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1  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: December 13, 2018, 18:57:28
Where is everyone

Well - my nearest station at the moment is Waterbeach

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Seem to of have Disowned the Filton bank. I Am still waiting to travel down to see it. Waiting for Bristol parkway to be electrified.

Posts here and elsewhere ebb and flow in sync with significant things going on or not and we're now in the wind down towards Christmas. Rail and public transport meetings are fewer for a few weeks ... train cancellations seem to be down.  Campaign for 6 tracks on Filton Bank not due to start until February  Grin

I'm not all that far away from you, I'm in Huntingdon.
2  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: November 25, 2018, 14:12:15
Seems like they had Added these in later years, My plan shows the original layout from 1970, when Bristol Panel was first installed. They must of done it when North Somerset Junction was made bi-directional in 1978.

Was that signal out when you took the picture.


B152 was out.
3  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: November 25, 2018, 13:52:42
Afternoon everyone,

First time post here. It's really warms my heart to see the UFM and DFM lines reinstated from Lockleaze, and of course the former Up and Down Reliefs from Lockleaze north.

I travelled over what was then the DFM on its' last day of use, back in February 1984.
Here's my shot of the old B152 signal on that final evening. Note that it had three Feathers, compared to the new version.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristol-re/4938596167/in/photolist-8wpAzM

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.


According to a plan I just found, Signal B252 Had a pos 1 - 2 JI on, And B152 Had pos 1 and 4 Indicators on, plus a stencil indicator with a letter D for dr days siding. Also the signal from the curve B431 also had a pos 1 indicator, very interesting isn't it.

B152 is visible in this shot of mine, when track recovery was underway - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristol-re/12089707425/in/photolist-nVyXbN-nvb1wg-k2jpgF-k2k5Ce-jqmSwN-jqjUPt-gH6a8Y-gtu9ZG-ej2Zsb-edC53B-ed5Ebo-eaHEdc-eawcdE-cgYNyd-cfGKbU-bUksyP-aAeYFS-6QXbpB-6R2ech-Cy62xZ-kUtp5V-CyFZC3-kUxXaX-ntAtFi

Here's B252 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristol-re/14152453915/in/photolist-nyB2u8-nyiezT-nh69S3-nh5NMA-nyjpPj-nyeMZv-nh1X2C-nydaPX-nAgFjT-nfZLPG-nxtwib-nx8rNs-nfTFDf-nyYkKT-nfGmbg-nezDEK-nezmo3-nexZFc-nexFjT-nuKE1F-nsXn4p-nuHLZe-nsZ2JN-nbs3ys-njKgBb-njKuzK-njz7Yu-niJYqL-kZHZDK-kZHsvp-kWAV57-kWzZFc-kRRfhs-kzyrwv-nhEb6C-njGgm9-nmq3jB-njmGnQ-ngJAjA-nkvVne-ngDzX3-nkek22-ndp1XP-ndmfpg-ndmfwv-86pgVN-nbiQRY-86pgRY-86m6Uz-kWzZwK

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.
4  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: November 19, 2018, 19:50:45

Is there really not a crossover at Dr Days Junction to get from the relief line to Feeder Bridge Junction?

Yes, there is!
5  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: November 19, 2018, 11:55:13

Thanks for that Bristolian...  can actually track trains using all 4 lines now, rather than keep disappearing around new Horfield Junction like they do on OpenTrain!

Smiley
6  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: November 19, 2018, 11:38:20
http://trackit.uppyjc.co.uk/TrackIT/Forms/Map.aspx?MapID=1&AutoRefresh=True
7  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: November 19, 2018, 09:12:48
You want MORE?

I'm now stuck in Huntingdon, so YES please!
8  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: November 15, 2018, 06:53:03
Here's a view of mine, showing what used to be the Up and Down lines from the GW (Great Western) to the LMS (London Midland Scottish - 1923 to 1948) at Barton Hill, taken from the old Days Road bridge.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristol-re/4295535347/

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.
9  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: November 13, 2018, 13:35:36
If you look here there is an excellent section on the area we are discussing and the topic as well!

http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/bristol-tm-to-severn-beach.html


Thanks for the pictures there, it showed signal no BL1815 With its pos 1 2 3 indicators on and another on the filton down when it was previously there,One thing why was the filton lines removed, only to cost NR» (Network Rail - home page) loads of money to put back, there is so much waste in this country.Not to mention the contents of a bin bag in my kitchen full of unnessary
 packaging.

The Up and Down Filton Mains were supposedly closed due to the weak condition of the former bridge over Stapleton Road, which for several years, had a permanent speed restriction over it.
10  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: November 11, 2018, 17:27:26
The gap between the Reliefs and the Mains was always there, and I'd imagine that it's still there because of the bridge spacings to the immediate north of the former station site Smiley.

Here's one of my shots of a failed 47, which just about coasted alongside the former Up Relief platform, with a 47-hauled freight passing by on the Up Main -

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristol-re/9059595148/in/album-72157641961867643/
11  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: October 31, 2018, 16:10:35
Here's a shot of mine from 1984, one of the last loco movements along the former UFM...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristol-re/8675060770/

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.
Thanks for those pics Bob, and looking thru the others on your photostream you've linked to there's also some other great ones around BRI» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains) and LWH from the 70s and early 80s as it was then.  Great to see!

Thank you very much, Sir. I have a great many more negs to scan, sadly though in most cases I won't have full information, as my notebooks and prints went several years ago Sad.
12  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: October 31, 2018, 15:17:49
Here's a shot of mine from 1984, one of the last loco movements along the former UFM...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristol-re/8675060770/

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.
13  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: October 31, 2018, 13:26:06
Welcome to the Forum from another Bristolian amongst the many on here Bristol born.

Thank you - although I now live in deepest Huntingdon!.
14  Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion on: October 31, 2018, 13:20:03
Afternoon everyone,

First time post here. It's really warms my heart to see the UFM and DFM lines reinstated from Lockleaze, and of course the former Up and Down Reliefs from Lockleaze north.

I travelled over what was then the DFM on its' last day of use, back in February 1984.
Here's my shot of the old B152 signal on that final evening. Note that it had three Feathers, compared to the new version.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristol-re/4938596167/in/photolist-8wpAzM

Very Best Wishes,
Bob.
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