Train GraphicClick on the map to explore geographics
 
I need help
FAQ
Emergency
About .
 Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 21:15 28 Apr 2025
 
- Shuttered shops and unfinished haircuts - how a day without power unfolded
- Watch: Man attempts to direct traffic as lights fail
- Flights grounded and trains cancelled
- Flights cancelled in Portugal and Spain due to power cut
Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]		 10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railway Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM
14/05/25 - West Wiltshire RUG

On this day
28th Apr (1996)
GNER franchise (Sea Containers) starts on ECML (*)
Train RunningCancelled
19:35 Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
20:42 Bedwyn to London Paddington
21:22 Falmouth Docks to Truro
21:33 Westbury to Salisbury
22:11 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads
22:30 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
Short Run
16:03 London Paddington to Penzance
17:03 London Paddington to Penzance
17:36 London Paddington to Plymouth
18:03 London Paddington to Penzance
18:24 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
18:36 London Paddington to Plymouth
19:44 Paignton to Exmouth
20:11 Salisbury to Bristol Temple Meads
20:24 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
20:54 Exmouth to Barnstaple
21:26 Exmouth to Paignton
Delayed
16:15 Penzance to London Paddington
•
PollsThere are no open or recent polls
•
Abbreviation pageAcronymns and abbreviations
•
Stn ComparatorStation Comparator
•
Rail newsNews Now - live rail news feed
•
Train companiesSelect from:
GWR
SWR
XC
Chiltern
TfL
TfW
WMR
Southern
• Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street
April 28, 2025, 21:27:52 *
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
[271] Chiltern Railways: an update on rolling stock / services
[62] Driving licences and tests - ongoing discussion, merged topics
[46] Station Jim’s whereabouts
[44] Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsew...
[38] North Cotswold line - driver route knowledge
[30] Stop orders as cover for cancelled services
 
News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register  
Great Western Coffee Shop > Sideshoots - associated subjects > The Lighter Side > Where was I today? No clues, and the stopwatch starts NOW!
Pages: 1 [2] 3
« previous next »
  Print  
Author Topic: Where was I today? No clues, and the stopwatch starts NOW!  (Read 13896 times)
bobm
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 10240



View Profile
« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2014, 07:16:25 »
Another success for bignosemac!

It is indeed part of the Midland & South Western Junction Railway.  Specifically the Westlecot Road bridge a short distance from the old Swindon Town station heading towards Rushey Platt.

I had been meaning to pop there for a while and Chris from Nailsea's earlier photo inspired me to go on Thursday afternoon as the fog cleared.  Despite being close to the hustle and bustle of Old Town it is in a deep cutting and you are not aware of all the day to day life going on above you.

I plan to go back in the summer when conditions underfoot are a little better.  It is used as a cycleway and it's a wee bit muddy in places however you can walk westwards for quite a distance until you cross a stretch of the restored Wilts & Berks Canal and ultimately the GW» (Great Western - used as an abbreviation for the area / lines under the Great Western franchise, as opposed to FGW which includes "First", the company operating them too. For tickets - about) mainline just past the Running Horse bridge.
Logged
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 19309



View Profile
« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2014, 10:13:16 »
I've walked that section with an old schoolfriend and her dogs. And seen it from the bus heading to Okus.

No use of Google Earth this time, just an inspired guess after your clue for it being east nor' east of Nailsea!

Continuing the theme. Where's this?
Logged
"Good news for regular users of Euston Station in London! One day they will die. Then they won't have to go to Euston Station ever again." - David Mitchell
Chris from Nailsea
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 19579



View Profile Email
« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2014, 19:54:34 »
Hmm. Tongue  That scene looks vaguely familiar to me: I rather think I might have been standing next to you when you took that picture?  Wink Cheesy Grin
Logged
William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 19309



View Profile
« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2014, 20:05:03 »
Indeed Chris. Thanks for resisting the urge to answer. Let's see of anyone can guess this location, which is west sou' west from bobm's picture.
Logged
"Good news for regular users of Euston Station in London! One day they will die. Then they won't have to go to Euston Station ever again." - David Mitchell
bobm
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 10240



View Profile
« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2014, 20:07:13 »
Meanwhile I am disqualifying myself for a different reason.  Will explain when the picture is identified....  Wink
Logged
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 19309



View Profile
« Reply #20 on: March 16, 2014, 20:59:13 »
Quote from: bignosemac on March 15, 2014, 10:13:16


Time for a clue then.

This location is where one, formerly closed - now reopened, line crosses a closed line. The histories of both lines are intertwined.
Logged
"Good news for regular users of Euston Station in London! One day they will die. Then they won't have to go to Euston Station ever again." - David Mitchell
AMLAG
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 260


View Profile
« Reply #21 on: March 16, 2014, 22:07:30 »

Watchet; where the Taunton to Minehead (now WSR) line crosses over the old West Somerset Mineral Railway.
Logged
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 19309



View Profile
« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2014, 22:20:56 »
Quote from: AMLAG on March 16, 2014, 22:07:30

Watchet; where the Taunton to Minehead (now WSR) line crosses over the old West Somerset Mineral Railway.

Correct.  Grin
Logged
"Good news for regular users of Euston Station in London! One day they will die. Then they won't have to go to Euston Station ever again." - David Mitchell
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43918



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #23 on: March 16, 2014, 23:15:59 »
I think I like "where was I today ..." .. try this one, photograph still not dry.  Oh - wait - that was the old way.
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43918



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #24 on: March 17, 2014, 13:58:51 »
I suspect I made that rather too hard and the picture was very fuzzy as we dashed past early yesterday afternoon. You may recall from another thread that I travelled to Glasgow yesterday, getting in to Central at 21:13
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
grahame
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 43918



View Profile WWW Email
« Reply #25 on: March 20, 2014, 18:16:09 »
Quote from: grahame on March 17, 2014, 13:58:51
I suspect I made that rather too hard and the picture was very fuzzy as we dashed past early yesterday afternoon. You may recall from another thread that I travelled to Glasgow yesterday, getting in to Central at 21:13

OK ... It's Lacock Halt - newly cut back undergrowth has exposed the old platform.
Logged
Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
Chris from Nailsea
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 19579



View Profile Email
« Reply #26 on: March 22, 2014, 01:34:18 »
Wow! Thanks for posting that one, grahame - I didn't know anything about Lacock Halt, and having done a bit of looking around on the internet, even wikipedia doesn't have much detailed information to offer.  Tongue

Now it's my turn again: I'd like to think that this one will be a real tester, because I nearly missed it myself - and I knew what I was looking for!
Logged
William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
Red Squirrel
Administrator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 5502


There are some who call me... Tim


View Profile
« Reply #27 on: March 22, 2014, 10:32:28 »
Is it the WC▸ (Wiltshire Council (Unitary Authority), was Wiltshire County Council until March 2009)&PR▸ (Public Relations)?
Logged
Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
chuffed
Transport Scholar
Hero Member
******
Posts: 1562


View Profile
« Reply #28 on: March 22, 2014, 12:40:32 »
Moor lane, Walton-in-Gordano ?
Logged
JayMac
Data Manager
Hero Member
******
Posts: 19309



View Profile
« Reply #29 on: March 22, 2014, 15:24:30 »
Mercedes Sprinter?  Tongue
Logged
"Good news for regular users of Euston Station in London! One day they will die. Then they won't have to go to Euston Station ever again." - David Mitchell
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  
« previous next »
 
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 via admin@railcustomer.info. Full legal statement (here).

Jump to top of page • Jump to Forum Home Page