mow Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 (edited) A couple of shots taken on July 29th 2012, showing Bristol and Exeter House from the main road. Edited August 20, 2012 by mow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 838rapid Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 WoW thats where I started my Railway Career at B and E house as we knew it... 1988. I remember having to polish the brass plaques on the front of the building and that grand staircase inside. Looks so lonely on its own with the Newspaper suppliers building gone. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mow Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Just noticed this http://www.bristolsteam64.co.uk/ on The Bristol Railway Archive Site. It covers 1964 steam locos in Bristol Apologies if someone has linked it before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrowroad Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Not quite Bristol itself, but close enough, a couple of images from my site visits today: Tim, Put me out of my misery - where are photos one and three in relation to Bristol? I thought I knew the area well but cannot place them Robin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 21, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2012 Tim, Put me out of my misery - where are photos one and three in relation to Bristol? I thought I knew the area well but cannot place them Robin I'll leave it for the Cap'n but the last time I went to the location of the bottom one (well I'm pretty sure that's where it is) there were a few small scrubby bushes and an expanse of dead land which had once played host to a number of sidings and the trace of the truncated railway beyond the stop blocks was still fairly obvious. Does that help? If it doesn't the middle picture of the three should give you a hint Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I'll leave it for the Cap'n but the last time I went to the location of the bottom one (well I'm pretty sure that's where it is) there were a few small scrubby bushes and an expanse of dead land which had once played host to a number of sidings and the trace of the truncated railway beyond the stop blocks was still fairly obvious. Does that help? If it doesn't the middle picture of the three should give you a hint Rail access to the former ICI Severnside? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrowroad Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Rail access to the former ICI Severnside? Ah yes of course I remember a work related trip on one of the ICI YE diesels in the 1980's shunting the ammonia tank wagons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Ah yes of course I remember a work related trip on one of the ICI YE diesels in the 1980's shunting the ammonia tank wagons. Presumably the bridge is on the link from the Severn Bridge to Avonmouth? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 My guess is that we are looking at the Severn Beach branch and the only bridge of the size of the one in the first picture has the M5 running about 80 feet above the railway, just by Avonmouth, where the M5 crosses the river Avon. The second shows the "beach" at Severn Beach and the third may be looking towards the buffer stops at Severn Beach station, where the line formerly contnued round to Pilning to join the main line going through the Severn tunnel. Best wishes Eric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Presumably the bridge is on the link from the Severn Bridge to Avonmouth? The bridge looks to be this one: http://binged.it/PCUPBe where the line enters the site, under the A403, from the Severn Beach branch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 21, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) The bridge looks to be this one: http://binged.it/PCUPBe where the line enters the site, under the A403, from the Severn Beach branch. Ding don-g! Spot-on! The third photo is looking along the Severn Beach branch towards the station at Severn Beach, from the junction with the former ICI works branch. Edit - since when has 'don-g' become a 'naughty word'..??!! Edited August 21, 2012 by Captain Kernow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 21, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) Ah yes of course I remember a work related trip on one of the ICI YE diesels in the 1980's shunting the ammonia tank wagons. I was told that they used to have a pair of 'Janus' 0-6-0 diesels there. Photos of industrial dereliction are here - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/60323-industrial-weathering-and-dereliction/ Edited August 21, 2012 by Captain Kernow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Edit - since when has 'don-g' become a 'naughty word'..??!! Always, depending on context Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrowroad Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I was told that they used to have a pair of 'Janus' 0-6-0 diesels there. Photos of industrial dereliction are here - http://www.rmweb.co....nd-dereliction/ I was told that they used to have a pair of 'Janus' 0-6-0 diesels there. Photos of industrial dereliction are here - http://www.rmweb.co....nd-dereliction/ Tim, That's them............... just found this photo of 'Iburndale'on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/12a_kingmoor_klickr/7091677329/in/photostream/ The spherical tank in the photo is an ammonia storage tank behind which was a road/rail weighbridge which I had the task of testing. This proved an interesting challenge on occasions when trying to avoid inhaling fumes. Some of the photos in your other 'dereliction' thread show what I believe were the rail maintainence shed. Robin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mow Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 (edited) Taken 10 days ago, the coach goes back to the 50s, the HST design to the 70s, the logo to the 80s, and the GPO building is still an eyesore. Edited August 22, 2012 by mow 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted August 22, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 22, 2012 Taken 10 days ago, the coach goes back to the 50s, the HST design to the 70s, the logo to the 80s, and the GPO building is still an eyesore. Unfortunately that is the fault of "Royal Mail Property holdings", they just let the buildings go to pot. Terry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Since this topic is entitled "the changing face of Bristol", it may be the appropriate place to mention an article in the Stephenson Loco Society journal for Jan 1943. It describes observations at Temple Meads on Easter Monday 1900 - at which point neither the Badminton cut off nor the direct west of England line would have been open. TM is described as "an extremely busy station". It mentions that west of England trains typically changed engines at Temple Meads and the normal practice for up trains was to run the detached loco round the triangle to Dr Day's Bridge Jnc, then to North Somerset Jnc before returning through the station to get to Bath Road depot. "This saved using the shed turntable". Latest locos on running in turns on the "Swindon - Bristol all stations" were "Camels" - 3347/8/9/50 are mentioned - while Dean Singles are evidently so routine as not to raise any excitement. Clifton Down locals were run by Wolverhampton saddle tanks of the 19xx and 20xx classes and Portishead services were worked by double framed Armstrong "Buffalo" saddle tanks. Carriage stock included not only GWR vehicles, but also MR, LNWR and S&DJR. It must have been an interesting sort of place .................... Best wishes Eric 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 The spherical tank in the photo is an ammonia storage tank behind which was a road/rail weighbridge which I had the task of testing. And here's said sphere from a different angle, before the rest of the plant was demolished, taken in 2006: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 22, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2012 A few more photos from my visit to Severnside last week. The access line from Severn Beach to the works: Unloading equipment, next to exchange sidings: The exchange sidings: 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggesford box Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Afew shots around Severn Beach in 1979 or 80. Never been back there since. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 More changes to the railway scene in Bristol... taken a couple of weeks or so ago, as I walked down the slope from Temple Meads to the office, I realised that the old brick office block 'Collett House' had finally been demolished (and not a moment too soon, some might say!): I wonder how many of us on here have had some involvement with that building over the years? I was under the impression that Collett House is the one in the background. Whatever I hope that what replaces it is in sympathy with Bristol and Exeter House. A wonderful building now that it can be seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted August 28, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 28, 2012 The station building at Severn Beach has now gone and replaced with houses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 28, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) I was under the impression that Collett House is the one in the background. Whatever I hope that what replaces it is in sympathy with Bristol and Exeter House. A wonderful building now that it can be seen. To my eternal (well, 5 mins or so ) shame, you are right, Julian, Collett House survives and is there in the background. It was also due for demolition, from what I understood at work, may be able to find out more when I next talk to the property bods on the third floor soon. Edited August 28, 2012 by Captain Kernow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy stroud Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Afew shots around Severn Beach in 1979 or 80. Never been back there since. Those were interesting pictures of Severn Beach. The sort of pictures that, looking back now, so nice to see. I often went to Severn Beach in the 1970's and can remember the level crossing and i'm sure i can remember seeing stock stored on the section beyond the station, over the crossing. Also, there used to be a nice miniature railway at Severn Beach that ran around a boating lake. I would guess the railway was probably about 10.25 inch gauge. As a kid, I was fascinated by it and the pointwork that led into an engine/ carriage shed. The boating lake had a cafe situated on a little island that was accessed from a bridge. I think it all closed when the flood defense was built. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 To my eternal (well, 5 mins or so ) shame, you are right, Julian, Collett House survives and is there in the background. It was also due for demolition, from what I understood at work, may be able to find out more when I next talk to the property bods on the third floor soon. The buildings that have been demolished at Temple Meads were Herbert House and the telephone exchange building 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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