tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post4595961978078387385..comments2023-09-25T11:40:37.840+01:00Comments on Steaming to Broadway!: Saturday 22 February 2014 - the Magnificent Eight!Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01318720512739905663noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-59830742408290001142014-02-27T20:12:28.925+00:002014-02-27T20:12:28.925+00:00Jo
sorry my post should have read 'on the rig...Jo<br /><br />sorry my post should have read 'on the right as you go south'!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-36371856612763312712014-02-27T17:49:04.216+00:002014-02-27T17:49:04.216+00:00I'll check it out, thanks. Might take me 10 da...I'll check it out, thanks. Might take me 10 days or so.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-41248779083526396812014-02-26T22:36:08.785+00:002014-02-26T22:36:08.785+00:00Jo I cant see your email address, sorry.
Basicall...Jo I cant see your email address, sorry.<br /><br />Basically it is behind the fence on railway land to the right as you go north under the grey GWR bridge, opposite the council tip. If you look at Google maps it looks impenetrable, but in the last year the area has been cleared to make a cycle path and footpath.... to view you need to see it from inside the fenceline of the newly created Foundry Wood, which is open most weekends.<br /><br />://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.285404,-1.547252,3a,90y,78.21h,92.01t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s9hcYLJtBaez16CxhXfswYQ!2e0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-28371731371671753952014-02-26T19:26:58.818+00:002014-02-26T19:26:58.818+00:00Anonymous:
What is the exact location for this hut...Anonymous:<br />What is the exact location for this hut; we need to take a look to ascertain our chances. Can you send an email with a description.<br />Many thanksJo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-87267090108635722502014-02-26T19:18:51.885+00:002014-02-26T19:18:51.885+00:00Re: the GWR Corrugated lamp hut, it would perhaps ...Re: the GWR Corrugated lamp hut, it would perhaps be possible to get the hi-ab on the path/ cycle path and lift over the fence....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-52902574230500352102014-02-24T21:51:49.953+00:002014-02-24T21:51:49.953+00:00It was impressive to see the progress that has bee...It was impressive to see the progress that has been made when I visited on Saturday. Great work, I am the chap who bought the Ffestiniog video.<br /><br />David PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-21921606743628809222014-02-24T17:07:10.620+00:002014-02-24T17:07:10.620+00:00I AM REALLY IMPRESSED BY THE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS T...I AM REALLY IMPRESSED BY THE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS TO REBUILD THE BROADWAY STATION. MAKES US ALL WISH WE HAD OUR OWN LITTLE BIT OF RAILWAY TO TINKER WITH, ALTHOUGH YOU GUYS ARE CERTAINLY NOT TINKERING. ITS BRILLIANT WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND HAVE DONE SO FAR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-51055072233225787262014-02-23T21:15:51.858+00:002014-02-23T21:15:51.858+00:00Yes we do need more, but it sounds as though recov...Yes we do need more, but it sounds as though recovery might be tricky - we need access with a lorry with a HIAB crane.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318720512739905663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-72542720153937647992014-02-23T18:52:06.856+00:002014-02-23T18:52:06.856+00:00GWR Corrugated lamp hut abandoned in undergrowth a...GWR Corrugated lamp hut abandoned in undergrowth adjacent to the Foundry Wood, a Community Woodland in the process of being created in Leamington Spa between the GWR main line and LNWR Coventry branch...<br /><br />It is covered in ivy and not obvious from the road....<br /><br />I remember it in situ until the late 1980s by the sidings at the top of the embankment but is was pushed over by BR. Was pleased to see it still is there today!<br /><br />Do we need any more of these?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-23453785309419443502014-02-23T16:39:06.951+00:002014-02-23T16:39:06.951+00:00Many thanks for pictures of Henley in Arden footbr...Many thanks for pictures of Henley in Arden footbridge and nice to know it has a future . Posted a link here https://www.facebook.com/ShirleySignalBox2014?ref=hl onto the Shirley and North Warwicks Facebook page <br /><br />Also looking forward to running two days on the GWSR with 7820 Dinmore Manor in a few weeks time . Martin Creesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801461681521758395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-15798147422183566302014-02-23T12:50:02.114+00:002014-02-23T12:50:02.114+00:00Hey, let's be positive. It Is wonderful news t...Hey, let's be positive. It Is wonderful news that that bridge is going to Broadway. I thought it had been lost to somewhere else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-67190197989128875382014-02-23T11:44:41.859+00:002014-02-23T11:44:41.859+00:00When do you expect to see the footbridge in positi...When do you expect to see the footbridge in position, will it be 2014?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125542058863690539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-60889300205810024792014-02-23T11:26:37.391+00:002014-02-23T11:26:37.391+00:00Mack,
You will find that Andrew Goodman's com...Mack,<br /><br />You will find that Andrew Goodman's company "Moveright International" has all the relevant expertise for the task.<br /><br />http://moverightinternational.com/html/bullet_train.html<br /><br />http://moverightinternational.com/html/other_photos.html<br /><br />Cordially,<br /><br />Perry<br /><br />Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715633779618461756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-31699923728141971632014-02-23T09:51:12.513+00:002014-02-23T09:51:12.513+00:00I'm going to be interested to see how that bri...I'm going to be interested to see how that bridge is going to fit on an articulated truck, let alone be driven backwards up broadway station drive and crained into position. Might be Devine provision that Corsican pine fell... You'll need all the space u can get spinning that span in the air and into position. On the plus side tho I suspect it will have to be done before the station build kicks off so we'll see it sooner !mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17907522192585853360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-63657547318649548642014-02-22T21:37:18.612+00:002014-02-22T21:37:18.612+00:00Yes, probably all that and more!Yes, probably all that and more!Toddington Tednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-6962389870360195082014-02-22T20:51:36.415+00:002014-02-22T20:51:36.415+00:00That's such a fantastic old footbridge, it'...That's such a fantastic old footbridge, it's going to look epic at broadway. How much work does it need ? When u say volunteers needed does that mean sand blasting and re painting it, welding up rust and carting to broadway?mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17907522192585853360noreply@blogger.com