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Title: 18th December - AQ23 Post by: grahame on December 18, 2023, 05:40:53 Another easy one ....
1. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/aq23_svb1.jpg) 2. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/aq23_svb2.jpg) 3. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/aq23_svb3.jpg) 4. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/aq23_svb4.jpg) Title: Re: 18th December - AQ23 Post by: eightonedee on December 18, 2023, 07:35:03 1 is Shrewsbury signal box. I think I would get it even without the Shrewsbury sign on the front !
Title: Re: 18th December - AQ23 Post by: bradshaw on December 18, 2023, 08:29:38 Victoria Bridge on the Severn Valley Railway, between Arley and Bewdley
Title: Re: 18th December - AQ23 Post by: Oxonhutch on December 18, 2023, 08:50:12 1: Irrespective of the nameplate on the wall, I thought it is called 'Severn Bridge Junction (https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/refurb-of-worlds-largest-working-mechanical-signal-box-completes/)' signalbox.
Title: Re: 18th December - AQ23 Post by: Mark A on December 18, 2023, 09:09:32 2: The wrecks of the Arkendale H and Wastdale H in the Severn Estuary, a rather big scar visible that some component of the Severn Rail Bridge made as it landed on them. As they were on a contract delivering fuel for was it the MOD, and broke a structure on the nationalised railway, this was a case of the UK demolishing its own infrastructure. If it had survived, would the Severn Rail Bridge still be in use today though? What would be its utility? I don't know.
Mark Title: Re: 18th December - AQ23 Post by: ellendune on December 18, 2023, 09:54:27 So the link today is the River Severn
Title: Re: 18th December - AQ23 Post by: grahame on December 18, 2023, 09:58:26 So the link today is the River Severn Correct. Interesting thought as to whether the Severn Bridge (the one from Sharpness to Lydney) would have survived commercially if it weren't for its premature demise ... Edit to correct auto-correct which had moved "Lydney" to Sydney This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. 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 content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |