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To Bristol or Wales: West of England Post Office Rail Depot
To Yate or London: Curtis Lane
1996
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A busy scene at Stoke Gifford East in 1996. 2 x class 31s work a heavily loaded Bridgwater flask service, whilst 2 x 37s wait in the Downside with an Engineers service. A Class 58 arrives with the Waste train (the Dusty bins). © Craig Munday
2003
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A view of the bridge across the railway taken from alongside Stoke Gifford East Relay Room. 29.4.04. © Mark Lippiatt
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The view from bridge west towards Bristol Parkway. On the left is Stoke Gifford Down Sidings, in the centre (at the back) is the station itself, while on the right is a Royal Mail depot.
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Looking east. In the distance is the bridge at Curtis Lane. The siding at the left of the photo is the headshunt for the Royal Mail Depot.
21.2.05
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The view west. Stoke Gifford Down Sidings are in use as a storage dump for all the old Royal Mail coaches.
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Relay room and point heaters at Stoke Gifford East.
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Zooming in as an HST blasts out of Bristol Parkway.
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Looking east as 66241 passes through.
Rebuilding
The bridge was rebuilt during electrification works. These two photos are the same bridge ten years apart.
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4.6.15. Photo © Copyright Jaggery and licensed for reuse under a cc-by-sa/2.0 Creative Commons Licence.
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1.5.26