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The Bristol Harbour Railway (known originally as the Harbour Railway) was a standard-gauge industrial railway that served the wharves and docks of Bristol, England. The line, which had a network of approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) of track, connected the Floating Harbour to the GWR mainline at Bristol Temple Meads .
The museum was managed by Bristol City Council along with nearby preserved industrial relics along Prince's Wharf, including the Bristol Harbour Railway, cranes and a small fleet of preserved vessels. There are no plans to decommission or remove the railway, cranes or vessels. The museum closed its doors to the public on 29 October 2006.
Bristol Harbour Railway offers train rides along the quayside on selected weekends, using restored steam locomotives and rolling stock. [ 2 ] Moored in front of the museum is the collection of historic vessels, which include the 1934 fireboat Pyronaut [ 2 ] and two tugs: John King built as a diesel tug in 1935, and Mayflower , the world's ...
Mayflower is a steam tug built in Bristol in 1861 and now preserved by Bristol Museums Galleries & Archives. She is based in Bristol Harbour at M Shed (formerly Bristol Industrial Museum ). She is the oldest Bristol-built ship afloat, and is believed to be the oldest surviving tug in the world.
The following year in 2015, Avonside Works No. 1764 of 1917 vintage, 0-6-0ST No. 34 Portbury was on hire from Bristol Harbour Railway. During 2017 Andrew Barclay, Works No. 807 of 1897 vintage, 0-4-0ST Bon Accord was in use and Peckett, Works No. 1370 of 1915 vintage, 0-4-0ST May was in use hauling trains during weekends until 2019, however she ...
The original Bristol Harbour Railway (BHR) was a joint venture by the GWR and sister company the Bristol and Exeter Railway. [1] It opened in 1872 between Bristol Temple Meads and the Floating Harbour. Its route included a tunnel under St Mary Redcliffe church, and a steam-powered bascule bridge over the entrance locks at Bathurst Basin.
Bristol Harbour Railway [11] ASKHAM HALL: 15 NCB Whitehaven Colliery [39] 1772 1917 0-4-0ST 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) United Kingdom: Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum: EDWIN HULSE: No 2 Imperial Smelting Works [40] 1798 1918 0-6-0ST 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) United Kingdom: Avon Valley Railway [11] MD&HB 26 Mersey Docks and Harbour ...
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