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Items added on June 13th 2017                                                                                                        Those added most recently come first

13/6/2017

 
Blackpool Dries at Burngullow
Looking rather rundown since its closure!
Roger Winnen

There is no drying or loading of China Clay at Burngullow these days. The only trains to pass by the complex are racks of CDAs etc and Cargo Vans from Parkandillack and Kernick Dries at Treviscoe. Since the withdrawal of the Silver Bullets to Scotland, Blackpool Dries has ceased to operate. Those large silos at the end of the complex have never been used, and word has it that £1,000,000 would be needed to demolish them.
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170612a Burngullow with its massive silos which have never been used. Copyright Roger Winnen
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170612b Vegetation is taking over at the site. Copyright Roger Winnen
Tornado
Secret Movement
Guy Vincent

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60163 Tornado at Westbury 10th June 2017 Copyright Guy Vincent
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60163 Tornado at Westbury 10th June 2017 Copyright Guy Vincent
Brand New at
Bristol
Guy Vincent

Hello Keith, I happened to be at Temple Meads at just the right time yesterday (9th) to catch sight of one of the new Class 800 Hitachi super express trains currently being built and delivered for GWR.  This one (800003) was on a Bristol-Taunton-Bristol-Swindon demonstration and training run and, fortunately for me, it was running late enabling a couple of photos to be grabbed before it departed eastwards.    Obviously it was working on diesel power but was surprisingly quiet.  You can see that the general theme of the older Voyagers and Pendolinos has been continued in the design of the exterior, and especially that of the 1990s Eurostar and later class 395 'Javelin' sets.    Before too long these will be in everyday service and the HSTs will start disappearing fast.  Time to get out and start recording them before they go! Guy V    
                                  Many thanks indeed Guy.

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Bristol Temple Meads The new order poses in the form of 800003 on the 9th June 2017 A super picture by Copyright Guy Vincent
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800003 departs east from Bristol Temple Meads on the 9th June 2017 Copyright Guy Vincent
Westbury loses 08
Guy Vincent
Keith,   Worth bringing to your notice is that the last remaining class 08 shunter at Westbury, 08799, departed by road on the morning of Wednesday 7th for further storage at the East Kent Railway. Now owned by the Harry Needle Railway Co. it was stored by previous owners DB Cargo in December 2015. This was because it was due for a D exam however this was not authorised as the freight company decided to dispense with their shunter fleet and use mainline locos for such duties instead.  To the best of my knowledge this means Westbury is without a class 08 shunter for the first time in about 60 years.
Two pics attached, one taken in March 2017 when 08799 was stored at the end of a siding in Westbury's 'new sidings' on the down side, and the second grabbed from the window of a passing train on the morning of June 7th, just a couple of hours before it was loaded for removal to Kent.
Guy V                     Many thanks Guy.
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08799 at sidings end at Westbury on the 5th March 2017 Copyright Guy Vibcent
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A shot grabbed from a moving train as 08799 stands in Westbury Up Yard a couple of hours before departure on the 7th June 2017 Copyright Guy Vincent
Dunball Wharf
Brian Pibworth
Good Afternoon Keith,
My eye was caught by a recent item, from Colin Burges, regarding Dunball Wharf. 
In 2008 we were travelling North on the M5 when we saw what appeared to be a ship's bridge and accommodation standing behind a hedge,  We thought this might be a left-over carnival cart (dinosaurs and camels are not unknown in this area!) but a bit of map work pointed strongly to Dunball Wharf and an unloading dredger.  
We returned the next week and took this shot from the West bank of the Parrett, of "Arco Dart" unloading between tides.  We've never seen another ship from the motorway and are not even sure how often the wharf is used for this traffic.
With kind regards, Brian
​Thank you Brian, We're not really into 'ships' - however it is very interesting to know the wharf is still in use and we like your comments re dinosaurs.
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Arco Dart at Dunball Wharf 2008 Copyright Brian Pibworth
Williton
John Cornelius

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Copyright John Cornelius

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