I head to the North Somerset town of Portishead to look at the remnants of the Bristol & Portishead Pier Railway. Portishead Railway Group: www.portishead... #railway #northsomerset
Hello Paul. Greetings from Praski Hospital in Warsaw. Unfortunately I have a very small tumour on my right kidney which will be removed tomorrow at 09.30. I'll only be in hospital for a week. What a superb video. I'm astonished to see the rails still there some 43 years since closure. Reopening? We'll have to wait and see I think
Hi Paul. we ran to Portishead branch with mickey mouse 46443 from the severn valley. Have you been on the Weston clevedon and portishead railway? caroline
Good day Paul. Another enjoyable video, especially as you are in my home town Portishead. I still have my ticket for the last passenger train. I hate to be critical, as it's so easy to be critical when on your 'home turf'. But I'm afraid that very many of your historical facts are completely wrong. Just to start with, Portishead Station was not rebuilt in 1952, it was completely moved due to the construction of Portishead B power station on the dockside. The new line went straight ahead from the original curve to the docks, and the "modern" station was built on the site where there is now a petrol station at the junction of Wyndham way, Cabstand and High Street. There is a definitive history of the line, 'Reflections on the Portishead Branch', published 1983 but still available for a few pounds on Abe Books etc. By the way, the line was built to Brunel's broad guage, so the bridges and tunnels are wider than needed for standard guage.
