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'''See also [[Temple Meads Old Station]]'''<br><br>
'''To the Southwest''': [[Cattle Market Road]]<br>
'''To Wales, the North or Bath''': [[River Avon]]
== Track Plans ==
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Image:Temple Meads Track Plans 1903.jpg|A Track plan of Temple Meads and surrounding area from [[1903]].
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== 1900s - 1950s ==
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Image:Temple Meads1.jpg|A view of the south end of the station taken circa 1911.
Image:Temple Meads2.jpg|An early view of Temple Meads taken from an old postcard. It shows horse drawn taxis and a Cabmans shelter. The spire on the clock tower was destroyed by a German incendiary bomb in an air raid on 3 January [[1941]].
Image:Temple Meads3.jpg|[[w:GWR 4073 Class|Castle]] class '''5069''' Isambard Kingdom Brunel at the east end of TM. This loco was built in 1938. All Castles had smokebox number plates fitted by January 1951 so this photo was taken before that date. ''&copy; [[:Category:Michelle Howe|Michelle Howe]]
Image:18000-1.jpg|[[18000]] stands at the east end of the station in October [[1950]].
Image:W23W-1.jpg|Streamlined diesel railcar W23W waits to head south on the 19.4.58.
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== 1960s ==
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Image:Temple Meads4.jpg|'''1005''' County of Devon stands on the through roads with a mixed selection of stock. This loco was fitted with a double chimney in December [[1958]] and withdrawn in June [[1963]]. This picture was taken between those two dates :)
Image:Temple Meads5.jpg|Loco '''82037''' stands at Temple Meads with a short freight. ''&copy; [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''.
Image:Temple Meads6.jpg|'''5089''' Westminster Abbey awaits the off from Temple Meads with The Cornishman. This train ran from [[1952]] until [[1962]]. The C35 headcode dates this photo as being after the introduction of the summer [[1960]] timetable. This loco was rebuilt from the Star Class loco number '''4069''' Westminster Abbey.
Image:Temple Meads7.jpg|'''1025''' County of Radnor stands at the same spot as the above photo. New in January [[1947]]. Withdrawn in February [[1963]] while allocated to [[Shrewsbury]] shed.
Image:Temple Meads8.jpg|Another County, '''1023''' County of Oxford, wears a C37 headboard at the east end of Temple Meads. New in [[1947]], she was withdrawn in March [[1963]].
Image:Temple Meads9.jpg|Another view of the east end of Temple Meads, this time with Jubilee '''45659''' Drake awaiting the right of way. This loco was cut up in [[1963]]. 
Image:d819-1.jpg|[[Class 42|Warship]] [[D819]] at the east end of Temple Meads. The loco has no yellow warning panel so the photo is likely to be pre [[1963]].
Image:d815-1.jpg|Probably taken at the same time [[D815]] is seen carrying [[w:The Bristolian|The Bristolian]] headboard.
Image:D7010-1.jpg|[[D7010]] waits next to a very big pile of mail sacks. ''&copy; [[:Category:John Thorn|John Thorn]]''
Image:Temple Meads52.jpg|A very grubby Royal Scot '''46151'''. This loco was withdrawn in December [[1962]]. ''&copy; [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
Image:d7000-1.jpg|Pioneer [[Class 35|Hymek]] [[D7000]] at the same end of the station in [[1962]]. The [[w:Blue Circle Industries|Blue Circle Cement]] depot on [[Avon Street]] is visible behind. ''&copy; [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
Image:D6354-1.jpg|North British [[Class 22]] [[D6354]] pulls a freight out of [[Temple Meads Goods]]. This loco ended her days in the scrap line at [[St Philips Marsh]].
Image:Temple Meads13.jpg|'''5024''' Carew Castle awaits departure while a [[Class 42|Warship]] departs from the then platform 9. This loco was withdrawn in May [[1962]]. ''&copy; [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
Image:Temple Meads50.jpg|'''7036''' Taunton Castle at the east end of the station.  ''&copy; [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
Image:Temple Meads14.jpg|A couple of [[Class 45|Peaks]] (D20 closest to the camera) stand at Temple Meads with the northbound Devonian. ''&copy; [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
Image:Temple Meads15.jpg|A very grubby Std Class 5 No '''73012''' waits with a train for the North East in [[1962]]. ''&copy; [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
Image:Temple Meads16.jpg|'''1021''' County of Montgomery stands at the east end of Temple Meads. She was new in December [[1946]] and withdrawn from [[St Philips Marsh]] in November [[1963]].
Image:Temple Meads17.jpg|'''7019''' Fowey Castle stands at Temple Meads during May [[1963]]. She was withdrawn four months later.
Image:d848-1.jpg|[[D848]] Sultan pilots [[D1029]] Western Legionnaire on 20.7.65. 
Image:119-1.jpg|The 11.20 train for Worcester leaves Temple Meads on the 11th October [[1969]].
Image:Temple Meads20.jpg|An excellent view from [[Bath Road Bridge|Bath Road]] showing a couple of [[Class 42|Warships]], a complicated track layout, and a big crowd of spotters.
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== 1970s ==
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Image:Temple Meads21.jpg|An early 1970s shot of Temple Meads that shows a Post Office conveyor system under construction. The [[Class 37|37s]] are returning from near [[Hewish Level Crossing|Hewish]] with an empty fly ash train. The ash was used during the construction of the [[w:M5 motorway|M5]] motorway. ''&copy; [[:Category:Simon Whittingham|Simon Whittingham]]''
Image:Temple Meads53.jpg|[[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]] managed to catch a similar working. ''&copy; [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D818-1.jpg|Another image from the early 1970s showing [[D818]] under the post office bridge with construction work going on above her. The loco was withdrawn in [[1972]] but not scrapped until November [[1985]]. In the meantime she provided countless spares to the other preserved examples.''&copy; [[:Category:Simon Whittingham|Simon Whittingham]]''
Image:d33-1.jpg|[[D33]] enters Temple Meads with a parcels train. ''&copy; [[:Category:Laurence Spring|Laurence Spring]]''
Image:d814-1.jpg|[[D814]] awaits work in the station. ''&copy; [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D812-1.jpg|As does [[D812]].  ''&copy; [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D1034-1.jpg|[[D1034]] at the south end of the station. ''&copy; [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D1073-1.jpg|[[D1073]] waits the off in July [[1973]]. ''&copy; [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D24-1.jpg|[[D24]] trundles through with a parcels train. ''&copy; [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:252001-2.jpg|The prototype HST visits the station. ''&copy; [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:252001-1.jpg|A [[Class 31]], on a parcels train, pulls alongside. ''&copy; [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:1123-1.jpg|'Hampshire' [[Class 205]] [[1123]] waits at Temple Meads with a service to [[Portsmouth Harbour]]. ''&copy; [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D7028-3.jpg|[[Class 35|Hymek]] [[D7028]] with a parcels train for [[Southampton Central|Southampton]]. ''&copy; [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:Temple Meads55.jpg|A [[Class 52|Western]] shunts vans.  ''&copy; [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:401-1.jpg|[[Class 50]] [[401]] at Temple Meads with a crew-training run. '' &copy; [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:7656-1.jpg|[[Class 25]] [[7656]] double heads a coal train through the station. 
Image:Flying Scotsman2.jpg|The [[w:LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman|Flying Scotsman]] makes a visit to Bristol in [[1974]]. ''&copy; [[:Category:Simon Whittingham|Simon Whittingham]]''
Image:Flying Scotsman1.jpg|''&copy; [[:Category:Simon Whittingham|Simon Whittingham]]''
Image:Flying Scotsman3.jpg|''&copy; [[:Category:Simon Whittingham|Simon Whittingham]]''
Image:40081-1.jpg|[[40081]] makes a rare visit to Temple Meads on 25.9.75.  ''&copy; [[:Category:Phil Bidwell|Phil Bidwell]]''
Image:D1001-1.jpg|[[D1001]] '''Western Pathfinder''' at the west end of the station. 4.8.76 ''&copy; [[:Category:Dave Higson|Dave Higson]]''
Image:55033-1.jpg|[[55033]] departs Temple Meads with a service for [[Severn Beach]]. 11.12.76 ''&copy; [[:Category:Dave Higson|Dave Higson]]''
Image:08185-1.jpg|[[08185]] shunts a mail train on 30.4.77.
Image:25070-1.jpg|[[25070]] and [[25275]] on a summer Saturday special from the north. 23-7-77 ''&copy; [[:Category:Dave Higson|Dave Higson]]''
Image:Temple Meads51.jpg|An unidentified [[Class 50]] waits to head south in the late 1970s.
Image:37214-2.jpg|[[37214]] with a newspaper train. 21.4.79
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== 1980s ==
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Image:RogerChilds10.jpg|A DMU at the station. May [[1981]]. ''&copy; [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:RogerChilds11.jpg|The same unit and a [[Class 33]] with a service for [[Portsmouth Harbour]]. May [[1981]]. ''&copy; [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:RogerChilds12.jpg|[[Class 47|Class 47s]] at the east end of the station. May [[1981]]. ''&copy; [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:31419-1.jpg|[[31419]] awaiting her next duty. May [[1981]]. ''&copy; [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:33035-2.jpg|[[33035]] with a [[Portsmouth Harbour]] service. [[1982]]. ''&copy; [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:47015-2.jpg|[[47015]] waits her next turn of duty at the east end of Temple Meads.
Image:Temple Meads23.jpg|A cold snap hit Bristol on 9.4.82. ''&copy; [[:Category:Adrian Henry|Adrian Henry]]''
Image:Temple Meads24.jpg|Another view of the [[Class 50]] on the same day. ''&copy; [[:Category:Adrian Henry|Adrian Henry]]''
Image:Temple Meads25.jpg|And another one taken on the same day. ''&copy; [[:Category:Adrian Henry|Adrian Henry]]''
Image:Temple Meads57.jpg|Resurfacing work on platform 9. 2.2.84
Image:Temple Meads56.jpg|Resurfacing work on platform 11. 23.2.84
Image:Temple Meads58.jpg|John Menzies on Platform 3. 28.3.85
Image:47508-3.jpg|On July 26th [[1985]] [[47508]] received the nameplates S.S. Great Britain from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the [[:Category:GWR|GWR]].
Image:Temple Meads27.jpg|A general view of the west end of Temple Meads taken in the 80s. ''&copy; [[:Category:Clive Moore|Clive Moore]]''
Image:Temple Meads28.jpg|May 1988 A [[w:Inter City 125|HST]] heading south. ''&copy; [[:Category:Clive Moore|Clive Moore]]''
Image:155312-1.jpg|[[155312]] unit leaves the confines of [[Bath Road Depot]] after servicing on the 25.7.88. 
Image:Temple Meads59.jpg|A view of the station taken the same day. A freight passes through on the right while a parcels train is readied on the left. 
Image:31407-1.jpg|A [[Leeds]] train double-headed by [[31407]] and [[31456]] arrives at Temple Meads. This would have normally been a [[Class 47]] working.
Image:47500-1.jpg|[[47500]], painted in [[:Category:GWR|GWR]] green livery, awaits the off with the 12.07 train bound for [[Edinburgh]] and [[Glasgow]] on the 19.12.88.
Image:47647-1.jpg|The sun was setting as [[47647]] set off on a train bound for [[Penzance]]. 24.4.88.
Image:47648-1.jpg|[[47648]] simmers at platform 12 with the guard looking on in the background. 2.10.88
Image:Temple Meads37.jpg|[[50031]] leaves Temple Meads at 12.15 and heads for [[Plymouth]] on the 19.12.88.
Image:s940-1.jpg|A DMU is loaded with mail as it awaits a green light for [[Cardiff Central|Cardiff]]. '''52048''' 3.8.88
Image:08646-1.jpg|[[08646]] shunts parcels.
Image:Temple Meads38.jpg|[[47631]] pokes out from underneath the Post Office machinery bridge on the 15.5.88.
Image:Temple Meads39.jpg|An HST blasts off on the last leg of it's journey from [[Paddington railway station|London]] to [[Weston Super Mare]]. [[43126]]. 
Image:47458-1.jpg|[[47458]] heads a parcels train on the 6.2.89.
Image:47580-1.jpg|A night time shot of [[47580]] County Of Essex, complete with the Cockney Sparrow, after being transferred from Stratford in East London. 6.2.89.
Image:47613-1.jpg|[[47613]] photographed the same night on a 20.07 service to [[Taunton]]. The train was 15 minutes late leaving Temple Meads.
Image:155314-1.jpg|[[155314]] enters the station with a service from [[Cardiff Central|Cardiff]]
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== 1990s ==
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Image:47701-1.jpg|[[47701]] at Temple Meads in October [[1998]].
Image:47709-3.jpg|While her Fragonset sister [[47709]] rests at the other end of Temple Meads.
Image:47783-1.jpg|[[47783]] Saint Peter awaits the off with a RES service sometime in the late 90s.
Image:47817-2.jpg|The driver of [[47817]], which is on a cross-country service, awaits a whistle from the guard in February [[1999]].
Image:Temple Meads40.jpg|The view east with [[50008]] and [[50015]] running light-engine into the station. ''&copy; [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:B40-1.jpg|An unidentified [[Class 47]] passes signal B40 the west end of the station.
Image:TempleMeads60.jpg|A RES class 47 leads Royal Scotsman coaches out of the station sometime in the late '90s. ''&copy; [[:Category:Craig Munday|Craig Munday]]''
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== 2001 ==
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Image:47849-1.jpg|[[47849]] uncouples from her train at the west end of Temple Meads on 29.6.01.
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== 2003 ==
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Image:Temple Meads41.jpg|Temple Meads as viewed from [[Bristol & Exeter House]] on the 24.6.03 ''&copy; [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bristol & Exeter House1.jpg|A view of [[Bristol & Exeter House]] which stands on the approach to Temple Meads. For more photos of this building see [[Bristol & Exeter House|This Page]].
Image:Temple Meads42.jpg|The view from the east end of the station. [[:Category:Andy Spencer|Andy Spencer]] catches a couple of [[Class 50]]s on a Pathfinder tour at the end of [[2003]]. There's some more photos of these locos on the [[Bristol East Power Box]] page.
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== 2004 ==
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Image:143619-6.jpg|The ex-Royal Mail building can also be seen in the background of this photo of [[143619]]. 7.10.04.
Image:143611-12.jpg|[[143611]] + [[143603]] stand at Temple Meads on the 27.11.04.
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== 2005 ==
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Image:Temple Meads45.jpg|A Superb view south across the rooftops at Temple Meads with Totterdown on the hill in the distance and the yellow 'Banana Bridge' on the right. ''&copy; [[:Category:Inks|Inks]]''
Image:Temple Meads46.jpg|And an equally impressive view east with the post office machinery bridge dominating the scene. ''&copy; [[:Category:Inks|Inks]]''
Image:Temple Meads47.jpg|Another roof-top view, this time showing the throat of the station as an [[w:Inter City 125|HST]] leaves with a service for [[Paddington railway station|London]]. 26.10.05 ''&copy; [[:Category:Mark Lippiatt|Mark Lippiatt]]'' 26.10.05
Image:Temple Meads48.jpg|A ground level shot of the west end of the station taken on the 7.10.05
Image:143613-4.jpg|[[143613]] awaits its next duty at the east end of the station on the same day.
Image:66086-1.jpg|[[66086]] at Temple Meads with a train load of cars from [[Royal Portbury Dock]]. 13.6.05. ''&copy; [[:Category:Andrew Ross|Andrew Ross]]''
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== 2007 ==
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Image:Lord Nelson1.jpg|'''Lord Nelson''' on the Cathedrals Express. 9.5.07. ''&copy; [[:Category:Andy Mitchell|Andy Mitchell]]''
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== 2012 ==
4.10.12
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