Urgent announcement
Weymouth Street Tramway
Weymouth Street Tramway
A last chance for you to save the historic dockside frontage alongside the tramway from wholesale demolition and replacement with ultra modern and out of character developments. Please read and sign.
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Petition Update
URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT: A One Time Opportunity To Save the Tramway Sorry about not posting much, the truth is nothing much has really happened. It has now been 3 years since I started this campaign, and lately, for about a year and a half, there has not been an opportunity to move things forward... until now. I have been working with Weyforward and others for the past month to create a planning proposal to go head to head with the councils plan to redevelop the...
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Petition Update
URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT: A One Time Opportunity To Save the Tramway Sorry about not posting much, the truth is nothing much has really happened. It has now been 3 years since I started this campaign, and lately, for about a year and a half, there has not been an opportunity to move things forward... until now. I have been working with Weyforward and others for the past month to create a planning proposal to go head to head with the councils plan to redevelop the...
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Penzance & Marazion
Andrew Triggs
Andrew Triggs
Evening Keith,
Today we had the pleasure of a slam door 2+3 set in place of the normal 4 car GTI set, which this week is on a C4 Exam, find 3 shots for CRS taken at Penzance and Ponsandane. Changing and interesting times we live in indeed, also included a Twilight shot of Sunday nights Sleeper service
All the Best,
Andrew Message received at 19.48 Many thanks Andrew
Today we had the pleasure of a slam door 2+3 set in place of the normal 4 car GTI set, which this week is on a C4 Exam, find 3 shots for CRS taken at Penzance and Ponsandane. Changing and interesting times we live in indeed, also included a Twilight shot of Sunday nights Sleeper service
All the Best,
Andrew Message received at 19.48 Many thanks Andrew
Arriving at Penzance as 2C45 from Exeter St David's 43187 leading 2nd July 2018 Copyright Andrew Triggs
The return to Newton Abbot seen Ponsandane footbridge 43198 now leading 43187 running as 2P85. 2nd July 2018 Copyright Andrew Triggs
The return to Newton Abbot is seen clearing Ponsandane footbridge 43198 now leading 43187 running as 2P85. 2nd July 2018 Copyright Andrew Triggs
A rare shot - the sleeper in daylight. Marazion with 57604 leading the 21.20 1A40 Sleeper for Paddington. 1st July 2018 Copyright Andrew Triggs
BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS
HERITAGE PART TWO
Guy Vincent
HERITAGE PART TWO
Guy Vincent
If one cares to walk along platform 6 at Temple Meads, these wonderful reminders of a bygone age have been safely preserved to recall the days when, at night, the station was a hive of activity with both BR and Royal Mail staff busy for hours upon end sorting, loading and unloading countless mail bags, brute cages and mail trolleys. According to several old working timetables I've consulted the 2320 Bristol-Nottingham used the headcode 4M11. The departure time seems to have varied over the years, I've found that in 1974-75 departure was at 2318, by 1978-79 and in 1980-81 it left at 2340. Mail trains ceased to be handled at Temple Meads from 1997 when the new 'Hub' at Filton opened and the old site adjacent to platform 15 at Temple Meads in Cattle Market Road closed. This site first opened in 1969 with the former conveyor (demolished in 2015) added in 1971. The third notice (image 4) has slightly deteriorated and the stations in the final group are Brentwood, Chelmsford and Colchester.
Stabled in the Up siding next to the Through Road D1935 side-on and, finally, one of Saphos Trains' immaculate Mk 1 carriages next to some 50 year old BR S&T location cabinets, these seem to be popular with seagulls for target practice! Let us hope that the carriages don't get similarly affected.
I'll continue searching the platforms at Bristol TM to see what other historical artefacts are still in place from the 'old days'.
Regards
Guy V Many thanks indeed Guy - please keep on exploring.
Stabled in the Up siding next to the Through Road D1935 side-on and, finally, one of Saphos Trains' immaculate Mk 1 carriages next to some 50 year old BR S&T location cabinets, these seem to be popular with seagulls for target practice! Let us hope that the carriages don't get similarly affected.
I'll continue searching the platforms at Bristol TM to see what other historical artefacts are still in place from the 'old days'.
Regards
Guy V Many thanks indeed Guy - please keep on exploring.
BTM Plat 6 Notice 1 Copyright Guy Vincent.
BTM Plat 6 Notice 2 Copyright Guy Vincent.
BTM Plat 6 Notice 3 Copyright Guy Vincent.
BTM Plat 6 Notice 4 Copyright Guy Vincent.
Bristol TM Heritage Carriage & 1960s S&T Cabinets Copyright Guy Vincent
Bristol TM. D1935 (47257, 650, 805) Copyright Guy Vincent. An absolutely immaculate picture of an immaculate locomotive.
The last few days
Mark Lynam
Mark Lynam
A full house at Penzance taken at 08.15. 29th June 2018. 57602 had worked the down sleeper service. 43056 and 221123 had come in off Longrock depot and 220003 which is pulling into Platform 4 had worked 1C09 0628 from Plymouth. Copyright Mark Lynam
50042 at Boscarne Junction 12.33 30th June 2018 Copyright Mark Lynam (Taken with staff permission)
43093 Respryn 18.18 30th June 2018 Copyright Mark Lynam (Mark feels that the landrover adds interest to the picture I agree. KJ)
A 6 coach Cross Country HST works the 09.15 Motherwell to Penzance seen at Bodmin Parkway on the 30th June 2018 Copyright Mark Lynam
Yeovil Railway Centre
John Cornelius
John Cornelius
Copyright John Cornelius