(Demolishing a bridge on the Bridgwater branch, 1957)
Apologies for not posting for a few days - thanks to glandular fever and a short holiday.
Back to the station today - buzzing as usual! Julian Peters and Wally Moon were being filmed for a Channel 4 programme, which ended up being done in the shop as the weather was vile. Julian brought in a couple of Ivo's old photo albums, from 1950 and 1965, these were the famous ones which used to travel up and down the line being passed from employee to employee.
Apparently bridge renewal over Silver Street may not be quite as difficult as we originally thought, though still very expensive. The road may only need a small amount of trimming although the services will need to be relocated - but the bridge itself will only need small ramps at the station and Radstock end so the need for a lifting bridge or other esoteric devices will not be needed!
The time isn't that far off when we'll need to make the decision Radstock first or Chilcompton infill first! My vote's with Radstock, as a station at Radstock will be a superb advert for us, right by the main roads. With the thousands of extra visitors this'll bring in we should quickly raise the necessary funds for removing the infill, and have an excellent transhipment point from rail to road or even rail throughout via the Frome line.
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Yes, a top engineer has given us this advice. Although the second bridge across the main Radstock-MN road is a 'biggy' it won't have the costly problem of lowering the road!
When ready I imagine we will raise the cash through a national appeal and a share issue, after a few years of raising the profile and getting people to understand just how ambitious we are!
Wait till we have to rebuild Prestleigh Viaduct ...
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