tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post1842307122679773806..comments2024-01-13T12:28:05.745+00:00Comments on Construction & Maintenance blog: Blocks go downJo http://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post-21571225034638718872015-12-14T12:24:16.368+00:002015-12-14T12:24:16.368+00:00An interesting picture - it shows a Great Western ...An interesting picture - it shows a Great Western loco hauling Southern stock (the first carriage looks like a Bullied 'Toplight' design) at an LMS station.<br /><br />It's also interesting to see how short the platforms were at Cheltenham Lansdown at the time. At some point in the 1960s platform 2 in the foreground was extended over the area occupied by the siding - it's still possible to see the join between the 'new' and old sections.<br /><br />As a child, going on holiday with my family, I saw the old Midland Railway glass canopies being demolished. This must've been around 1969. We were waiting on the station for The Cornishman (which by that time was running via the Midland route) while the glass was being taken out and replaced - as I recall - with some rather flimsy hardboard-type stuff. I remember this because some panes of glass fell onto the platform and shattered with a huge crash - and some very colourful language from above! <br /><br />We still talk abut this incident in my family. I suppose we were lucky not to be hit by the falling glass.<br /><br />It's amazing to think the work was going on while the station was open and in use. I don't even think they'd cordoned off the work area on the platform. Heath & Safety hadn't been invented then, obviously!Michael Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386451061160258935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post-41040763332651905262015-12-12T10:50:41.518+00:002015-12-12T10:50:41.518+00:0045552 bought the train in, one of 6 used on the ro...45552 bought the train in, one of 6 used on the round trip from london Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00863656404141134698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post-21205070508283743972015-12-11T22:42:46.973+00:002015-12-11T22:42:46.973+00:00Drat!
OK, 7005 took the train over here, but which...Drat!<br />OK, 7005 took the train over here, but which loco brought it in then?Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post-38522681264690945572015-12-11T21:53:36.475+00:002015-12-11T21:53:36.475+00:00It is Cheltenham Lansdown. The canopy roofs are a ...It is Cheltenham Lansdown. The canopy roofs are a little different now but the supports are the same ones. The Loco is 7005 Sir Edward Elgar and below the name it says Castle Class, not a date John. If you save the image, the filename prompt has all this info. You'll have to be more cunning Jo.Jim B in Tennesseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14352964360760307661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post-44226628796557035522015-12-11T16:38:53.565+00:002015-12-11T16:38:53.565+00:00it is Lansdowne Road I hope , is the Castle 'T...it is Lansdowne Road I hope , is the Castle 'The Gloucestershire Regiment' with the line below saying something like a date ? john MDaily mayellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02417895130844711583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post-34529863508320283362015-12-11T12:48:12.123+00:002015-12-11T12:48:12.123+00:00I wondered whether with an ex GWR engine on SR sto...I wondered whether with an ex GWR engine on SR stock, it could be Reading?StBlazey1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/00588208525724036408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post-35139295481662447272015-12-11T10:21:04.980+00:002015-12-11T10:21:04.980+00:00Malvern Road?Malvern Road?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16207126197072630213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post-58968067899233211872015-12-11T07:53:53.742+00:002015-12-11T07:53:53.742+00:00Could it be Cheltenham Lansdown station?
TerryCould it be Cheltenham Lansdown station?<br /><br />TerryTerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03594167246249266436noreply@blogger.com