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Bristol Outskirts

47 622 is seen at Pilning on 7 March 1987. The train is heading towards Bristol and is climbing after passing through the Severn Tunnel, the eastern end of which can just be seen in the far distance. click here to enlarge.



50 003 seen leaving Bristol Parkway with a parcels train from South Wales on 25 July 1987. click here to enlarge.



37 142 is seen approaching Patchway station with a loaded ballast train from South Wales on 2 August 1990. click here to enlarge.



47 615 heads a Portsmouth to Cardiff train past Narroways Hill Junction on 7 March 1987. The train is heading away from Bristol towards South Wales. The Severn Beach branch can be seen diverging on the right. The sidings in the distance once served a scrapyard. click here to enlarge.



Flax Bourton is five miles south of Temple Meads on the line to Taunton and is not far from the town of Nailsea. 47 609 Fire Fly is seen passing with a northbound train on 31 July 1990. click here to enlarge.



50 008 is seen at Brent Knoll with a ballast train from Exeter to Bristol on 31 July 1990. About this time, this weekday afternoon working was regularly hauled by a class 50. click here to enlarge.




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