Bristol Rail - Members Intro Thread

[tugboatcharly2]

Come on people over 1000 hits and only a few of us brave ?enough to tell you who we are. we are partaking in an interesting subject with superb contributors and discussions and old timers like me really do like to see and hear the latest news and photos. So come on please.

[Mitch]

Well, Mr. Forse,
I did bump into Harold Bridgeman the other day on my train. He's been retired for many years and looks younger now than when I worked with him at Bath Road. It must be a lack of four a.m. book-ons that keeps him looking twenty years younger than he is.........

[stationcat]

Here goes..............

Name: Andy
Age: Well into the forties
Job: Train planner with Network Rail.
Interests: Family, Railways in particular local history and mechanical signalling, real ale, anything old and mechanical and music.
Live: Backwell North Somerset.

[tugboatcharly2]

well done chaps nice to know you as for Harold Bridgeman I saw him at the Bath Road annual get together last night and he is ok and many more of the retired staff many of them steam drivers and a lot of them fired to the top link drivers in the 50"s on the Bristolion.

[AndyK]

Come on people over 1000 hits and only a few of us brave ?enough to tell you who we are.

OK then

http://andy-kirkham.fotopic.net/p30988959.html

Name: Andy
Age: 51
Location: Glasgow (next to the railway between Partick and Hyndland)
Occupation: developer of educational software
Job: currently "employment-free" and looking for an opportunity to move back to Bristol
Interests: Coping (at a rather late age for parenthood) with a 3-year old son
Singing with Bearsden Choir.
Photographing the whole length of the Glasgow & South Western main line entirely by public transport or on foot - go on, venture off-topic and take a look http://andy-kirkham.fotopic.net/c1022514.html

[Shazz]

Name - Rich
Age - 19
Where you live - Cardiff/Bristol
Occupation - "student"
Interests - used to do some finescale modelling, but had to pack it in due to uni getting in the way, rugby, gold, etc etc

been lurking here for months, and finally registered

[Portishead Prowler]

Ok my turn...
Name: Ian
Age: 28
Resides: St.Annes Park (Ex-Portisheadian)
Job: Management Accountant
Employer: Bristol Primary Care Trust (until the end of July in any case).
Interests: Cycling, anything with an engine (especially if I can take it apart), railway history, playing in my band EarCandy, hill walking.

[madhattie]

Is there anyone who hasn't seen me mention this a thousand times....

Name: Pete
Age: 43
Resides: Lockleaze
Job: Bookseller
Employer: The Book Cupboard
Interests: railways, music, photography, Flickr (addict) writing books, writing websites.

And I currently owe tons of emails to everyone, sorry!

[get_that_bus_out]

Hi guys! I'm new so this seemed like a good place to start...

Name: James
Age: 25
Occupation: PhD student in clinical medicine (molecular biology in disguise)
Location: Oxford
Interests: railway preservation (I'm a stationmaster/RO/guard/ticket examiner on the Avon Valley Railway), drinking (but being careful never to mix the two...)

[Agency_Scum]

Name: Mark

Age: 41

Occupation: the Agency

Location: Bedders!

Interests: finding a time machine to go get medieval on Dr. Beeching's dumb @ss.

....and breath...think nice thoughts...and try again.

Interests: abandoned railways, local history, mountain biking, real ale.

[Blackthorn]

Hello Members, I thought it was time to join this excellent site.

Name: Mark

Age: 39

Location: Acton, Ontario, Canada

Occupation: Organ technician.

Interests: Railways of Bristol and Gloucestershire, golf, ice hockey, canoeing, cars, motorcycles, music (most Genres), British ciders.

Cheers.

[nineflover]

Nick

age 33 (just)

ministry of defence 255 feet above the centre of combe down tunnel S&D

Peasedown St John/Portishead

taken

WSR loco restoration dept 1991-1993
Washford 1993
Lyncombe Vale/Midford cutting back gang 1994
project restoration manager midsomer norton south S&D 1995-1998
project restoration manager clutton 2004-present

other interests

Girlfriend (1st)
dogs/birds
internet
movies
digital photography/mapping
ocean liners
railways of southwest england, bristol/s&d speciality
rail simulators

[jules]

Well, I've been on this site for many years, but I thought I'd just do an update as I've a new job

I'm now Charter Trains Manager for Cotswold Rail, based in Gloucester. My travelling office is in the back of the Blue Pullman. You'll see us passing through (or starting from) Bristol about once a month on Heartland Railtours jobs. Why not come join us for a day out sometime?

I am also Treasurer of the Diesel & Electric Preservation Group at Williton on the West Somerset Railway, home of D1010, D1661, D2133, D3462, D6566, D7017, D7018, D7523 & D9526.

Other inetrests: Er, not much time for them!

[37114]

Hi All, thought I would introduce myself

Name; Rob Owst

Live; Brought up just south of Bristol, and went to school at the Cathedral School near college green, my Grandparents lived in Westbury on Trym and I regularly travelled on the Severn Beach line during school hols with my Grandad. Moved to Wiltshire back in 04 when I got married, but now live just outside Silverstone.

Occupation: Warehouse Planning Manager for a major wiltshire based Logistics company, currently based at a distribution centre near the m1 in Northampton.

Interests: Class 37's (have been a member of the Growler Group over half my life), railway modelling - I have just completed a layout called "Pallet Lane" with inspiration taken from Lawrence Hill and Clifton Down stations set in the late 70's which had its first show at Corsham in January. I am also into Series Land Rovers and have rebuilt a series 3 as well as enjoying country walks with my wife.

[ex-shunter]

Name: Rich
Age: 'cough' 37 (today)
Occupation: Warehouse op (when i left school i joined the BR YTS scheme, and i was a Senior Railman shunter at Stoke Gifford for a little while)
Location: Bridgwater (born in Bristol)
Interests: Pc games(including Rail Simulator),painting, not so much real railways anymore since BR blue dissapeared....