RAILWAYS OF BRISTOL - BARROW ROAD (82E)
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- čas přidán 27. 01. 2021
- BRISTOL BARROW ROAD WAS THE LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT OF THE MIDLAND RAILWAY (LATER LMS RAILWAY). BUILT IN 1873 ON THE SITE OF A PREVIOUS DEPOT. IT WAS MODERNISED IN THE 1930s WHEN A LARGE CONCRETE COAL HOPPER AND ASH PLANT WERE BUILT. ENGINES ALLOCATED TO BARROW ROAD CARRIED A 22A SHED PLATE ON THE SMOKEBOX, THIS WAS CHANGED TO 82E IN LATER BRITISH RAILWAYS DAYS. THE DEPOT BECAME BRISTOL'S LAST STEAM SHED AFTER THE CLOSURE OF ST PHILIP'S MARSH IN 1964. BARROW ROAD CLOSED ON 20TH NOVEMBER 1965. THE BUILDINGS WERE DEMOLISHED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS.
Just love this collection of photographs. I look at this time and time again. So many memories including climbing over the wall by the gasometer for a quick dash around the shed and yard and quickly exiting by way of the steps up to the bridge. Thank you.
What a superb montage. Thanks for putting that together and posting.Instant fave
I was a GWR Bath Road fireman in the '50s & '60s and was sent up to Barrow Road to work as a Fireman. I had a great time up there firing their engine.
Hello Reg. You probably knew my cousins. Mike Cheesley and Pete Cheesley. Regards Dave.
Thanks for the great photos, I caught a glimpse of my Grandmothers old house in Tenby St, she always complained about the soot on her washing, but for me as a 9 year old it was heaven.
Glad you enjoyed it. I always wondered about the washing but would have loved to have lived in one of the houses in Digby Street. Regards Dave.
During my train spotting visits to Bristol in the early 60’s from South Wales and searching out the sheds, my lasting memory of visiting Barrow Road was not the smell of oil and steam, but gas from the adjoining works. Even today and now approaching 70, that smell still takes me back to Barrow Road !!
Hello Guy. Thanks for sharing the memory. Regards Dave.
lovely evocative photos. I started train spotting in 1961/1962.. smoke and grime and lots of hard working locos but there were some locos lovingly cleaned by their crew/staff.. I remember 46245 City of London, the pride of Camden and 34092 City of Wells at Bournemouth, Salisbury and Waterloo, always pristine and shining..ahh memories. seeing those huge locos in a busy shed was something when you're only a young lad barely as tall as the footplate..the memories and the smell esp of Old Oak, Willesden and Crewe South..thanks
Glad you enjoyed the pictures and thanks for sharing your train spotting memories. Regards Dave.
I remember it well. I went to Bristol Technical School 1961 to 1964 just up the road by Dr Days junction. Spent many a lunchtime there watching the trains. Very atmospheric photos, brings back good memories. Thanks for sharing.
Hello Mike, Glad you enjoyed it. Great school to have gone to if you were a train spotter. Regards, Dave
I was a train spotter and still am!!
Brings back nice memories, I was a fireman on Barrow rd shed. Come the whole of 1965, Me and driver would have to sign on at Bath rd, Then walk to Barrow rd for our steam engine, But more and more often we would be allocated a diesel 1000 or 800 on passenger work. A fair walk over the lines for Barrow rd? Jobs included many trips of scrap engines through the severn tunnel. We pulled 4/5/6 at a time by steam, Throughout 65! This included some Riddles and Ivatt id previously fired on the Southern.!! Its a small world.
You probably knew my cousins Mike and Pete Cheesley. Regards Dave.
I did Barrow Road sheds as a train spotter in 1963 with Home Counties Rail Fans club, part of the Ian Allen group. We did Bath Green Park and Templecombe it was good to see that S&D engine shed.
Thanks for sharing. Regards Dave.
Excellent video, thank you
Glad you liked it!
Thanks for sharing these images. Not sure that I’ve ever seen quite so many locos all simmering away together on shed. Must have been a tricky hanging out the washing!
Glad you enjoyed it
That brings back childhood memories when Steam was king.🇬🇧👍
Hello Martin. Thanks Dave.
Fantastic pictures David I guess a time before ULEZ and the clean air zone???😂😂😂
Its nostalgic looking at those steam engines I remember as a child of 5 looking up to a steam engine and it seemed to me very big and me being so small I always remember the crew wearing those black cap hats and the carriages with the corridor down one side and the sliding doors to each compartment.
Thanks for sharing the memory. Regards Dave.
Thanks for sharing this collection.Really appreciated...
Glad you enjoyed it. Dave
We loved those trains. The "new" ones were a disappointment.
Happy days. Regards Dave.
everytime looking at these beautiful moving steam-machines you just wish to have a time machine to go back at that time. destroy the time machine and enjoy the steam life
I agree. Regards Dave.
It’s a good reminder that all we modellers with our shiny models forget that they were designed to work for their existence, and not be polished by their crews
Hello Colin. I started train spotting in 1964. I don't remember seeing any shiny steam engines. Regards, Dave
Just along from the long gone St Annes Park Railway station. That should be resurrected to serve the greater St Annes and Brislington area.
Hello Steve. There is talk of building a new station. Regards Dave.