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'''To Bristol''': [[Filton Abbey Wood]]<br> | '''To Bristol''': [[Filton Abbey Wood]]<br> | ||
'''To Wales, the North or London''': [[Filton (original station)]] | '''To Wales, the North or London''': [[Filton (original station)]] | ||
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== 1980s == | == 1980s == | ||
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Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot5.jpg|Baguley 0-4-0 diesel. (Bg 3410 of 1955) awaiting work at the depot. 25.8.82. ''© [http://www.geoffspages.co.uk/raildiary/index.htm#1980s Geoff's Rail Diaries]'' | |||
Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot3.jpg|A [[Class 37]] has derailed on the points which lead to the depot (which can be seen behind). ''© [[:Category:Mike Radford|Mike Radford]]'' | Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot3.jpg|A [[Class 37]] has derailed on the points which lead to the depot (which can be seen behind). ''© [[:Category:Mike Radford|Mike Radford]]'' | ||
Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot4.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike Radford|Mike Radford]]'' | Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot4.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike Radford|Mike Radford]]'' | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== 2006 == | == 2006 == | ||
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Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot1.jpg|The last remains of the coal depot at the entrance to [[Filton Abbey Wood]]. | Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot1.jpg|The last remains of the coal depot at the entrance to [[Filton Abbey Wood]]. | ||
Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot6.jpg| | |||
Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot2.jpg|Industrial units and car parking occupy the site. | Image:Filton Coal Concentration Depot2.jpg|Industrial units and car parking occupy the site. | ||
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[[Category:B&SWUR]] | [[Category:B&SWUR]] | ||
[[Category:Mike Radford]] | [[Category:Mike Radford]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:03, 3 July 2022
To Bristol: Filton Abbey Wood
To Wales, the North or London: Filton (original station)
History
Opened in October 1965 by the Chairman of the National Coal Board, Lord Robens. Trading as the Bristol Mechanised Coal Company Ltd it was the first concentration depot in the South West of England, and the most modern of its kind at the time.
Track Plans
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A trackplan of the Filton Coal Concentration Depot and surrounding area from 1988.
1980s
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Baguley 0-4-0 diesel. (Bg 3410 of 1955) awaiting work at the depot. 25.8.82. © Geoff's Rail Diaries -
A Class 37 has derailed on the points which lead to the depot (which can be seen behind). © Mike Radford -
2006
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The last remains of the coal depot at the entrance to Filton Abbey Wood. -
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Industrial units and car parking occupy the site.
