Bristol Temple Meads - station, facilities, incidents and events (merged posts)

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[TheLastMinute]

Sorry it's a bit short notice, but the demolition will be featured on TV shortly if you're in the Bristol area (or know how to manually turn a Sky or Freesat box)....

Bristol Temple Meads ‏@networkrailBRI  34 minutes ago
Tune into @madeinbristoltv at 1800 and 2100 tonight to find out about the Conveyor Bridge Demolition. Freeview 8, Virgin 159, Sky 117

[TonyK]

Thanks for the heads up - I have set my BT box to record the 2100 report. I have a DVD recorder, and if it's a good piece, I might be able to do a rather tortuous link up, followed by a rip to Youtube or similar, and post here.

[Western Pathfinder]

I was at Temple Meads this evening I caught the 17:13 to Avonmouth just as we were pulling out a steam engine came in on the middle road I did not see what it was it might have been a battle of Britain class southen loco
Can anyone shed some light on this for me ?.

[stuving]

I was at Temple Meads this evening I caught the 17:13 to Avonmouth just as we were pulling out a steam engine came in on the middle road I did not see what it was it might have been a battle of Britain class southen loco
Can anyone shed some light on this for me ?.

Railway Touring Club
  THE BATH AND BRISTOL CHRISTMAS MARKET 
Thursday 27 November 2014
LMS^▸ (London Midland Scottish - 1923 to 1948) Class 5MT 4-6-0 no 45407
SR^‡(resolve) Light Pacific 4-6-2 no 34067 Tangmere

Timings here.

[Western Pathfinder]

I was at Temple Meads this evening I caught the 17:13 to Avonmouth just as we were pulling out a steam engine came in on the middle road I did not see what it was it might have been a battle of Britain class southen loco
Can anyone shed some light on this for me ?.

Railway Touring Club
  THE BATH AND BRISTOL CHRISTMAS MARKET 
Thursday 27 November 2014
LMS^▸ (London Midland Scottish - 1923 to 1948) Class 5MT 4-6-0 no 45407
SR^‡(resolve) Light Pacific 4-6-2 no 34067 Tangmere

Timings here.

Good grief  that was quick Thanks for your reply stuving cheers.




Edit note: Quote marks fixed, for clarity. CfN. 

[TonyK]

Saw it parked up behind St Phil's High Speed Train (HST^▸ (High Speed Train)) depot last night.

Edit: VickiS - Clarifying acronym

[Red Squirrel]

I saw the Black 5 trundling over the girder bridge by the Dogs' Home.  Surprising how this kind of thing barely causes a raised eyebrow these days; twenty years ago it would have been on the front page of the Evening Post.

Why on earth did they paint it such a vile colour, by the way? The bridge that is, not the Black 5; black is a perfectly respectable colour for an engine, especially a Black 5, though I do feel it should have yellow (or, better, hi-viz orange) ends.

[TonyK]

I saw the Black 5 trundling over the girder bridge by the Dogs' Home.  Surprising how this kind of thing barely causes a raised eyebrow these days; twenty years ago it would have been on the front page of the Evening Post.

Why on earth did they paint it such a vile colour, by the way? The bridge that is, not the Black 5; black is a perfectly respectable colour for an engine, especially a Black 5, though I do feel it should have yellow (or, better, hi-viz orange) ends.

Last time I passed, it was still under wraps. I shall revisit (it's a 10 minute bike ride).

[TheLastMinute]

Thanks for the heads up - I have set my BT box to record the 2100 report. I have a DVD recorder, and if it's a good piece, I might be able to do a rather tortuous link up, followed by a rip to Youtube or similar, and post here.

Was the report about the conveyor bridge in "The 9"? I set my Sky box to record "The 6" programme, and for some technical reason, the second part of the program went Absent Without Leave (AWOL^▸ (Absent Without Leave)) and wasn't shown so no idea if it featured.

Edit: VickiS - Clarifying abbreviation

[TheLastMinute]

Was the report about the conveyor bridge in "The 9"? I set my Sky box to record "The 6" programme, and for some technical reason, the second part of the program went AWOL^▸ (Absent Without Leave) and wasn't shown so no idea if it featured.

To answer my own question, I've heard that the report has been pushed to tomorrow's (Friday's) program as it's been a busy news day in Bristol.

[TonyK]

Lot of hitherto suppressed stuff of a bad type that takes precedence. I knew that two of the convicted animals were under investigation, but didn't know why.

Long prison terms and a bad time behind bars should be the answer, plus repatriation to wherever.

Moving on, I hope that Temple Meads is sorted to Brunelian standards.

There were 3 satellite wanow.gons parked in the Centre today, and I know why

[johnneyw]

Thank you all for your kind welcomes to the forum. I was quite surprised to see yesterday that the demolition crew had actually got a mini JCB up on the conveyor bridge platform to work on the removal of the superstructure. Shows it was a sturdy enough build and maybe goes some way to explain how I see such steady progress every few days that I'm at Temple Meads when I get off what I fondly refer to as "The Severn Riviera Express" from Redland. Have to mention here that it's also a great little bonus at Redland now to be able to buy a coffee at the Coffee Trike that's now at Redland Station weekday mornings..... and no, I don't have any shares in it! Will any enterprising individuals start similar at any other stops on the Severn beach line soon?

[Chris from Nailsea]

In a currently disused building on the station at Avonmouth, for example ... ? 

[JayMac]

I saw the Black 5 trundling over the girder bridge by the Dogs' Home. 

Give's me the willies that bridge. Walking over the attached footpath, with it's loose concrete slabs, when a High Speed Train (HST^▸ (High Speed Train)) trundles over... proper scared me that did. I had a panic attack right in the middle. A complete stranger had to help me across.


edit: VickiS - Clarifying acronym

[Red Squirrel]

...loose concrete slabs...

They may have improved the footbridge in the recent refurbishment - maybe FT, N! can confirm when he performs his cycle-reconnaissance?

The news item about the Mail Conveyor did appear on 'The 9', though it wasn't the most trenchant or best-edited piece of journalism I've ever heard. Andy Haynes, the Project Director, appeared to be answering questions about some wider sphere of endeavour (resignalling? electrification?) and the whole thing was all rather bizarrely wrapped up with the killer question "Who was it who thought it was best for it to come down?" - a question which might have been more interesting if it had beeen reversed.