RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 9, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2009 Whilst waiting for a train home at Bristol TM, I thought I'd finally take a couple of photos of these remarkable survivors from an age when the railways carried parcels and postal traffic: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldfield_Park Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 I must say i'v not noticed that before. It that at the Exeter end of platform 5 or is it the next one along? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 10, 2009 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2009 I must say i'v not noticed that before. It that at the Exeter end of platform 5 or is it the next one along? Strictly speaking they are on platform 6, which is the one at the Exeter-end of platform 5.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldfield_Park Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Close enough. I might go and have a peek at that myself next time i'm over there, I like finding little 'leftovers' on stations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modfather Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 note to self, next time i end up with the station fitters... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nev16f Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Have you also noticed the old direction signs at the top of the stairs on platforms 13&14? Wooden boards with individual metal letters screwed on. These platforms were out of public use for many years and when they were re-commisioned a few (5?) years ago, the "image gurus" must have either missed them or decided they added a touch of character. Cheers, Nev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Back in the 1980s I had a 'press trip' on the down Great Western TPO from Paddington-Bristol. I went for the Class 50 haulage (it was ALWAYS a Class 50)but we had 47500 that night. It was fascinating to arrive at BTM in the early hours of the morning, to a completely deserted station. Four TPOs ariived within minutes of each other and postmen with trollies appeared from every subway and scurried about like ants, switching mail between trains and loading up empty vans. It lasted maybe, ten or fifteen minutes, then they all subsided back down the subways, the trains departed and the place was empty except for a handful of journalists heading off to a hotel. Magic! The railway (and the Royal Mail) when it still did the things the railway ought to do. CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Thanks for those memories, Chris. I had never realised the logistics behind the TPO, (don't suppose they used that word in the '80's!) and your description of the ant-like activity was new to me. Getting 4 TPOs and all those workers to coincide.... quite a feat of organisation and time-tabling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBelcher Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 There were some similar signs for postal traffic at the south end of Derby station (Platform 1) last time I passed through there, don't know if they still exist. Worcester Foregate Street still has one WR choc & cream sign, though the other survivors into recent times seem to have vanished during the recent tidy-up and building of the adjacent Tesco Metro. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 The slightly larger relic from the old days is the big grey conveyer at the London end on the platforms!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nev16f Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 There were some similar signs for postal traffic at the south end of Derby station (Platform 1) last time I passed through there, don't know if they still exist. Afraid not. Everythings been swept away with the refurbishment of the platform canopies Nev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WR Tim Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 There is also a big Red Star parcels sign on a building to the left as you walk down the ramp from the front of Temple Meads to the dual carriageway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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