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'''To Bristol or Bath''': [[Horfield]] | '''To Bristol or Bath''': [[Horfield]] | ||
<br>'''To Wales, The North or London''': [[Stanley Farm Footbridge]] | <br>'''To Wales, The North or London''': [[Stanley Farm Footbridge]] | ||
== 1930s == | |||
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Image:Horfield5.jpg|An official [[:Category:GWR|GWR]] photo from the 1930s showing the then newly rebuilt bridge and [[Horfield]] station. | |||
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== 1980s == | == 1980s == | ||
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Image:Lockleaze Road7.jpg|The view of [[Lockleaze Road]] from Bonnington Walk bridge. ''© [[:Category:Peter Rendall|P.D.Rendall]]'' | Image:Lockleaze Road7.jpg|The view of [[Lockleaze Road]] from Bonnington Walk bridge. ''© [[:Category:Peter Rendall|P.D.Rendall]]'' | ||
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== 2004 == | == 2004 == | ||
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Image:Bonnington Road2.jpg|Looking north and the severity of the 1 in 75 gradient of [[:Category:Filton Bank|Filton Bank]] is plain to see. | Image:Bonnington Road2.jpg|Looking north and the severity of the 1 in 75 gradient of [[:Category:Filton Bank|Filton Bank]] is plain to see. | ||
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== 2006 == | == 2006 == | ||
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Image:Bonnington Road5.jpg|Work progresses on stabilizing the cutting. 31.8.06. | Image:Bonnington Road5.jpg|Work progresses on stabilizing the cutting. 31.8.06. | ||
Image:Bonnington Road6.jpg|[[158762]] cruises down [[:Category:Filton Bank|Filton Bank]]. | Image:Bonnington Road6.jpg|[[158762]] cruises down [[:Category:Filton Bank|Filton Bank]]. | ||
Image:Bonnington Road7.jpg|A view of the finished work. 9.12.06 | |||
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== 2018 == | |||
13.5.18 | |||
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Image:Bonningtonroad8.jpg|Work in progress during the four tracking of Filton Bank. | |||
Image:Bonningtonroad9.jpg|A new crossover in the process of being installed. | |||
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== Videos == | == Videos == | ||
* [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZzBLxqq3Q 6201 Princess Elizabeth storms the summit of Filton Bank] | * [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZzBLxqq3Q 6201 Princess Elizabeth storms the summit of Filton Bank] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:46, 14 May 2018
To Bristol or Bath: Horfield
To Wales, The North or London: Stanley Farm Footbridge
1930s
1980s
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A 1983 view from Lockleaze Road bridge with the remains of Horfield station and Bonnington Walk bridge visible in the distance. © P.D.Rendall
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The view of Lockleaze Road from Bonnington Walk bridge. © P.D.Rendall
2004
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Standing on the bridge and looking towards Bristol with Lockleaze Road bridge in the distance. The remains of the platforms of Horfield station visible below. -
Looking along Bonnington Walk. -
Looking north and the severity of the 1 in 75 gradient of Filton Bank is plain to see.
2006
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The view north from Bonnington Walk bridge on the 16.3.06. Work was in progress to stabilize the sides of the cutting. Engineers were using a big digger and a shute to fill gabions, gradually building a high wall at the base of the cutting. -
This photo was taken on a previous Sunday when the digger had just been delivered by road. It shows the true size of the beast! -
Work progresses on stabilizing the cutting. 31.8.06. -
158762 cruises down Filton Bank. -
A view of the finished work. 9.12.06
2018
13.5.18
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Work in progress during the four tracking of Filton Bank. -
A new crossover in the process of being installed.
