The Bristol Railway Archive

mjt wrote:I've a nasty feeling that I may have mistyped 3681 when I meant 9681! Unfortunately I'm now at work so can't check the Maggs book.

No - I didn't mistype - Maggs quotes 3681 & 3758

mjt wrote:

mjt wrote:I've a nasty feeling that I may have mistyped 3681 when I meant 9681! Unfortunately I'm now at work so can't check the Maggs book.

No - I didn't mistype - Maggs quotes 3681 & 3758

Quite possible - as I said in an earlier post, they were both allocated to 82F at its closure in March 1966

Morning Gents (and lasses),

Further to my comment about What Really Happened To Steam, there will be a four-page update in the next Railway Magazine, to be published on September 1st.

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.

bristolian wrote:

Robin Summerhill wrote:

bristolian wrote: Hopefully there'll be some progress on the What Really Happened To Steam project soon...

Whassat? Never heard of it!

I hope its not somebody telling us about the "Strategic Reserve" of Stanier 8Fs in the tunnels under Box Hill again ........

Lol Robin, no, the 8Fs were all stored in a secret siding off of Staple Hill Tunnel...

Sorry to go off topic yet again, but in some research I was doing for another forum I belong to, I came across this:

http://www.willys-mb.co.uk/strategic-reserve.htm

I thought that if anybody hadn't come across this story before, you might all want to see what the" truth" was about this



Ah - the Fountain of Truth that is the internet

Lol Robin, that links to a page which is very much tongue-in-cheek .

bristolian wrote:Lol Robin, that links to a page which is very much tongue-in-cheek .

I'll still put money on there being a few blighters out there who believe it though

Robin Summerhill wrote:

bristolian wrote:Lol Robin, that links to a page which is very much tongue-in-cheek .

I'll still put money on there being a few blighters out there who believe it though

Rofl! But too true!

love the photo shopped picture of the steam loco leaving the tunnel .............strange how the r/h line is identical to the up line even the radius and colouration of the ballast the same

tonyperks wrote:love the photo shopped picture of the steam loco leaving the tunnel .............strange how the r/h line is identical to the up line even the radius and colouration of the ballast the same

I never spotted that! Perhaps you missed your vocation - you should have been in CID!!

Oh - just thought - you're not in CID, are you?

It looks like someone has been stretching an "ex-LMS 70xx diesel shunter" as well as the truth!

Robin Summerhill wrote:

tonyperks wrote:love the photo shopped picture of the steam loco leaving the tunnel .............strange how the r/h line is identical to the up line even the radius and colouration of the ballast the same

I never spotted that! Perhaps you missed your vocation - you should have been in CID!!

Oh - just thought - you're not in CID, are you?

Who's asking?, is this your Pc sonny?

There was a line that ran into a seperate tunnel at the eastern end of Box Tunnel, what was that used for? where did it go? I did often wonder when I went past on the train.

Box Hill is honeycombed with tunnels and caverns , most from old stone quarries which were later adapted by the MOD for ammunition storage and various other uses . The railway tunnel was originally for delivery and removal of ammunition by rail etc.

If you Google Corsham Underground all sorts of things come up including a nuclear attack safe small town complex under there.

bristolian wrote:

Robin Summerhill wrote:
Whassat? Never heard of it!

I hope its not somebody telling us about the "Strategic Reserve" of Stanier 8Fs in the tunnels under Box Hill again ........

Lol Robin, no, the 8Fs were all stored in a secret siding off of Staple Hill Tunnel

Now thats just plain silly I thought everyone knew that the Reserve was housed in one of the old quarries under Combe Down accessed by a secret entrance from inside Devonshire Tunnel and that this was why the Devonshire Tunnel entrances were sealed and the story put out that a water company was using them and didnt want public access due to possible contamination problems.

This also explains why when it was decided the Two Tunnels Project would go ahead the quarries under Coombe Down were quickly filled with sand to prevent anyone knowing what was there.

And thats as true as anything you will ever read in the Sun newspaper.

Hobbler wrote:

bristolian wrote:

Robin Summerhill wrote:
Whassat? Never heard of it!

I hope its not somebody telling us about the "Strategic Reserve" of Stanier 8Fs in the tunnels under Box Hill again ........

Lol Robin, no, the 8Fs were all stored in a secret siding off of Staple Hill Tunnel

Now thats just plain silly I thought everyone knew that the Reserve was housed in one of the old quarries under Combe Down accessed by a secret entrance from inside Devonshire Tunnel and that this was why the Devonshire Tunnel entrances were sealed and the story put out that a water company was using them and didnt want public access due to possible contamination problems.

This also explains why when it was decided the Two Tunnels Project would go ahead the quarries under Coombe Down were quickly filled with sand to prevent anyone knowing what was there.

And thats as true as anything you will ever read in the Sun newspaper.

<hangs head in shame>