RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted September 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6 36 minutes ago, figworthy said: Do you know what the vessel in ? Adrian I thought it looked Mersey Ferry-like; a bit of a web search confirms it's the Egremont, which was withdrawn in 1975 and became a club ship in Salcombe for many years. Apparently it was under threat of scrapping in Sharpness five years ago, so someone must have stepped in to take it on but it looks like it's been untouched since then. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted September 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6 (edited) 2 hours ago, figworthy said: Do you know what the vessel in ? Adrian It looks like a passenger ferry. Northmoor beat me to it. Edited September 6 by 96701 Missed a response. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradfordbuffer Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 On 06/09/2024 at 21:56, figworthy said: Do you know what the vessel in ? Adrian Is it the royal iris from the mersey?...possibly but did read some where the hulk was breached and listing to one side? Did also read the Liverpool echo had started a go fund save the iris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nigb55009 Posted September 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7 The Royal Iris is moored on the south bank of the River Thames, to the east of the Thames Barrier. It is visible, and labelled on Google Maps. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted Sunday at 20:05 RMweb Gold Share Posted Sunday at 20:05 Has this been posted before in here? Remains of a harbour tramway in Swanage. Looks like metre gauge, or close, definitely not std gauge. 11 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted Sunday at 20:37 Share Posted Sunday at 20:37 31 minutes ago, rodent279 said: Has this been posted before in here? Remains of a harbour tramway in Swanage. Looks like metre gauge, or close, definitely not std gauge. I was looking at that on Google Maps a few weeks ago. I think it was 2’ 6” gauge: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swanage_Pier_Tramway 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted Sunday at 20:57 Share Posted Sunday at 20:57 Bristol, earlier in the week. I was there for a museum conference at M Shed; unfortunately being a weekday the Harbour Railway wasn’t operating, but I understand the quayside section from M Shed to the SS Great Britain is used currently. The section along the New Cut looked a bit disused though, does anyone know the current situation? Although I haven’t been before I know about the situation with part of the formation collapsing into the New Cut and the MetroBus works slightly truncating the far end of the line but wasn’t sure what current plans are? First photo shows the end of the track on the New Cut, beyond here (on the left in the photo) is a nice bit of new, fresh ballast (I think this must be where the bank was reinstated after the collapse) and then track resumes for a short section slightly further on. However at the end close to the Create Centre there still seem to be some temporary site offices or similar on the trackbed (just before the planned site for the truncated terminus platform) and I don’t quite understand what these are for, or why they still need to be there. Second picture showing the electric capstans and cranes outside M Shed. The platform is served by the middle track (which obviously is still in use) and is out of shot behind the camera, I was under the impression that the line on the left nearest the museum entrance is disused but not sure about the one under the cranes themselves - again, does anyone have more information? I doubt I’ll get there on a BHR operating day until next year now sadly, but it seems a really interesting and unique line. There are some odd bits of track left over on the former route back to Temple Meads that would be more obvious candidates for this thread, but unfortunately I don’t seem to have photographed those. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted Sunday at 21:23 RMweb Gold Share Posted Sunday at 21:23 23 minutes ago, 009 micro modeller said: Bristol, earlier in the week. I was there for a museum conference at M Shed; unfortunately being a weekday the Harbour Railway wasn’t operating, but I understand the quayside section from M Shed to the SS Great Britain is used currently. The section along the New Cut looked a bit disused though, does anyone know the current situation? Although I haven’t been before I know about the situation with part of the formation collapsing into the New Cut and the MetroBus works slightly truncating the far end of the line but wasn’t sure what current plans are? First photo shows the end of the track on the New Cut, beyond here (on the left in the photo) is a nice bit of new, fresh ballast (I think this must be where the bank was reinstated after the collapse) and then track resumes for a short section slightly further on. However at the end close to the Create Centre there still seem to be some temporary site offices or similar on the trackbed (just before the planned site for the truncated terminus platform) and I don’t quite understand what these are for, or why they still need to be there. Second picture showing the electric capstans and cranes outside M Shed. The platform is served by the middle track (which obviously is still in use) and is out of shot behind the camera, I was under the impression that the line on the left nearest the museum entrance is disused but not sure about the one under the cranes themselves - again, does anyone have more information? I doubt I’ll get there on a BHR operating day until next year now sadly, but it seems a really interesting and unique line. There are some odd bits of track left over on the former route back to Temple Meads that would be more obvious candidates for this thread, but unfortunately I don’t seem to have photographed those. Yep, the lines under the cranes are still in use. "Henbury" seen back in July. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted Sunday at 21:29 RMweb Premium Share Posted Sunday at 21:29 M shed nearly 25 years ago. and the line by the shed was full of wagons: 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted Monday at 09:58 Share Posted Monday at 09:58 the bit along Cumberland Road was shut due to a section of the bank wall collapsing in 2020 https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/river-bank-collapse-means-cumberland-3773254 i dont know what the news is on re opening? @Corbs is a volunteer there 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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