JZ Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Today's late notices mentions the signal and ground frame being installed this Sunday, 10th April, but will be bagged, locked. Got some pictures as I went past. Not the best, but leaning out the back cab window of a 150 doesn't lend itself to good photography. As can be seen, much work still to do regarding track laying. I think you can sleep soundly for a few more nights, Andy. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Today's late notices mentions the signal and ground frame being installed this Sunday, 10th April, but will be bagged, locked. Got some pictures as I went past. Not the best, but leaning out the back cab window of a 150 doesn't lend itself to good photography. As can be seen, much work still to do regarding track laying. I think you can sleep soundly for a few more nights, Andy. Thanks for those photos, they give a good idea of the layout there. Now if they were to get Gromit to help with the track laying, it would be done in no time.... cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Comes to a pretty pass when the sidings are newer/in a better condition than the 'main' line... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 I hope the contractors charged less for using second-hand materials. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted April 7, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2016 I hope the contractors charged less for using second-hand materials. They always used to but then BR normally kept a careful check on such things, especially as they often supplied the material direct. However there was one contractor who had a crafty habit of trying to describe re-worked secondhand material as 'new', especially pointwork - and suffered for it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Western Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 First time beyond Avonmouth this year so I was very surprised to see this lot had sprung up, and Severn Beach station had gained a lovely new fence ! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 True, but I'm used to the sound of the DMUs; I'm wondering if the sound of the freights will be more intrusive. How close is your house to the line. The "bin liner" trains run regularly on the Greenford branch and I've not noticed them to be particularly noisy at the low speeds of the branch. The noisiest part is the shed as it pulls away from signal stops but I doubt they'll disturb your sleep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted April 9, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9, 2016 How close is your house to the line. The "bin liner" trains run regularly on the Greenford branch and I've not noticed them to be particularly noisy at the low speeds of the branch. The noisiest part is the shed as it pulls away from signal stops but I doubt they'll disturb your sleep. My back garden abuts the platform of Redland station. However, thinking about it, the morning train probably won't be that noisy; it will be empty and rolling downhill through Redland 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 How close is your house to the line. The "bin liner" trains run regularly on the Greenford branch and I've not noticed them to be particularly noisy at the low speeds of the branch. The noisiest part is the shed as it pulls away from signal stops but I doubt they'll disturb your sleep. When I worked at the warehouse behind Greenford station a class 56 went through and the windows nearly rattled out of the frame.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Western Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 There is a Freighltienr 66 doing Bristol Temple Meads to Avonmouth route learning trips via Chilton this afternoon. Currently at Clifton Down on the 1st trip. 0C65 is the head code all afternoon. Great Western Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toffee Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 True, but I'm used to the sound of the DMUs; I'm wondering if the sound of the freights will be more intrusive. With our bedroom window being 200 yds from the WCML I can honestly say nothing wakes us up and there's plenty of sheds and 70s going past in the night, it was a bit odd when we moved in but soon it just became background noise and far better than a house we looked at the same distance from the A38. I used to wake myself up in the early years when the DRS choppers went thru around 3am with trains for the SE but soon dropped off again, it was about the only time you got to hear 20s properly as at other times I never noticed them. 37s don't wake me up ! I was woken up at 07-00 for a few weeks last year though when the morning Tesco had double headed 68s on going full blast, shame that finished they were well worth it ! John 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Western Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) 66509 on 0C76 route learned at Lawrence Hill, Bristol. Edited April 12, 2016 by Great Western 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEDDYBEAR D9521 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 66509 on 0C76 route learned at Lawrence Hill, Bristol. No tail lamps lit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 12, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12, 2016 No tail lamps lit? Modern marker lights flash hundreds of times a second and will sometimes appear to be unlit in photographs. This also has the effect of making them appear to flash in moving pictures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modfather Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Modern marker lights flash hundreds of times a second and will sometimes appear to be unlit in photographs. This also has the effect of making them appear to flash in moving pictures. Red led's are around 474 terra-hertz! the colour is directly related to the frequency. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted April 12, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) I've just been reading the new book Somerset & Dorset Swansong by Bob Bunyar. What I found the most interesting - not to say astonishing - is his recollection from February 1967 of 34057 Biggin Hill replacing a failed Hymek at Salisbury on a Portsmouth-Cardiff service and taking it all the way to Temple Meads. Edited April 12, 2016 by Andy Kirkham 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Modern marker lights flash hundreds of times a second and will sometimes appear to be unlit in photographs. This also has the effect of making them appear to flash in moving pictures. I think that's the old stye lamp cluster with filament lamps - the LED ones that look a bit like that have one multi-coloured cluster for both the tail and the marker. So unless it's a very bright day it looks like someone forgot to flick the switch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 As someone who lives alongside the line near Stapleton Road: train noise definitely doesn't wake me up, and I don't even notice Down trains most of the time (they're usually on very low power unless they've stopped). The noisiest at the moment are Class 70 locos, but the one noise that did sometimes wake me was the sound of a Class 66 starting away from Lawrence Hill ground frame. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I'm a bit puzzled by the latest progress on the Filton Bank project. At Stapleton Road station a chunk of the space between the former Main Line platforms to the north of the pedestrian entrance , empty until recently, has been filled in up to platform level with truckloads of recycled aggregate, largely broken brick. I assumed the new track would be going through there! Is the new infill just temporary for access or similar? The area between the platforms south of the entrance was similarly infilled a few years ago before the footbridge was rebuilt. The Main trackbed next to Lawrence Hill ground frame has been built up with the same material, close to where the Easton Road overbridge has been rebuilt; and old ballast on the Mains span of the M32 bridge has been stripped back to reveal a layer of tile or brick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 A quick phone snap of the area around Lawrence Hill ground frame, from the Easton Road overbridge - you can see how the Main trackbed has been built up with hardcore. This is from last weekend. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Just checked my photos, and here is a view from the previous bridge from 1978. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 That photo is no longer possible - in the past few weeks that bridge has been fitted with solid parapets ready for electrification. There's been lots of "but how will my children watch the trains?!" comments from local parents. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 At the time it was a difficult photo, the bridge was overgrown - pre cycle track. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Spotted this at Stoke Gifford yesterday morning. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 The placement of that signal on the main line is a bit strange - unless it was a light loco, anything held there would foul all sorts of junctions... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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