Image in Wikipedia articles on Bristol stations

WR Tim · Post by **WR Tim** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:36 pm

I was looking at the wikipedia articles for some of the closed Bristol stations and noticed that most of them have pictures of the station after closure but before the railway path. eg Mangotsfield station in 1973 with the ballast still in place and no trees on the platform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangotsfie ... ay_station

If you click on the image, the details it gives you say that it was taken from the geograph project and is under a creative commons license, so it may mean that these interesting pictures can legitimately be added to the Bristol Railway Archive site.

See here for more: http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=7364532 and http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/7492

All by one photographer but there are probably others on that site with similar photos.

horace · Post by **horace** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:18 pm

In fact if you click on the tudor williams link there are photogrpahs of staple hill, warmely, stapleton road, fishponds, and a lot of others as well. All worth looking at.

Post by **madhattie** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:22 pm

I've already got all those photos on my harddrive, but just haven't had time to add them. I reckon I have several hundred photos to go online, but I'm trying to move all the loco and unit shots from my other websites on to the wiki because I'm running out of space on the server. I'll get there in the end though!

Robin Summerhill · Post by **Robin Summerhill** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:33 pm

horace wrote:In fact if you click on the tudor williams link there are photogrpahs of staple hill, warmely, stapleton road, fishponds, and a lot of others as well. All worth looking at.

Clicking that link, amongst other things, takes you to a shot of Staple Hill looking towards the tunnel, ostensibly taken in 1967.

I wonder how we managed to run trains down there until December 1969, when there isn't any track laid in the photograph. Sure-footed things, those "Peaks!"

horace · Post by **horace** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:54 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8507625@N0 ... 927141817/

A picture by Steve Selwood of the track being taken up in 1972, working towards Bristol, how they done that with it already gone at Staple Hill is beyond me!!

Hobbler · Post by **Hobbler** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:25 pm

Tudor Williams - that name rings a bell . Something to do with the Bristol LMS Society/Bristol Suburban Railway Society in the 1970's ?

BristleGWR · Post by **BristleGWR** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:33 pm

There are also some good photo's of Mangotsfield and Fishponds stations here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rustysea/s ... 183391417/

Robin Summerhill · Post by **Robin Summerhill** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:39 pm

horace wrote:http://www.flickr.com/photos/8507625@N0 ... 927141817/

A picture by Steve Selwood of the track being taken up in 1972, working towards Bristol, how they done that with it already gone at Staple Hill is beyond me!!

All the shots of the engine are at the Gloucester end of the train

jules · Post by **jules** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:33 pm

In this pic from the same series:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8507625@N0 ... 927141817/

I reckon the 08 is one in the range D3503-D3508 (08388-08393). They were the first 5 of a lot built by BR Derby commencing April '58 and these first five were all allocated to 82B (St Philips Marsh), the rest of that build lot going to Devon and the NE region.

I can definately make out the "35", but exactly which one it is I can't tell. According to wnxx.net, 3 out of the original Bristol 5 remain in service to this very day, one in private ownership and two still mainline registered with EWS/DB Schenker

Post by **madhattie** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:39 pm

It's 3517. There's an 'all sizes' button on some Flickr accounts that give a bigger image!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8507625@N0 ... 927141817/

jules · Post by **jules** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:04 am

It is! First allocated to Laira when it was still 83D and under control of Newton Abbot. Part of the same Derby batch though.

Now 08402, currently stored by EWS at Motherwell.

Makes one wonder, how long does it take from Newton Abbott to Motherwell (via Mangostfield and a track lifting job) at 15mph?

Sister loco 08405 (D3520) is I believe still the yard shunter EWS St Andrews Road?

g4mby · Post by **g4mby** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:33 am

jules wrote: Now 08402, currently stored by EWS at Motherwell.

08402 was cut up at Stockton earlier this year.

jules wrote:Sister loco 08405 (D3520) is I believe still the yard shunter EWS St Andrews Road?

08405 was sent to Toton a few months ago.