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PhilWakely
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Tornado is due to take charge of a Paddington to Cardiff railtour on Wed, 1st March. According to Realtime Trains, the tour is due to be routed via Chippenham, Bath and Bristol East Yard on the outward journey. As I haven't been there since 1978, can anybody tell me whether the western portal of Box Tunnel is still photogenic from the A4 or has lineside vegetation obscured the view? I was considering Sydney Gardens, Bath, but I guess that the awful wooden fence and the fact that the world and his wife is likely to be there rules that out? |
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bobm
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« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2017, 14:55:42 » |
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Haven't been there since December 2013 - but this was the view then.   Has the possibility of some problems with vegetation - might be a case of looking for more recent pictures on line. |
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grahame
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« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2017, 15:11:16 » |
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Has the possibility of some problems with vegetation - might be a case of looking for more recent pictures on line. That is a very interesting picture - I would not expect to see a 150/1 running a service from Chippenham to(wards) Bath. |
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bobm
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« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2017, 15:16:10 » |
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It wasn't - it was 150 002 running empty from Reading to Bristol for maintenance. Sufficiently unusual for me to make the effort to go and snap it.
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grahame
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« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2017, 15:17:51 » |
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It wasn't - it was 150 002 running empty from Reading to Bristol for maintenance. Sufficiently unusual for me to make the effort to go and snap it.
Ah - in its blue era! |
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PhilWakely
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« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2017, 16:46:22 » |
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The Google maps image from 2016 looks as though there may be a vegetation issue from the viewpoint, whilst this image from flickr, which appears to have been taken from a passing coach, suggests it may be OK if I stand in the road! I think I'll risk it! |
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bobm
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« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2017, 17:30:37 » |
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The only problem with the road bridge is there is no footpath on the side you need and it is a reasonably busy road. Hence why the viewpoint was constructed I suppose.
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2017, 18:37:48 » |
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So why did Brunel decide to build his tunnel at such an inconvenient location?    |
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bobm
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« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2017, 19:24:34 » |
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Just passed through the tunnel westbound. Sorry Phil, too dark to see the state of the vegetation. |
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JayMac
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« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2017, 20:25:59 » |
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Western Pathfinder
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« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2017, 07:40:17 » |
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This trip has just been mentioned on BBC» Points West in the regional news segment in Breakfast that will bring people out to see Tornado .
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« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2017, 10:22:16 » |
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RTT» indicates 48 minutes late departing Paddington.
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Western Pathfinder
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« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2017, 10:26:54 » |
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Did not get underway until 10:18 this morning don't know yet what caused the delay
Adjusted times up on RTT» .
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grahame
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« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2017, 10:50:24 » |
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Anybody waiting for steam loco 60163 Tornado that due to a failed freight train in the Kensington area the stock has only just arrived in Paddington. Train expected to be 45-60 minutes late. |
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PhilWakely
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« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2017, 17:46:14 » |
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Anybody waiting for steam loco 60163 Tornado that due to a failed freight train in the Kensington area the stock has only just arrived in Paddington. Train expected to be 45-60 minutes late. After all of my planning (and fretting  ), I was called into work, so did not manage to do any Tornado Photting today  |
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