Bristol Harbourside bus running day + other bits
17th May 2009
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The main feature of this collection is the 2009 Bristol Harbourside bus running day; great selection of vehicles although the weather was a bit variable. Also, record shots from the Conwy Valley Explorer and Cornish Parker Railtours.
66186 at Bristol Parkway heading Pathfinders Conwy Valley Explorer tour, 4th May 2009
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 175011 escaping Llandudno Junction. The current station of that name was opened in October 1897, replacing a much smaller one about haf a mile to the west.
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 Cheery bank holiday scene at Blaenau Ffestiniog on May 4th 2009 with 66186 heading Pathfinders Conwy Valley Explorer railtour.
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37401 at Bristol Temple meads heading the Cornish Parker railtour, 16th May 2009
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 37670 on the Cornish Parker railtour. Heading back to it's former home for the day.
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 Cornish Parker railtour at Bristol Temple meads.
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Clay loading point somewhere on the Parkandilack branch. Although clay trains do still operate, their frequency is very much reduced and much of the associated infrastructure is now redundant.
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 Interest at Par, 16th May 2009 - the Cornish Parker railtour returning EE sounds to the clay branch.
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 Looking east from the platform at Par sees 37670 about to head off to St Blazey with the Cornish Parker railtour stock.
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Railway heritage at Par, May 2009. Semaphore signals, English Electric traction and Mk IIs.
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 FGW HST pulling into Par, May 2009. The line up of photters are awaiting a railtour, I expect the turnout will be much greater on the day of the final HST run!
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 17th May saw HSTs stopping at Lawrence Hill due to engineering work. The station was orginally opened in 1863 and expanded over the years to quadruple track before subsequently declining in the latter half of the 20th century.
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HST at Lawrence Hill, May 2009
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 Bristol LH AFB 952V at Sea Mills, May 17th 2009.
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 Bristol Olympian A954 SAE, the last built Bristol bus poses at Sea Mills during the Bristol Harbourside bus 2009 running day.
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YHT 802J, 1970 ex Bath RESL6L; the RESL was a shorter version of the RE chassis. This example survived in service until 1991 with Lane of Tredegar.
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