tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post3389876708901287205..comments2023-09-25T11:40:37.840+01:00Comments on Steaming to Broadway!: Saturday 21st February 2015 and a Very Productive Day!Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01318720512739905663noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-15595830252347703762015-02-25T23:32:16.002+00:002015-02-25T23:32:16.002+00:00Re Bewdley.
Sorry, I was a bit vague. I should hav...Re Bewdley.<br />Sorry, I was a bit vague. I should have meant to say, the ones on the running board, if they are the correct size. The SVR might be persuaded to allow you to borrow the letters required or even cast them. <br />Burt PembrokeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-67976299975641963172015-02-25T17:43:02.932+00:002015-02-25T17:43:02.932+00:00Re Bewdley, do you mean they have all the letters ...Re Bewdley, do you mean they have all the letters spare, or on their running in board?<br />If the former, do you have a name there and a phone number?<br />You can email me at breva2011 (at) hotmail.co.uk<br />Many thanks.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-10464526146069325892015-02-25T13:41:51.482+00:002015-02-25T13:41:51.482+00:00On the approach to Exeter St David's from the ...On the approach to Exeter St David's from the north someone has a fau GWR sign in their garden depicting the word "WORK" the letters look they are originals and are all in unrestored faded paint condition. It wouldn't take much of a detective to find which house from the road side. Might yield the loan of a W or maybe other'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-78330148749195224602015-02-25T00:02:46.304+00:002015-02-25T00:02:46.304+00:00Perhaps the SVR could help.
Bewdley station has al...Perhaps the SVR could help.<br />Bewdley station has all the letters.<br />Burt PembrokeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-68131903603789999422015-02-23T14:22:37.290+00:002015-02-23T14:22:37.290+00:00Jim B
Terminological inexactitude on my part - a ...Jim B<br /> Terminological inexactitude on my part - a drip sill or cap would be nearer the mark. <br /><br />Bill ex Waynesville North Carolina.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318720512739905663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-20408595608230443952015-02-22T20:06:24.286+00:002015-02-22T20:06:24.286+00:00I couldn't get the photo of the cast posts at ...I couldn't get the photo of the cast posts at the wsr.org link to open on my iPad but I found a similar photo at http://fobas.org.uk/shop-and-booking-office.html<br /><br />Also, shouldn't the sill (sometimes cill) be at the bottom of the window frames rather than the top or am I missing something? Fantastic progress on the signal box and, indeed, on the whole site. I love reading your blog and look forward to visiting in the future when I make a trip home from Tennessee. Cheers, Jim BJim B in Tennesseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14352964360760307661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-47351060516783864162015-02-22T11:14:31.861+00:002015-02-22T11:14:31.861+00:00Hi Mack,
The other running in board letters are ma...Hi Mack,<br />The other running in board letters are made of plywood. This is OK to start with, but doesn't last as the plywood delaminates after a while. The original letters were made of cast iron.<br /><br />The cast posts were fixed to the booking hall floor in pairs in front of the ticket window. There were two cast iron notices, IN and OUT, to allow the crowds (!) to circulate around them.<br />You can see a picture here: http://www.wsr.org.uk/ba.htm if you look at the second image in the row.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-13348681021243618872015-02-22T09:37:20.129+00:002015-02-22T09:37:20.129+00:00Hi, how was the other running in board name plate ...Hi, how was the other running in board name plate made?... Can't you just copy that or is that not an original. Call me silly, but I prefer just too young!:) .. But what are those nice cast posts actually for ? What do they look like in situ.. Do you have any old pics of booking offices etc?mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17907522192585853360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-69285246894731081162015-02-22T01:53:13.207+00:002015-02-22T01:53:13.207+00:00Excellent work on the signal box and it's bril...Excellent work on the signal box and it's brilliant to see the other progress on the station site too - Keep up the excellent work! Regarding the top soil, is it worth contacting Network Rail on that one given Harbury seems to be producing a more soil than wanted? I don't think any of my contacts have any running in boards but I will ask around.<br /> Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-12120818926607556882015-02-21T22:00:40.497+00:002015-02-21T22:00:40.497+00:00I sent an email to the CPR but no reply, alas. Luc...I sent an email to the CPR but no reply, alas. Luckily we should be able to replicate them fairly easily, thanks to the kind help of the SVR.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-4530075748794022582015-02-21T21:43:37.830+00:002015-02-21T21:43:37.830+00:00Seeing the Ticket Barrier Posts brings back memori...Seeing the Ticket Barrier Posts brings back memories of my time as a Booking Office Clerk at Princes Risborough Station in Buckinghamshire working for Chiltern Railways. Shortly before I retired in 2008 the Waiting Room was modified and the GWR Ticket Barrier Posts removed. Sadly, I don't know where they went but I suspect they were 'preserved' rather than scrapped.Buccaneerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01231167977752255231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246842529969806828.post-21828306096540019372015-02-21T20:49:10.655+00:002015-02-21T20:49:10.655+00:00A plea for someone to lend us original GWR 12 inch...A plea for someone to lend us original GWR 12 inch running-in-board letters for 'BROADWAY'. We only want to borrow them, to make replica castings.<br /><br />I have managed to borrow an R, an O and an A. Who can lend us the B, D, W and Y ?Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.com