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'''To Temple Meads''': [[Gas Lane]]<br> | '''To Temple Meads''': [[Gas Lane]]<br> | ||
'''To Bath, the North or Wales''': [[Midland Junction]] | '''To Bath, the North or Wales''': [[Midland Junction]] | ||
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Image:Bristol East Power Box1.jpg|A 1960s view of the signal box with loco '''1028''' passing. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | Image:Bristol East Power Box1.jpg|A 1960s view of the signal box with loco '''1028''' passing. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | ||
Image:Bristol East Power Box2.jpg|'''44000''' passes the box and heads through [[Temple Meads]] with a rake of wagons. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | Image:Bristol East Power Box2.jpg|'''44000''' passes the box and heads through [[Temple Meads]] with a rake of wagons. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | ||
Image:Bristol East Power Box9.jpg|A named [[Class 45|Peak]] hauls a train off the Midland mainline and past the box. ''© [[:Category:Alex Seal|Alex Seal]]'' | |||
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== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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[[Category:Andy Spencer]] | [[Category:Andy Spencer]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:37, 12 July 2022
To Temple Meads: Gas Lane
To Bath, the North or Wales: Midland Junction
History
Bristol East Power Box (1935-1970) was the largest on the GWR at 363 levers. The box was totally demolished, and the art deco structure surviving was the relay room on the station side of (next to) the 84 foot long box.
1960s
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A 1960s view of the signal box with loco 1028 passing. © Gerald Peacock -
44000 passes the box and heads through Temple Meads with a rake of wagons. © Gerald Peacock -
Gallery
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A Class 143 DMU trundles under the gantry and past the site of Bristol East Signalbox. © Andy Spencer -
A great view west of the area. © Andy Spencer -
A couple of Hoovers break the silence with a Pathfinders tour. © Andy Spencer -
The back of the relay box. © Andy Spencer -
More buildings full of electrical equipment. © Andy Spencer -
