RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 27, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2009 Which tunnel is this, then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 27, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2009 I suspect there might be a river between it and the place whose name it bears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 27, 2009 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2009 I suspect there might be a river between it and the place whose name it bears. Not too hot on the rivers in the vicinity of this particular one, Mike, but I don't think there is one that close to either the tunnel or the local settlement that bears the name of the tunnel... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
10800 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I suspect there might be a river between it and the place whose name it bears. I was thinking the same, but we're obviously both wrong! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 27, 2009 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2009 This is the southern portal, it that helps.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Depot Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I tried zooming the photo up to see if I could get the Signal plate number but it failed!! oh well..await with interest to see where it is Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted October 27, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2009 Is it Wickwar per chance?? Edited to say, certainly Wickwar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 27, 2009 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2009 Is it Wickwar per chance?? Edited to say, certainly Wickwar That's a long way from your stamping ground, old son, but your're absolutely right! I cab rode for work purposes from Bristol to Gloucester (forthcoming engineering works), so here's a rather groovy HST image at Yate South.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 27, 2009 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2009 Is it Wickwar per chance?? Edited to say, certainly Wickwar That's a long way from your stamping ground, old son, but your're absolutely right! I cab rode for work purposes from Bristol to Gloucester (forthcoming engineering works), so here's a rather groovy HST image at Yate South.... And here's an even groovier Voyager that we passed north of Charfield.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted October 27, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2009 I can see Im gona have to dust off me cab pass and do some of this malarky Joking aside, used to work the track in this area Tim, out of Parkway PW as far as Charfield North up until about 2000. Voyagers were a distant Branson dream and 47'8s and Valenta's still abounded the place. Happy days! Good to find out my memory is still not to bad though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 28, 2009 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2009 Here's another photo from that ride - any guesses as to location (apart from Gary H, that is!): Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wollastonblue Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Looks like Westerleigh Junction to me. But then again with the Captain performing reconnaissance in the Mercia Regions (MAG) who knows? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modfather Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I don't know the name but am pretty sure its after parkway, heading north or ultimately to wales... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 28, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2009 I've been over that one in the cab of a Blue Pullman (exept we went straight on, didn't turn left). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Looks like Westerleigh Junction to me.? Looks right for me too Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modfather Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 now the names there, its the one i thought it was...good job i only fix the trains not the tracks methinks... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Birmingham-Bristol line speed upgrades perchance? I travelled that way this week too, with my son on the way to and from my parents in Wiltshire. He commented on how rocky the cutting was after Wickwar, and we looked out at the sharp curve at Westerleigh so I'm kicking myself for not getting that one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted October 29, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2009 Thats a fine looking piece of S&C now. I used to enjoy standing there watching HST's thunder over it at 125mph! It was all wood timbering back then though and demanded constant maintenance. The switch diamond was a particular headache before it was renewed. I wonder if anyone has ever made a model switch diamond?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 29, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2009 Thats a fine looking piece of S&C now. I used to enjoy standing there watching HST's thunder over it at 125mph! It was all wood timbering back then though and demanded constant maintenance. The switch diamond was a particular headache before it was renewed. I wonder if anyone has ever made a model switch diamond?? Wrenn used to do one in their 'universal' track range back in the dark ages :icon_tongue: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Wrenn used to do one in their 'universal' track range back in the dark ages :icon_tongue: I remember buying a load of that stuff from Frost's stall in the old Llanelli Market. It didn't react well to life in a damp Welsh shed, with the rail rusting and the fibre sleepers twisting all over the shop. Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted November 1, 2009 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2009 I wonder if anyone has ever made a model switch diamond?? One of the guys in our DRAG club has made a P4 one for his layout, if that's what you mean, Gary? Westerleigh Junction is indeed the correct answer, and was renewed over Christmas 2004. The embankment round to the left - towards Yate and Cheltenham etc. - was also recently rebuilt, allowing a much higher linespeed, 55 mph for passenger trains now, IIRC (it was previously a 20 mph temporary speed restriction, I believe)... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted November 1, 2009 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2009 Birmingham-Bristol line speed upgrades perchance? AFAIK, the line speed upgrades project has arisen post-the relaying of Westerleigh in 2004, but it clearly all hangs together now... how rocky the cutting was after Wickwar Has anyone noticed the replica signalbox on the downside cutting side, just north of Wickwar Tunnel, btw? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 1, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2009 AFAIK, the line speed upgrades project has arisen post-the relaying of Westerleigh in 2004, but it clearly all hangs together now... Has anyone noticed the replica signalbox on the downside cutting side, just north of Wickwar Tunnel, btw? Cor, are Replica doing a signalbox an' all now ? S'pose it's another Midland one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted November 1, 2009 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2009 Well, AFAIK it's based on something Midland-ish - IIRC it's painted maroon and cream. Photography is difficult except from the cab, and even then it's set back a bit and in a gloomy cutting, so not easy to get a nice, sharp photo... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted November 1, 2009 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2009 Right then, here's another photo taken in Swagonia for you to exercise your brain cells on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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