cpman46 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I hope this is the right place to introduce this. The Weston Clevedon & Portishead Railway (closed 1940) ran from Weston Super Mare to Clevedon and on to Portishead. Several years ago a number of people decided to form a group to promote and preserve what is left of the line before it disappeared for ever. There is a very good website at http://www.wcpr.org.uk/ with lots of information, maps and photos and a link to the WC&PR Group website. To date the group has now over 100 members. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartb Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I don't know if these pictures are of any use but I took them at Portishead in 1987. John 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpman46 Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 Bartb Many thanks for the pictures. Unfortunately these are the remnants of the GWR Portishead branch, long since disappeared under modern development of the docks and former power station sites. The current branch serves Portbury docks with a 3 mile currently disused but extant portion of track reaching as far as Quays Avenue on the new Marina development (hopefully to be reinstated as a passenger service in the near future). The WC & PR trackwork was all removed by the end of 1943. The scrap recovered amounted to some 16,000 tons, the rails helping the War effort. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartb Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Mike At least I now know what these old tracks were, and it seems I was 35 years to late to photograph the WC & PR track. I delivered in Clevedon and Portished in the late 80,s, a lovely part of the country. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 11, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2013 An interesting story about the WC&P track. The rails were supplied by Krupps. When they were lifted the steel was used for bomb cases and its possible some of those bombs were dropped on Krupp's works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 838rapid Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 (edited) There are lots of books to read up about the WC and P. My great uncle was killed on on there whilst riding Pillion on a motorbike. My Mum has the local newspapers from the time incl the report of the accident and the funeral. One of the first people on the scene at the accident was a bus driver,who didnt realise the rider of the bike was his son.. http://www.portisheadweb.org.uk/wcpr/Accidents.html Edited February 11, 2013 by 838rapid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Interesting read!! good photo"s too.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ullypug Posted February 17, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 17, 2013 Always good to see WC&PR threads on here! I do have more than a passing interest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpman46 Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Just been going through some of my photos taken at the unveiling of the information board at the Ashcome Road site of the Weston-super-Mare terminus of the WC&P, the route here being named 'Colonel Stephen's Way'. Local MP John Penrose unveiling the board with 'Colonel Stephens' looking on. The Information Board The WC&P Railway Group hope to have an information board installed at Portishead in the near future and also at CClevedon at a later date. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJL Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Model of WCPR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Something about the WC&P has always captured my imaginationThanks for starting the thread I'm sure I've seen at least 1 layout based on the railway?CheersMarc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Just been going through some of my photos taken at the unveiling of the information board at the Ashcome Road site of the Weston-super-Mare terminus of the WC&P, the route here being named 'Colonel Stephen's Way'. Local MP John Penrose unveiling the board with 'Colonel Stephens' looking on. IMG_0009.JPG The Information Board IMG_0002.JPG The WC&P Railway Group hope to have an information board installed at Portishead in the near future and also at CClevedon at a later date. That's a very dirty and scruffy Sam-Browne belt and cross-strap. As subaltern officer in the Staffordshire Regiment, I would have landed several "Extras" as Orderly Officer if I had paraded in front of the adjutant looking like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ullypug Posted October 10, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 10, 2013 Something about the WC&P has always captured my imagination Thanks for starting the thread I'm sure I've seen at least 1 layout based on the railway? Cheers Marc I've got two; Weston and Clevedon both in EM. Both on here if you follow the links to my blogs in my signaure. Weston kind of retired and Clevedon debuts next year.The Nailsea club did Weston, Clevedon and Portishead in 7mm about 20 years ago. Then there's Bleadon also in 7mm and a freelance layout based on a rumoured extension to the south of Weston. I'm aware of a couple of private layouts that folks at exhibitions have said they're building. I'm sure there are others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 That's a very dirty and scruffy Sam-Browne belt and cross-strap. As subaltern officer in the Staffordshire Regiment, I would have landed several "Extras" as Orderly Officer if I had paraded in front of the adjutant looking like that. If we're counting rivets the real Colonel Stephens didn't stretch his buttons quite so much ... and being of WW1 vintage would have had his rank on his cuffs, not his shoulders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpman46 Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 Update to the progress of the WC&P Railway Group: Last Tuesday 29th October the Portishead Interpretation Display was officially unveiled by our local BBC West weather girl Jemma Cooper who managed to conjure up some sunshine instead of pouring rain! The board is opposite the White Lion on the grass verge close to the Waitrose petrol station. Plans are well under way to install an Interpretation board in Clevedon, probably on the side of the Conservative Club where the railway crossed Kenn Road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I read an article a while ago (May 2013) in the Weston Mercury about plans to create a footpath/cyclepath(?) along part of the route of the line between Weston and Clevedon, is this likely to happen anytime soon? cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelintrev Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 As one of those who was involved with the Naisea Clubs 0 scale layout, I've dug a few photos (the only digital ones I've got) of two Locos ( "Clevedon" [Ex General Don, Jersey Rly?] and Hesperus [ex GWR] ) and the small Wickam(?) Railcar. The BBC programe Sea Side Trains (The Pretty Route to Weston??) featured a lot of the Nailsea Clubs model. Not very good quality pictures I'm afraid, but better than nothing? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 (edited) Film featuring the Weston Clevedon & Portishead Railway: https://www.londonsscreenarchives.org.uk/title/39/ https://www.londonsscreenarchives.org.uk/title/39/ Edited February 20, 2021 by Engineer Link didn't link when first posted, changed computer and ok. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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