Where do you think this is?

Donkey · Post by **Donkey** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:54 pm

Was browsing ebay and found this GWR picture of an unknown location and no I'm not after the Ãº5 for naming it!

Any ideas where this is?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GWR-Tank-loco-No- ... 286.c0.m14

http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/sho ... 0&format=0

It looks a bit like Yatton to my novice eyes with a bay on the left but the line looks to go off to the right in the distance which seems wrong.

Over to the experts

Post by **James** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:59 pm

Definitely not Yatton...the station building is wrong, and look at that substantial stone-tower footbridge.

I had an inkling it was Tiverton Town, and it looks as if I'm right:

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stat ... dex2.shtml

horace · Post by **horace** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:01 pm

Not Yatton, there are no canopy's in this photograph, have a look at the photograph of Yatton in the 60's on this site. Also the footbridge is wrong. 1466 was shedded at Taunton or Tiverton junction in the 60's so i would suggest it is somewhere in that area.

horace · Post by **horace** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:03 pm

James you beat me to it, it was shedded in Tiverton and that is the same station in your picture

Donkey · Post by **Donkey** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:24 pm

Holy poop, you guys are good! Having seen those pictures it does look like you guys are spot on with it being Tiverton.
At least it got the brain cells going for all of an hour!

horace · Post by **horace** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:18 am

The station might be gone, but the loco has not 1466 is still around and working.

Agency_Scum · Post by **Agency_Scum** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:57 pm

'Ere James, thanks for that " Disused Stations " website. It's excellent!

Post by **James** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:53 pm

Agency_Scum wrote:'Ere James, thanks for that " Disused Stations " website. It's excellent!

No problem! Its parent site "Subterranea Britannica" is also well worth a visit...full of interesting and spooky abandoned bunkers, underground stations, wartime headquarters etc.

horace · Post by **horace** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:56 pm

Found this photograph of Tiverton on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25888695@N02/2918507481/

Donkey · Post by **Donkey** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:57 pm

Again, this shows just how many pictures were taken of the railways that people have started to publish on the net. Marvellous!

horace · Post by **horace** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:30 pm

The link i posted is to a guys site that takes railway pictures professionally, it is really worth a look at. I know not the Bristol area but some of them are of working steam in China taken this year!!

Post by **James** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:58 pm

horace wrote:Found this photograph of Tiverton on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25888695@N02/2918507481/

Someone might want to correct them; that's the town station again, not the Junction.