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!
https://www.bristol-rail.co.uk/forum2013/
https://www.bristol-rail.co.uk/forum2013/viewtopic.php?t=2267
many thanks.I think I remember reading that it was a siding for goods that the customers unloaded and took away themselves - as opposed to being delivered by the railway's cartage service. The name might denote that such traffic was charged by the mile.tonyperks wrote:After hearing and reading of the name many times can some-one tell me what the term refers too and why it was called thus, probably something quite simple