mow Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Removal of GPO Bridge at Temple Meads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTEHtMxuRNA#t=71 Bristol Post coverage. http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-Temple-Meads-prepares-electrification/story-25863499-detail/story.html 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanders Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 It looks instantly better as soon as the first section is lifted out. It'll be great when the remaining bits at platform level are demolished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Grampus Posted February 2, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2015 Evening all, hope the attached picture is appropriate to this thread ( - Mods, if not, apologies and please feel free to move it elsewhere): I hoped it might be of interest as one of the more exotic liveries I ever saw at BTM. The occasion was the Saturday of the early May bank holiday in 1984: I wonder whether anybody on here might be able to shed any light on why a Strathclyde-liveried '101 would be at Bristol, please? Recently outshopped fm Swindon, perhaps? - It certainly looked pretty shiny at the time ( - or was it a common occurrence and I just didn't notice?!!!) Kind Regards, Paul 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Two of the four lift shafts of the postal conveyor bridge at Temple Meads have now been demolished. The one on P1/3 went over the Easter weekend; P5/7 had gone a week or two earlier, and work on demolishing the one on P9/11 is well under way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Two of the four lift shafts of the postal conveyor bridge at Temple Meads have now been demolished. The one on P1/3 went over the Easter weekend; P5/7 had gone a week or two earlier, and work on demolishing the one on P9/11 is well under way. And what a difference it makes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) It does make a difference admittedly, but somehow it will not be Temple Meads without the conveyor and Parcel Force building. And what is more, I gather the plans have finally been approved for the 12000 seat Arena on the Bath Road site. R.I.P. Temple Meads as I always used to know it. Edited April 8, 2015 by jonny777 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I looked through the fence onto the Severn Beach platform today, but this is not what I saw! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Evening all, hope the attached picture is appropriate to this thread ( - Mods, if not, apologies and please feel free to move it elsewhere): I hoped it might be of interest as one of the more exotic liveries I ever saw at BTM. The occasion was the Saturday of the early May bank holiday in 1984: I wonder whether anybody on here might be able to shed any light on why a Strathclyde-liveried '101 would be at Bristol, please? Recently outshopped fm Swindon, perhaps? - It certainly looked pretty shiny at the time ( - or was it a common occurrence and I just didn't notice?!!!) Kind Regards, Paul I have never seen a Strathclyde liveried unit in Bristol, and even if I said that I had, no one would have believed me due to all the cider that I consume. Even the front unit looks a little unusual, maybe a pair of 116 driving cars with a 101 composite trailer between them. Could this have been a charter of some kind? (Although heaven help those on a 101 mystery trip for 350 miles only to be turfed out at Weston Super Mare station). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 If you like 121,s you can come up to Aylesbury and ride on one a blue or green unit to Princes Risborough . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted April 9, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2015 R.I.P. Temple Meads as I always used to know it. But when you think about what's around the corner for Temple Meads, it's virtually all good stuff. Work starts later this year on a complete refurbishment of the main curved trainshed, for example, which will be done to 'Paddington' standards when it's finished, complete re-paint, all new glazing etc. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 and some new trains to get rid of the shite on the track too............. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I noticed yesterday that the row of payphones has been reduced, revealing some nice carved stonework. This picture from 2010. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanders Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 But when you think about what's around the corner for Temple Meads, it's virtually all good stuff. Work starts later this year on a complete refurbishment of the main curved trainshed, for example, which will be done to 'Paddington' standards when it's finished, complete re-paint, all new glazing etc. Lets not forget bringing the old train shed back into use, fixing the small and congested entrance area & ticket barriers, and hopefully doing something about the underpass. And the toilets.... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) When travelling to the Cheltenham exhibition at the weekend I changed trains at Bristol and had time to take a few photos. Here is the current scene at the east end, with fencing surrounding the work sites The east end of Bristol Temple Meads with the Post Office bridge removed 12/4/2015 And where there is a hole I am always tempted to have a look in The base of one of the postal bridge towers looking down to the subway, 12/4/2015 cheers Edited April 14, 2015 by Rivercider 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) In other Bristol news, chunks of the former main lines trackbed near Lawrence Hill, subject of the current four-tracking project, have been fenced off due to Japanese Knotweed infestation. Edited April 14, 2015 by ForestPines Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted August 3, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 3, 2015 (edited) Does anyone know of photos of Bamberger's timber yard on Cumberland Rd & Baltic Wharf? There are a couple in Jem Southam's 1983 book on The Floating Harbour but I could do with some close ups for a modelling project. It was a classic industrial location I recall before it was all demolished for flats..... Dava Edited August 3, 2015 by Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted August 4, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) Looks like I've answered my own question about the Baltic Wharf timber yards in Bristol, here with a visit to Paul Townsend's 'brizzle born & bred' Flickr album on the docks. https://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/ These are marked as being on a Creative Commons licence so I'm assuming they are good to share. It would be interesting to know who the original photographers were. First a wonderful aerial view from 1929 of the Underfall yard, Baltic wharf & more, showing timber yards under the ownership of May & Hassell. Next a view from across the harbour of Taylor & Low Brothers on Canada Wharf Which tell us that there were multiple timber merchants, and the proprietorship changed from time to time...I dont know when Bamberger's came in on this site. These tell me what I need to know for now about the timber wharfs and yards, but are both fascinating photos of the docks in their inter-war period. Dava Edited August 4, 2015 by Dava 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivatt46403 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Fantastic shots Dava - my house is just off the top of the first one. I love the way the harbour railway snakes over the entrance locks to Cumberland basin. I don't think anything of that exists on the ground anymore. Marcus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted August 4, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 4, 2015 Fantastic shots Dava - my house is just off the top of the first one. I love the way the harbour railway snakes over the entrance locks to Cumberland basin. I don't think anything of that exists on the ground anymore. Marcus. Yes that is actually the GW line to Canons Marsh goods station, serving other industries along the way. I recall the swing bridge site was a Naval Cadets base last time I was there, a few years back. The dock railway system was fascinating in its own right. Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) Another bit of Bristol railway history about to disappear. Avonmouth Station building today. Probably all be gone by my next trip on Thursday. Edited August 10, 2015 by JZ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted August 11, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2015 Sad to see it go but surprised its lasted this long really. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 11, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2015 Another bit of Bristol railway history about to disappear. Avonmouth Station building today. Avonmouth.jpg Probably all be gone by my next trip on Thursday. Sadly the building was past all economic redemption, it was in a very poor structural state and there was little option other than to take it down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Sadly the building was past all economic redemption, it was in a very poor structural state and there was little option other than to take it down. It looked pretty shot when I used to commute to St Andrew's Road in 1976/7; surprising it's lasted as long as it has. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Oh I don't know, looks OK in these pictures! 20 February 1977 1975 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 There was a barber operating in part of the building until only a few months back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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