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Welcome to the
Cornwall Railway Society Web Site
September 2016
Contact via general@cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk
Cornwall Railway Society Web Site
September 2016
Contact via general@cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk
Sid Sponheimer has long been much a appreciated contributor to this website who regularly delves into his considerable collection of pictures of times gone by.
From a lofty position overlooking Laira diesel depot we see in the foreground, in front of the depot, 'Speedway Curve' whilst in the distance can be seen two features no longer present - the white towers of the cement works and to the extreme right the tall chimneys of Prince Rock Power Station. This picture taken on
16th July 1964. Back in those days whoever would have thought that Laira Bridge, seen crossing the River Plym would become a footpath/cycle track. Just above the rooftops at the bottom of the picture can be seen, left to right, the steam depot coaling stage, then a Bulleid Pacific blowing off steam, and then the Long Shed (farthest) and the roundhouse (nearest). This was the last summer that steam engines would arrive regularly at Plymouth, travelling in via Okehampton and Tavistock. It is believed that this picture was taken from Severn View, Efford. The view can be seen on streetview. Copyright Sid Sponheimer
The 50 Terminator railtour arrives at Penzance on the 26th March 1994 Headed by 50007 'Sir Edward Elgar' which has now reverted to its original name of 'Hercules'. The train engine is 50050 'Fearless'. Copyright Sid Sponheime
Site Hit Rate On August 9th 6793
References :- a list of books and pubications commonly referred to at the foot of this page
We add several pictures on most days - take a look.
N.B Many of the pictures on this web site are from the Mike Morant Collection to see more of these go to his Home Page at https://mikemorant.smugmug.com/ or just the British part of the site at https://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Trains-Railways-British-Isles
What's new
Join Roger Winnen with the CRS group on holiday in Wales and South England.
A large collection of pictures with details of our ten day holiday on the rails.
You'll find this on the menu bar click on 'Historical - Outdoor events. Part 2'
Also coverage of the two recent 'Duchess' visits to Cornwall and Plymouth - see in 'Features' and 'Latest News' respectively.
CHANGE OF PROGRAMME
September Meeting
Due to illness our programmed speakers for this event are unable to attend.
However John Ball and Roger Winnen have kindly stepped into provide a very good start to our 2016/17 indoor meetings programe.
*John on Tanzania and Zambia this summer including the 1970's built Tan Zam railway in both directions! Plus a trip to Ireland last May for the RPSI steam weekend. Plus a trip to to the south of France in mid-winter including the narrow gauge line through the Pyrenees on a superb crisp day with plenty of snow.
*Roger will present a programme previously shown to the Plymouth Railway Circle. ‘Roaming the South West’ – You’ll see some historic scenes in full colour.
Hopefully see you all there at 6.30PM on the 10th of September –
the offer of free tea or coffee for this meeting still stands.
N.B Many of the pictures on this web site are from the Mike Morant Collection to see more of these go to his Home Page at https://mikemorant.smugmug.com/ or just the British part of the site at https://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Trains-Railways-British-Isles
What's new
Join Roger Winnen with the CRS group on holiday in Wales and South England.
A large collection of pictures with details of our ten day holiday on the rails.
You'll find this on the menu bar click on 'Historical - Outdoor events. Part 2'
Also coverage of the two recent 'Duchess' visits to Cornwall and Plymouth - see in 'Features' and 'Latest News' respectively.
CHANGE OF PROGRAMME
September Meeting
Due to illness our programmed speakers for this event are unable to attend.
However John Ball and Roger Winnen have kindly stepped into provide a very good start to our 2016/17 indoor meetings programe.
*John on Tanzania and Zambia this summer including the 1970's built Tan Zam railway in both directions! Plus a trip to Ireland last May for the RPSI steam weekend. Plus a trip to to the south of France in mid-winter including the narrow gauge line through the Pyrenees on a superb crisp day with plenty of snow.
*Roger will present a programme previously shown to the Plymouth Railway Circle. ‘Roaming the South West’ – You’ll see some historic scenes in full colour.
Hopefully see you all there at 6.30PM on the 10th of September –
the offer of free tea or coffee for this meeting still stands.
FOR AERIAL VIEWS - try this website http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk
Loads of old aerial pics, black and white, some go back to 1920s etc. Great ones of Plymouth, Tavistock (particularly good one of Tavistock Sth) and many other interesting places, loads of railway stuff.
Loads of old aerial pics, black and white, some go back to 1920s etc. Great ones of Plymouth, Tavistock (particularly good one of Tavistock Sth) and many other interesting places, loads of railway stuff.
About our pictures.
The Cornwall Railway Society website, which has been on line since May 2010, was originally planned just to advertise the activities of the society and give details of the organisation and history of the Society. It has, however, since developed into site where enthusiasts can obtain the latest news on the railway scene and go for pictures of the railways in the West Country past and present. We have also recorded some of the many rail tours which have visited the counties,
If you have any pictures of your own of general railway interest which you would like to see on the site we’d be only too pleased to receive them. Please provide full details with your submissions – they must be your own work, or submitted with the owners permission – they must not be copyright pictures. You may copy pictures for your own use but please ask the copyright holder for permission. To copy and alter the name of the copyright holder to your own is nothing short of stealing.
The website gratefully acknowledges the input received from our major sources of material John Cornelius, Roger Geach, Mike Morant, Craig Munday, Chris Osment, Trevor Tremethick, Mike Roach, Roger Salter, Sid Sponheimer , David Tozer and Roger Winnen.
Much appreciation is also expressed to the following for their contributions. Many thanks to :- Ken Adlam, David Andrews, Steve Andrews, Mike Allen, Mark Annand, David Antony, Roger Aston, John Ball, Paul Barlow, Keith Barrow, Dick Barry, Roger & Dawn Battershill, Ewan Baxter, David and the late Theo Beckett, Dennis Berry, Caroline Bland, Richard Bohill, Graham Bowden, John Brodribb, Angela Brock, Ben Brooksbank, Ian Bunnett, Stephen Burdett, Peter Bragg, Mark Branner, Mark Brown, Derek Books, Peter and Mark Bragg, Matthew Buck, Paul Burkhalter, Peter Butt, Derek Buttivant and Heather Buttivant, Paul Cambridge, Derek Carloss, Rupert Chalkley, Martin Chiswell, Martin Clark, Tony Clark, David Collings, Tony Cooke, David Cook, John Cornelius, Jarrard Cotter, Leslie Curnow, Eric Curnow, Maurice Dart, Ian Dinmore, Phil Duddridge, Jamie Dyke, Nick Dyke, Andy Elms, Martin Duff, Justin Edwards, Mike Eddowes, Steve Elliott, J. Eyres, Dan Engstrom, Charles Fennamore, Dave Field, Chris Finan, Barbara Fisher, Michael Forward, Stewart Frazer, Ian Gall, Rod Garner, Nick & Alec Gaskell, Linda Getman, Matt Geyman, Maureen Glanville, Trevor Goldsworthy, Jon Gough, Shirley Gray, Jim Green, Kyle Greet, Ross Griffiths, John, Sheila and Aidan Hall, Brian Haig, Edward Hannan, Lawrence Hansford, Julian A Hanwell, Peggy Le Hanwell, Alan Harris, Daniel Harris, Graham Harris, Geoffrey Harrison, Darren Hart, Roy Hart, Chris Harvey, David Hayball, David Hibberd, Tony Hill, Barry Hilton, the late Cyril Hitchens and Mike Hitchens MBE, Ivor Hocking, the Late Keith Holt, James Howitt, Simon Howard, Mick House, Tim Hughes, Rob Iredale, David Ive, Chris Jenkin, Kevin & Peter Jenkin, Nathan John, Andrew Jones, Jon Kelsey, John Keohane, Adrian King, Andy Kirkham, Darren Kitson, Ian Lane, Jim Lewis, Robert Lindley, Rob Lomas, Mike Loze, John Lloyd, Late Keith Lloyd, Barry Lucas, Allen Linning, Mark Lynan, Alastair MacLean, Nick Madden, Tim Maddocks, Steve Marshall, Paul Martin. Roger Marsh, Kath Jones, Kevin Jones, Graham Mann, Graham G. Matthews (Work of the late W.F. Ivey), Geoff Matthews, Ian McDonald, Kim McMillan-Staff, Ian McKey, Victor Menhennet, Bernard & Audrey Mills, Andy Miller, Jon Morley, Colin Moss, Morven Munday, Mike Mycetes, Geoff Nicholas, Doug Nicholls, Terry Nichols, Peter O'Brien, The late Cedric Owen, th late Dave Pagett, Roy Palmer, Lawrence Parker, Robert Parry, Late Edwin Pascoe, David Pearce, John Penny, Robert Perry, Steve Perryman, Scot & Alan Peters, Neil Phillips, Brian & Patricia Pibworth, Simon Ponter, David Potter, Ian Pollock, Roger Pyke, Peter Radford, Kevin Redwood, the late Dr. Frank Richards, Steve Richards, Andy and Vivian Richards, Paul Roach, John Roberts, Colin Retallick, John Root, Phill Rundle, Paul Rundle, Lewis Slee, the late Michael Slee, Geoff Salmon, Peter Salmon, Ella Shard, Claire Sheppard, Roger Smith, Tristan Smith, Clive Smith, Stuart Smith, Kat Smith, Vic Smith, Les Smitham, Nigel Spate, Fred Speare, the late Frank Sperritt, Pat Sperritt, Andy Stace, the late John Stamp, Paul and the late John Stanford, Nathan Stockman, Julian Stephens, Peter Sutton, Nigel & Ben Tambling, Malcolm Taylor, Liz and Tom Thompson (St Agnes Museum, Rob Thomas, John Thorn, Gareth Thornton, David Tozer, Nigel Tregoning, Phil Tremain, Phil Trevena, Andrew Triggs, Nick Trudgian, Roger Tabb, Mike Thomas, Late Jack Trounson, Mrs Vera Vigus, Keith Webber, Shane Webster, South West Circle, Michael West, Ron & Jenny Westwater, Steve Widdowson, Jonathan Wood, Charles Woodland, Tony Wright and Syd Young, Guy Vincent, Emma Shard.
We are most grateful to Mrs. Zsuzsanna Wood for her permission to place on this site the work of her late husband John Wood. Similar appreciation is expressed to the late Mrs. Phyllis English for her permission to place on this site the work of her late husband Patrick English.
The Cornwall Railway Society website, which has been on line since May 2010, was originally planned just to advertise the activities of the society and give details of the organisation and history of the Society. It has, however, since developed into site where enthusiasts can obtain the latest news on the railway scene and go for pictures of the railways in the West Country past and present. We have also recorded some of the many rail tours which have visited the counties,
If you have any pictures of your own of general railway interest which you would like to see on the site we’d be only too pleased to receive them. Please provide full details with your submissions – they must be your own work, or submitted with the owners permission – they must not be copyright pictures. You may copy pictures for your own use but please ask the copyright holder for permission. To copy and alter the name of the copyright holder to your own is nothing short of stealing.
The website gratefully acknowledges the input received from our major sources of material John Cornelius, Roger Geach, Mike Morant, Craig Munday, Chris Osment, Trevor Tremethick, Mike Roach, Roger Salter, Sid Sponheimer , David Tozer and Roger Winnen.
Much appreciation is also expressed to the following for their contributions. Many thanks to :- Ken Adlam, David Andrews, Steve Andrews, Mike Allen, Mark Annand, David Antony, Roger Aston, John Ball, Paul Barlow, Keith Barrow, Dick Barry, Roger & Dawn Battershill, Ewan Baxter, David and the late Theo Beckett, Dennis Berry, Caroline Bland, Richard Bohill, Graham Bowden, John Brodribb, Angela Brock, Ben Brooksbank, Ian Bunnett, Stephen Burdett, Peter Bragg, Mark Branner, Mark Brown, Derek Books, Peter and Mark Bragg, Matthew Buck, Paul Burkhalter, Peter Butt, Derek Buttivant and Heather Buttivant, Paul Cambridge, Derek Carloss, Rupert Chalkley, Martin Chiswell, Martin Clark, Tony Clark, David Collings, Tony Cooke, David Cook, John Cornelius, Jarrard Cotter, Leslie Curnow, Eric Curnow, Maurice Dart, Ian Dinmore, Phil Duddridge, Jamie Dyke, Nick Dyke, Andy Elms, Martin Duff, Justin Edwards, Mike Eddowes, Steve Elliott, J. Eyres, Dan Engstrom, Charles Fennamore, Dave Field, Chris Finan, Barbara Fisher, Michael Forward, Stewart Frazer, Ian Gall, Rod Garner, Nick & Alec Gaskell, Linda Getman, Matt Geyman, Maureen Glanville, Trevor Goldsworthy, Jon Gough, Shirley Gray, Jim Green, Kyle Greet, Ross Griffiths, John, Sheila and Aidan Hall, Brian Haig, Edward Hannan, Lawrence Hansford, Julian A Hanwell, Peggy Le Hanwell, Alan Harris, Daniel Harris, Graham Harris, Geoffrey Harrison, Darren Hart, Roy Hart, Chris Harvey, David Hayball, David Hibberd, Tony Hill, Barry Hilton, the late Cyril Hitchens and Mike Hitchens MBE, Ivor Hocking, the Late Keith Holt, James Howitt, Simon Howard, Mick House, Tim Hughes, Rob Iredale, David Ive, Chris Jenkin, Kevin & Peter Jenkin, Nathan John, Andrew Jones, Jon Kelsey, John Keohane, Adrian King, Andy Kirkham, Darren Kitson, Ian Lane, Jim Lewis, Robert Lindley, Rob Lomas, Mike Loze, John Lloyd, Late Keith Lloyd, Barry Lucas, Allen Linning, Mark Lynan, Alastair MacLean, Nick Madden, Tim Maddocks, Steve Marshall, Paul Martin. Roger Marsh, Kath Jones, Kevin Jones, Graham Mann, Graham G. Matthews (Work of the late W.F. Ivey), Geoff Matthews, Ian McDonald, Kim McMillan-Staff, Ian McKey, Victor Menhennet, Bernard & Audrey Mills, Andy Miller, Jon Morley, Colin Moss, Morven Munday, Mike Mycetes, Geoff Nicholas, Doug Nicholls, Terry Nichols, Peter O'Brien, The late Cedric Owen, th late Dave Pagett, Roy Palmer, Lawrence Parker, Robert Parry, Late Edwin Pascoe, David Pearce, John Penny, Robert Perry, Steve Perryman, Scot & Alan Peters, Neil Phillips, Brian & Patricia Pibworth, Simon Ponter, David Potter, Ian Pollock, Roger Pyke, Peter Radford, Kevin Redwood, the late Dr. Frank Richards, Steve Richards, Andy and Vivian Richards, Paul Roach, John Roberts, Colin Retallick, John Root, Phill Rundle, Paul Rundle, Lewis Slee, the late Michael Slee, Geoff Salmon, Peter Salmon, Ella Shard, Claire Sheppard, Roger Smith, Tristan Smith, Clive Smith, Stuart Smith, Kat Smith, Vic Smith, Les Smitham, Nigel Spate, Fred Speare, the late Frank Sperritt, Pat Sperritt, Andy Stace, the late John Stamp, Paul and the late John Stanford, Nathan Stockman, Julian Stephens, Peter Sutton, Nigel & Ben Tambling, Malcolm Taylor, Liz and Tom Thompson (St Agnes Museum, Rob Thomas, John Thorn, Gareth Thornton, David Tozer, Nigel Tregoning, Phil Tremain, Phil Trevena, Andrew Triggs, Nick Trudgian, Roger Tabb, Mike Thomas, Late Jack Trounson, Mrs Vera Vigus, Keith Webber, Shane Webster, South West Circle, Michael West, Ron & Jenny Westwater, Steve Widdowson, Jonathan Wood, Charles Woodland, Tony Wright and Syd Young, Guy Vincent, Emma Shard.
We are most grateful to Mrs. Zsuzsanna Wood for her permission to place on this site the work of her late husband John Wood. Similar appreciation is expressed to the late Mrs. Phyllis English for her permission to place on this site the work of her late husband Patrick English.
The current Cornwall Railway Society Magazine cover and details of contents.
References :-
Extensive references have been made to the invaluable publications of Tony Cooke (R.A.Cooke). Namely the Atlas of the GWR 1947 and also various of his Track Layout Diagrams. We are also most grateful to Tony for further information supplied.
Brunels Cornish Viaducts John Binding
Clinkers Register of Closed Stations The late C.R. Clinker
The Railways of Cornwall 1809-1963 The late C.R. Clinker
More Cornwall Railways Remembered Stephen F. Heginbotham
LSWR Then and now Mac Hawkins
Midland Press books - various
Newquay branch and its branches John Vaughan
Devonport Dockyard Railway Paul Burkhalter
B.R. Gradient Profiles Ian Allen
GWR Timetables
Branch Line Society Notes prepared by Maurice Dart
Backtracking around Friary, Laira and the Plym By Bernard Mills
The Teign Valley line by L.W. Pomery
Track Layout Diagrams of the G.W.R. & B.R. (W.R.) - various sections
North Devon Clay by Michael Messenger
Red for Danger by LTC Rolt.
The last years of the Somerset and Dorset by Colin Maggs.
Historical Survey of the S & D, C.W. Judge & C.R. Potts
The Somerset and Dorset in the 50's & 60's - Vols 1 to 4. By Ivo Peters
The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Kevin Clapcott, Very useful notes on Web
Lines to Avonmouth by Mike Vincent
Reflections on the Portishead branch by Mike Vincent
Tramways of the West of England by P.W. Gentry
The Calne Branch by Colin C. Maggs - published by Wild Swan
The Weymouth Harbour Tramway in the Steam Era by Gerry Beale
West Country Railway History by David St John Thomas
The Princetown Branch by Antony R. Kingdom
The Helston Railway - Past & Present" published by Silverlink (Past & Present Publishing Ltd) in May 2012 to mark the 125th Anniversary (to the day) of the opening of the line. By Chris Heaps.
North Cornwall Railway - the late Dave Wroe
Maurice Darts CD 'CLAY LINES' is now available from the shop at Wheal Martyn Museum, Cathew, St Austell. PL26 8XG. Please phone for opening hours or further details. 01726 850362. The price at the shop is £8.50 or by post £10.50 ALSO STATE WHETHER YOU WANT HIS FIRST CD 'CLAY LINES' or his 'SECOND CD' - Also well worth viewing
