Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 13:15 18 Apr 2024
- Dubai airport slowly re-opens as rainfall persists
* Rescuers deflate hedgehog with 'balloon' syndrome
- Dubai airport chaos as Gulf hit by deadly storms
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]
 02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
18th Apr (1966)
Melksham Station closed (link)

Train RunningCancelled
08:59 Cardiff Central to Penzance
14:54 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
15:54 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
16:12 Bristol Temple Meads to Avonmouth
18:43 Bristol Temple Meads to Westbury
19:13 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads
19:14 Bristol Temple Meads to Avonmouth
19:46 Avonmouth to Bristol Temple Meads
20:50 Bristol Temple Meads to Weymouth
22:24 Bristol Temple Meads to Severn Beach
23:08 Severn Beach to Bristol Temple Meads
23:33 Reading to Gatwick Airport
19/04/24 04:45 Redhill to Gatwick Airport
19/04/24 05:11 Gatwick Airport to Reading
Short Run
11:50 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
11:54 Reading to Gatwick Airport
12:15 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
16:39 Bristol Temple Meads to Worcester Foregate Street
16:46 Avonmouth to Weston-Super-Mare
17:10 Gloucester to Weymouth
18:53 Worcester Foregate Street to Bristol Temple Meads
Delayed
10:04 London Paddington to Penzance
11:23 Swansea to London Paddington
11:27 Carmarthen to London Paddington
12:54 Cardiff Central to London Paddington
13:00 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
13:48 London Paddington to Carmarthen
PollsThere are no open or recent polls
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple MeadsBath SpaChippenhamSwindonDidcot ParkwayReadingLondon PaddingtonMelksham
Exeter St DavidsTauntonWestburyTrowbridgeBristol ParkwayCardiff CentralOxfordCheltenham SpaBirmingham New Street
April 18, 2024, 13:30:18 *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Forgotten your username or password? - get a reminder
Most recently liked subjects
[67] Signage - not making it easy ...
[49] Rail delay compensation payments hit £100 million
[33] IETs at Melksham
[30] Ferry just cancelled - train tickets will be useless - advice?
[28] From Melksham to Tallinn (and back round The Baltic) by train
[26] New station at Ashley Down, Bristol
 
News: the Great Western Coffee Shop ... keeping you up to date with travel around the South West
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Pages: [1] 2 3
  Print  
Author Topic: Where were bignosemac and Finn today, 20th April 2018.  (Read 4293 times)
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18918



View Profile
« on: April 20, 2018, 17:30:08 »

Any ideas where this is folks?



(Attached too if embedded pic doesn't show)
Logged

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
paul7575
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 5318


View Profile
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2018, 18:03:11 »

Looks a bit narrow canal like.  (Crazy attempt to reduce scope)...

Paul
Logged
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18918



View Profile
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2018, 18:09:30 »

There's a trackbed under the bridge.
Logged

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
trainer
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1035


View Profile
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2018, 19:48:41 »

It looks very like a bridge over the Ravenglass and Eskdale Rly possibly at Irton Road or The Green.  Are you on your hols?
« Last Edit: April 20, 2018, 19:58:03 by trainer » Logged
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18918



View Profile
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2018, 20:58:34 »

It looks very like a bridge over the Ravenglass and Eskdale Rly possibly at Irton Road or The Green.  Are you on your hols?

A short break.

You might want to try a little further south...
Logged

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
johnneyw
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2271


From station to station, back to Bristol city....


View Profile
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2018, 20:58:42 »

Disused trackbed perchance?
Logged
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18918



View Profile
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2018, 21:02:41 »

Hmm... I'll say re-used...
Logged

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
johnneyw
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2271


From station to station, back to Bristol city....


View Profile
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2018, 21:06:57 »

Hmm... I'll say re-used...

Ah yes, just spotted what look like carriage tops. On a short break you say. England?
Logged
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18918



View Profile
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2018, 21:15:30 »

Yes, England. Just.
Logged

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
onthecushions
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 977


View Profile
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2018, 21:17:47 »


Helston Railway?

OTC
Logged
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18918



View Profile
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2018, 21:42:21 »


Helston Railway?

OTC

We're much closer now. Right county....
Logged

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
LiskeardRich
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 3461

richardwarwicker@hotmail.co.uk
View Profile
« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2018, 21:48:38 »


Helston Railway?

OTC

We're much closer now. Right county....

Can’t be England and Kernow.... impossible.  Grin

Bodmin and wenford?
Logged

All posts are my own personal believes, opinions and understandings!
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18918



View Profile
« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2018, 22:06:49 »

Can’t be England and Kernow.... impossible.  Grin

Bodmin and wenford?

I did debate whether to say 'no' to England. But then I thought folk would be sidetracked Wales and its various little railways.

Not Bodmin & Wenford.

But I've just given a another little clue...
Logged

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
johnneyw
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 2271


From station to station, back to Bristol city....


View Profile
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2018, 22:22:29 »

Can’t be England and Kernow.... impossible.  Grin

Bodmin and wenford?

I did debate whether to say 'no' to England. But then I thought folk would be sidetracked Wales and its various little railways.

Not Bodmin & Wenford.

But I've just given a another little clue...

Little railway! Miniature Railway?
Logged
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 18918



View Profile
« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2018, 22:30:48 »

Take your pick. 381, 260, 184.  Wink
Logged

"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

- Sir Terry Pratchett.
Do you have something you would like to add to this thread, or would you like to raise a new question at the Coffee Shop? Please [register] (it is free) if you have not done so before, or login (at the top of this page) if you already have an account - we would love to read what you have to say!

You can find out more about how this forum works [here] - that will link you to a copy of the forum agreement that you can read before you join, and tell you very much more about how we operate. We are an independent forum, provided and run by customers of Great Western Railway, for customers of Great Western Railway and we welcome railway professionals as members too, in either a personal or official capacity. Views expressed in posts are not necessarily the views of the operators of the forum.

As well as posting messages onto existing threads, and starting new subjects, members can communicate with each other through personal messages if they wish. And once members have made a certain number of posts, they will automatically be admitted to the "frequent posters club", where subjects not-for-public-domain are discussed; anything from the occasional rant to meetups we may be having ...

 
Pages: [1] 2 3
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.2 | SMF © 2006-2007, Simple Machines LLC Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
This forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western), and the views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules (email link to report). Forum hosted by Well House Consultants

Jump to top of pageJump to Forum Home Page