The Bristol Railway Archive

Provisional steam in Bristol in July 2006:


Wednesday 5 July: 6024 King Edward I - "BRUNEL BICENTENARY SPECIAL"

Saturday 8 July: 6024 King Edward I - "THE DEVONIAN"

Wednesday 12 July: 34067 Tangmere - "VSOE SPECIAL"

Thursday 13 July: 45231 The Sherwood Forrester - "THE CATHEDRALS EXPRESS"

Sunday 16 July: 34067 Tangmere - "THE TORBAY EXPRESS"

Sunday 23 July: 34067 Tangmere - "THE TORBAY EXPRESS"

Saturday 29 July: 6024 King Edward I - "THE YEOVIL 150 LIMITED"

Saturday 29 July: 60009 Union of South Africa - "THE TORBAY EXPRESS"

Sunday 30 July: 60009 Union of South Africa - "THE TORBAY EXPRESS"


Times are yet to be published.

Wednesday 5 July "BRUNEL BICENTENARY SPECIAL":

"On 5th July 1836, exactly 170 years ago, Brunel married Mary Horsley. To mark this occasion the train will be transformed into the Brunel Wedding Anniversary Special."

Currently booked to leave Paddington at 10:30 and arrive at Bristol Temple Meads at about 14:10. There is no return journey.


Saturday 8 July "THE DEVONIAN":

http://www.railwaytouring.co.uk/2006Pag ... n0605.html

Current times are middle right.


All times may change

July looks a great time to be a Bristolian!

I got a cheapo megatrain ticket from Plymouth for evening of 28 July and back on 31 July; enabling me to do the trips to Weymouth on 29th and Kingswear on 30th.

Can anyone please recommend a good B&B in Bristol?

John Ball

The outward working to Bristol will be the Bi centenary special and the return on the same day will be the wedding anniversary special.
Although this is a private charter using VSOE stock it is open now to the general public.

Dave Nailsea

correction to my previous post date is 5th july for both trips.

Unfortunately The Devonian is no longer starting from Bristol, 6024 will be hauling the train from Westbury and coming off the train at Taunton on the way back.

Managed to get over to Bath...and took some shots of the King passing through Sydney Gardens with the Great Western.

http://michael527.fotopic.net

The trip this saturday that was originally steam hauled by 6024 The King and later revised to be steam hauled Westbury, Plymouth return instead of Bristol has been cancelled "totally" due to Network Rail having pathing difficulties! What a shambles Network Rail are!
The revised date that RTC are now giving is October 7th Paddington, BTM ,Plymouth return.
I believe the King has been booked by the WSR for the Autumn gala that weekend so the plot deepens!

Dave Nailsea

Sat 08-Jul "THE DEVONIAN":

Postponed to Saturday 7th October due to engineering works, as already stated.

http://www.railwaytouring.co.uk/2006Pag ... n0605.html



Wed 12-Jul "VSOE SPECIAL":

http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t06/t0712a.htm

*NOT STEAM HAULED BETWEEN WESTBURY AND BRISTOL*



Thu 13-Jul "THE CATHEDRALS EXPRESS":

http://www.steamdreams.co.uk/_train_dat ... 060510.php



Sun 16-Jul "THE TORBAY EXPRESS":

http://uksteam.info/tours/t06/torbay.htm



All times considered provisional. Always check the lastest times on the day.

Added some shots of the Cathedrals Express at Bathampton on run back from Bristol to London.

http://michael527.fotopic.net/

I like the shots from behind the engine - very unusual.

I was at Keynsham with an unfamiliar camera, and only managed three shots: one doesn't show the train at all, one is a blur of tender and first coach, and the last is ok I guess but uses a bucket load of zoom.

I hope 60009 Union of South Africa is out on Sunday (The Torbay Express), but I suspect it'll be 6024 King Edward I.

Had intended to get to Sydney Gardens, then Bathampton Junction, but was delayed.

Ended up at the bridge by the George at Bathampton, should have gone to the crossing after the Junction.

Ought to try to find vantage spot between Bathampton and Bradford.

What is taking the Torbay Express to Kingswear on Sunday?

mow wrote:What is taking the Torbay Express to Kingswear on Sunday?

It would appear to be 6024 King Edward I.

mow wrote:Ought to try to find vantage spot between Bathampton and Bradford.

I cycled along the towpath on Wednesday when photographing Tangmere at Westbury, photographing from the Aquaducts should be quite good.

My photographs of 45231 on The Cathedrals Express yesterday.

Where were the two on the left taken? Your front on shot looks good (2nd left), I didn't have a filter or lens hood, but I tried to manipulate images in Photoshop.

http://michael527.fotopic.net/c1015148.html

A couple of shots show it using the 'wrong line', does anyone know why?

mow wrote:Where were the two on the left taken?

They were taken from the bridge on the Bristol side of Twerton Tunnel.

See link to map:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x ... search.srf