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Chris from Nailsea
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« on: July 28, 2013, 23:55:08 » |
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I was out and about on the railway today, and I saw this: where was I?  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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JayMac
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« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2013, 00:28:47 » |
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Bristol Temple Meads. More precisely, by the iron gates that give staff access to platform 3 alongside Bonaparte's Cafe Bar. Incidentally, type "Bonaparte's Bristol" into Google as an image search and the second 'hit' is a picture of two familiar GW▸ Coffee Shop faces....  |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2013, 00:41:32 » |
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Bristol Temple Meads.
More precisely, by the iron gates that give staff access to platform 3 alongside Bonaparte's Cafe Bar.
Correct:  Incidentally, type "Bonaparte's Bristol" into Google as an image search and the second 'hit' is a picture of two familiar GW▸ Coffee Shop faces.... It's probably best not to dwell too long on that image of those particular two reprobates ...    |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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JayMac
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« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2013, 00:47:02 » |
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...and if you don't mind Chris. To continue the theme, built just one year later, where's this:  |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2013, 01:29:32 » |
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Actually, I do mind - at least mine had the merit of being placed somewhere on the Bristol & Exeter Railway! Your picture could be absolutely anywhere!  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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JayMac
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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2013, 11:45:38 » |
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OK. A clue.
It's in GW▸ territory, and like the first picture it is near to the station's secondary entrance.
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2013, 19:42:27 » |
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Hmmm ... that's not much of a clue, actually, but it does narrow the search area down a fair bit, considering Westwood Baillie built stuff which was used all over the world! Looking at the overall impression of decay and neglect evident in your picture: would I be wasting my time in trying to find something on the Severn Beach Line to fit that image?  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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JayMac
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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2013, 23:19:35 » |
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.... just a few miles up the line from the location of the first picture...
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« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2013, 23:45:04 » |
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Presumably somewhere on the line to Portbury docks?
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JayMac
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« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2013, 23:51:29 » |
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Presumably somewhere on the line to Portbury docks?
I said up the line from the location of the first picture. And not toward Derby on Midland Railway metals. |
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« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2013, 23:53:15 » |
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I claim it to be the principal station in Bristol's second-nicest suburb - Bath Spa
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
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JayMac
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« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2013, 23:57:49 » |
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I claim it to be the principal station in Bristol's second-nicest suburb - Bath Spa
Correct. The footbridge over the River Avon giving access to the south side of Bath Spa station.  |
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« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2013, 23:58:26 » |
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I claim it to be the principal station in Bristol's second-nicest suburb - Bath Spa
I think you're right Footbridge at the rear entrance to Platform 1 on the Down Side. *edit* Posted just after BNM posted the correct answer |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2013, 23:59:22 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
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JayMac
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« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2013, 00:09:32 » |
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So. Whilst my picture could have been absolutely anywhere, there was method in my madness. Now... I await a picture of a maker's mark dated 1878 from somewhere on or near GW▸ territory, to continue the theme. Had a look through my extensive archive. Don't have one. |
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