAE 765 was a Bristol K6A new in May 1946 to the city fleet with a lowbridge Strachan body, so the LC prefix to its original fleetnumber was correct. In 1956 it received a second hand highbridge E.C.W. body (from C3067) and was renumbered C3481.
HHY 586 was a Bristol K6A new in November 1944 with a lowbridge Strachan body, fleet number 3642. It gained an L prefix in 1946. In April 1955 it received a second hand highbridge E.C.W. body ( from 3042) and was renumbered 3785.
My wife now wants a divorce: she married a sad man
You are not the only sad man around here, but at least you've allowed us to get to the bottom of this conundrum
Whitchurch Halt, were the platforms concrete/brick? Are they still there under the field?
Also has any one seen any photos of Chelwood Bridge before it became a roundabout, like the bridge at west town lane Ive looked for ages & never found a pic of what it was like. How did both roads go over the railway, I assume 2 bridges? (but then it would have been known as Chelwood bridges)
Splodge wrote: ... has any one seen any photos of Chelwood Bridge before it became a roundabout, like the bridge at west town lane Ive looked for ages & never found a pic of what it was like. How did both roads go over the railway, I assume 2 bridges? (but then it would have been known as Chelwood bridges)
Imagine you are going south, coming up from Pensford.
As you approached the bridge, the Bath/ Marksbury Road came in on your left immediately before it.
Once over the bridge, the Bishop Sutton/ West Harptree road went off immediately to the right.
If I remember correctly, there were traffic lights on the bridge in later years.
Ditto Robin's remarks, I am pretty sure there was quite a bit of re-alignment of both roads, and that there were traffic lights in later years before the roundabout. As for Whitchurch halt have a look at http://www.tventon.freeserve.co.uk/whit.htm he has a bit about his model of Whitchurch halt on there and I am sure he would have researched it pretty thoroughly before he built it.
there were traffic lights in later years before the roundabout.
Yes there were - I remember queuing at them frequently in the 60's.
If I recall correctly, as the railway was basically crossing a flat field at this point, the road junction was built on a mound/hump over the railway. This was flattened when they put the roundabout in.
Splodge wrote:Whitchurch Halt, were the platforms concrete/brick? Are they still there under the field?
Worth having a look at website for Clutton village. There are a number of railway photos one of which shows whitchurch halt. If I can link to it I will post here. Looking across from bridge there seems to be a slight mound where platform would have been, I can only assume it is just beneath surface.
