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« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2017, 02:17:26 » |
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Actually, having done a bit more digging around on the internet, I'm now convinced that grahame is right - it's Badminton:
I've been digging too: http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/badsig.png |
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« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2017, 06:54:13 » |
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My first thoughts were Chipping Sodbury as that location had a trailing crossover from the Up Loop to the Down Loop with a reverse slip from the Up Main and a facing slip from the Down Main, the signal bow was on the same (sout side) of the line. The weightbridge building at CS was on the north side of the line but I couldn't see the aquaduct which carries the Dodington Spring stream over the GW▸ SW Main line east of the station. If tis Badminton I was on the right line but on station out.
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« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2017, 23:55:38 » |
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I vaguely wondered if it's Badminton
No.2 - Correct Photograph taken in early 1970. Badminton station looking East from the down platform. Badminton signalbox to the right. Goods Yard to the left. The station opened with the South Wales Direct Line on 03 July 1903 and closed on 03 June 1968. The signalbox closed on 08 May 1971 with the area becoming controlled by Bristol Panel signalbox. I remember having to catch a Swindon bound bus from Bristol bus station and it taking more than hour to reach Badminton station (that was actually sited in Acton Turville village). |
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« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2017, 08:06:13 » |
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The station opened with the South Wales Direct Line on 03 July 1903 That would explain the similar layout to those stations on the GWR▸ / GCR» + Bicester cut-off: 1906-1910. Platform loops must have been in vogue! |
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« Reply #19 on: December 18, 2017, 08:20:19 » |
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I remember having to catch a Swindon bound bus from Bristol bus station and it taking more than hour to reach Badminton station (that was actually sited in Acton Turville village).
Those buses are gone now too. Acton Turville (and Badminton) are now served by a single bus making a round trip every 2 hours between Malmesbury and Yate town centre, which I believe is quite a way from the station at Yate. We seem to still lack joined up public transport! |
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« Reply #20 on: December 18, 2017, 09:29:40 » |
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I forgot to mention as well that Badminton Stations 'claim to fame' was that the 100 mile post from Paddington was located in the middle of the Up platform.....  |
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« Reply #21 on: December 18, 2017, 10:06:22 » |
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No.3  Image (c)2017 SandTEngineer |
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« Reply #22 on: December 18, 2017, 11:15:14 » |
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I recall stopping at Badminton on an afternoon South Wales to Padd train in the early 60s.
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« Reply #23 on: December 18, 2017, 11:48:09 » |
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Yes. I remember Badminton—
The name, because one afternoon
Of heat the express-train drew up there
Unwontedly...
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« Reply #24 on: December 18, 2017, 12:05:16 » |
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Unwontedly...
No it was a booked stop.
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« Reply #25 on: December 18, 2017, 18:49:37 » |
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Unwontedly...
No it was a booked stop.
A booked stop can be unwonted... it's all in the eye of the wonter. |
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« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2017, 19:57:06 » |
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It doesn't take much to adapt the poem for the modern age, does it?
Yes, I remember Didcot Parkway
The name, because one afternoon
Of heat the express train drew up there
Unwontedly. It was late
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« Reply #27 on: December 19, 2017, 10:12:47 » |
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No.3 - OK a clue then. You can still get a train from Paddington to quite close to here, but when the photograph was taken the train(s) actually used to pass here......
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« Reply #28 on: December 19, 2017, 11:20:48 » |
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No.3 - OK a clue then. You can still get a train from Paddington to quite close to here, but when the photograph was taken the train(s) actually used to pass here......
Between West Wycombe and High Wycombe, looking towards High Wycombe? |
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« Reply #29 on: December 19, 2017, 11:59:24 » |
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No.3 - OK a clue then. You can still get a train from Paddington to quite close to here, but when the photograph was taken the train(s) actually used to pass here......
Between West Wycombe and High Wycombe, looking towards High Wycombe? No.3 - Correct. Photograph taken in 1970. This was High Wycombe North goods yard. Looking South from the road overbridge towards High Wycombe station. At that time there were three signalboxes at High Wycombe: South; Middle; North. North signalbox can just be made out in the top left hand corner of the photograph. From 1979 to 1982 this was part of my S&T▸ faulting area which included the Midland Main Line from St.Pancras to Irchester South (just short of Wellingborough), the North London Line, the West London Line and Marylebone to Bicester North. Quite an area to cover with a wide spread of equipment ages and types. I gained a lot of knowledge during those years   |
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