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Features Index
The features articles and pictures are now divided in short periods. Please click in the links below to get to the period you require.
Features  January to June 2015                                                                                                                      Having selected this collection of features you will need to scroll to find the desired item.
Plym Valley Railway visit 5th April 2015
St Ives branch Engineering Trains in 1974
South Devon Raiway  Easter Heritage Gala 4th April 2015
Long Rock (Mexico) level crossing finally closed 31st March 2015
Barnstaple Past and present  28th March 2015
West Somerset Spring Gala  27/28th March 2015
Colas Rail Log train     10th March 2015
Barnstaple – Ilfracombe exploration 12th March 2015
Cornwall Selection Part 1  Julian Stephens
Exeter & Crediton 26th February 2015
South Devon Half Term Week 15th February 2015
Laira Bridge Refurbishment – Trevor Tremethick 8th February 2015
Laira Visit by Steve Widdowson  8th February 2015
Falmouth Re-laying by Graham Mann Feb 2015
Paignton Re-laying by Graham Mann Feb 2015
St Austell – the new footbridge 22nd January 2015
Craig’s January  Jaunt   18th January 2015
Keep fit in Falmouth, another look at the re-laying by Roger Winnen
Hayle Viaduct up-date by Mick House 16th January 2015
Walkham Viaduct Demolition  by Mike Roach
St Ives Branch Engineering train 11th January 2015
Peek Hill Bridge by Trevor Tremethick  28th Dec 2014
Features July to December 2015                                                                                                                     Having selected this collection of features you will need to scroll to find the desired item.
A day at Liskeard - Mike Roach captures the wide variety of traffic at this junctions station on one day.
​Lynton to Barnstaple Railway. Pictures in 2015 taken in June 2015 by Chris Osment
​Laira Bridge opens to  Pedestrian Traffic - a feature by Trevor Tremethick

​More on the Bodmin & Wenford Behind the scenes and Modeller's Day 21st November 2015
More on The South Devon Diesel Gala Saturday 7th November. 2015
Dawlish area scenes   1974 to 1984   David Tozer and Adrian King
Further pictures of the Rail Vac, Clay Workings and the RHTT around Par. Roger Winnen
Roger Salter visit the West Somerset Steam Gala on Friday 2nd October and Saturday 3rd Oct, 2015

More on the West Somerset Autumn Steam Gala 3rd October, 2015 by Roger Winnen
Michael Morant gives us another selection from his library of classic pictures - this time in the Bristol area.
​Lostwithiel trackwork - exclusive pictures from Graham Mann Network Rail Operations Manager
Craig Munday's record of Colas trains over the weekend of 12&13 September 2015

Craig Munday's journey up  from Penzance 18th July 2015
More on The Dartmouth Railway Special Event on Saturday 18th July 2015

A bit of history of Class 60's in Cornwall and Devon by Roger Geach
Riding the 'Beds' Newton Abbot to Penzance by Roger Winnen 15th August, 2015
Remembering the Past, riding the Thumper Unit to Bow and Meldon Viaduct by Roger Salter 15th Aug,2015
Roger Winnens 70th Birthday Bash with the Dawlish Air Show and Exeter 22nd August, 2015
An interlude at Lostwithiel with 37s on the clay workings by Michael Forward on 20th September, 1989
Features  January to July 2016                                                                                                                        Having selected this collection of features you will need to scroll to find the desired item.
The Movements and Naming of 56302 to The West Somerset Railway 9th to 11th June 2016, Mick House and  Alan Peters.
More on the West Somerset Railways Mixed Traffic Gala, June 9th - 11th 2016 - Roger Salter.
Walking the Turnchapel Branch Saturday 4th June 2016
Northern Belle Railtour from Swindon to Par and ECS to Penzance Saturday 4th June 2016 
Roger Salter, Craig Munday, Steve Widdowson, Ronald Westwater and Roger Winnen.
Dawlish Warren Camping Coaches -  Roger Winnen  1st June 2016 
The results of the 2016 Photo competition
The Bristol St Philips Marsh Open Day 2nd May 2016
Riding the Round Robin with Members and Friends of the Cornwall Railway Society.  16th April 2016.
Goonbarrow Junction - 'All Change' - major works at this otherwise quiet location.  19th & 20th March 2016 
A Miscellany of trains alongside the sea shore in South Devon in early March by Roger Salter
More from Roger Salters visit to the West Somerset Railway Spring Steam Gala

More
photographs of the West Somerset Spring Steam Gala by John Ball and John Cornelius
37025 on tour - Tavistock Jct, Exeter, Goodrington  - Paul Rundle  12th March 2016 
​West Somerset Steam Railway Spring Gala S & D 5th March 2016

Winter Steam Festival of the South Devon Railway Saturday 20th February 2016
​Features July to December 2016                                                                                                                    Having selected this collection of features you will need to scroll to find the desired item.
To the North Pole on the Plym Valley.  21st December 2016 Roger Winnen
Sherborne Carol Railtour 15th December 2016
First cement to Moorswater for three years.
Plym Valley Visit - Roger Winnen 27th November 2016
GBRF and Colas at Westbury.  By Guy Vincent
South Devon Diesel Gala  5th November 2016 
North Cornwall Farewell - 50 years on.  Mike Roach and Keith Jenkin.
56078 visits Cornwall.  Paul Rundle.
CRS Visit to the Lynton and Barnstable Steam Gala 24th September.
Bodmin and Wenford Clay Day and Beer Festival 9th September 2016
Cathedrals Express Paddington to Kingswear and then turning at Plymouth.
Royal Duchy Railtour 7th August 2016
Herd of Wolderbeestie  Railtour 16th July 2016
CRS Visit to Gunnislake, Calstock Incline, and boat trip to Plymouth. 
Features  January to Mid May 2017                                                                                                                  Having selected this collection of features you will need to scroll to find the desired item.
More on 'All Change' at St Erth. Roger Winnen
More on the visit to Long Rock TMD by the Cornwall Railway Society
More on the Visit to the Gartell Railway 1st May 2017 by the CRS
The path to Yealmpton - updated - Andy Rigler
​The British Belmond Pullman The Cornish Weekend
Great Britain Railtour X 6th & 7th May 2017
Porthminster viaduct -St Ives branch - reconstruction. An article by Laurence Hansford.
The Steam Railmotor to Looe. Sunday 18th November 2012.  Peter Murnaghan & Roger Winnen.
The Cornwall Railway Society visit to the Launceston Steam Railway. 13th April 2017.  Photographs by the late Sid Sponheimer and Roger Winnen.

Swanage  Spring Gala 2017   John Cornelius & Roger Salter
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More on the Spring Visit to the Paignton & Dartmouth Railway 27th March 2017 Roger Winnen
Secret Tunnels at Box - the third portal. By Karl Hewlett
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Ince Castle by Trevor and Barbara Tremethick
Taking a look at the proposed sea wall alignment at  Teignmouth in March 2017  By Colin Burges
Hymek celebrates a 40th Anniversary - an article by Neil Phillips
Harry patch back in service - Guy Vincent
An unusual working Devonport Dockyard to Exeter Riverside via Penzance
The New Exeter (St Davids).
Western Tribute
The Westerns bow out 40 years ago an article by Neil Phillips 

Dainton Tunnel Signal Box and Westbury Iron Works  Guy Vincent 
South Devon Steam Gala  Saturday 18th February 2017
Removal of the Camborne Station Footbridge. Roger Winnen and Mick House
Celebrity 37057 stables at Bristol TM. 4th February 2017  Guy Vincent

Track renewals between Redruth and Truro.
Looking at Stations on the Exmouth Branch
Features Mid May to early September 2017  
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The Cornwall Railway Society exploring The Bideford Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway 100 years after Closure. Roger Winnen 2nd September 2017
The South Devon Railway August Bank Holiday Rails and Ales Festival Photographs by Roger Salter and Roger Winnen
The Dorset Coast Express at Millbrook Southampton together with visits to Eastleigh Romsey & Salisbury by David Tozer
RARE  VISIT OF VIRGIN HST TO THE WEST  12th August 2017
​46100 Royal Scot heads the Royal Duchy to Par on Sunday 6th August, 2017
46100 Royal Scot heads The Royal Duchy to Par on Sunday 30th July, 2017
Ride Cornwall in One Day by members of the Cornwall Railway Society 29th July, 2017
Yeovil Pen Mill Shed  82E  In search of,  Colin Burges
Weekend at Yeovil  Railway Centre 8th/9th July 2017
​WW2 Wartime Memories by Maurice Dart
​Castle Cary to Westbury by bike.  by Colin Burges

Porthallow & Porthoustock Quarry Tramway - A report by Peter Murnaghan.
The Mazey Day Cornishman from Worcester Shrub Hill to Penzance.

​The Curse of 37069 - Karl Hewlett
The first visit of a Class 800 IEP Hitachi Great Western Train to Cornwall 22nd June 2017

 A rare event with a test train to St Ives in daylight hours Andrew Triggs and Roger Winnen
West Somerset Gala June 2017 
Visit of Tornado to the Bodmin and Wenford Railway.
The Cornishman - Tornado to the far South West.
Diary for 2017 - Karl Hewlett.
Severe Flooding at Broom Crossing, near Chard on New Years Eve 2001/02. 


Features  September to December 2017                                                                                                        Having selected this collection of features you will need to scroll to find the desired item.
The Bodmin Winter Steam upfeaturing Bagnall Austerity Saddle Tank 75178 30th December 2017 Roger Salter John Ball & Roger Winnen
Class 800  IET First observations - Derek Buttivant
Architecture and Trains at Plymouth. Roger Salter & Roger Winnen. 30th November 2017
The fist Visit of IEP 802 002 Stoke Gifford to Penzance and return on Wednesday 15th November 2017 and the second visit on Thursday 16th November 2017 
South Devon Diesel Gala 3rd & 4th November 2017

Route Refresher - Colin Burges on a cycle ride from Ivybridge to west of Dainton.
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Bodmin Exchange 55020 Arrives and Judy departs
Friday 20th October 2017 Roger Winnen
Alongside Teign & Exe Roger Salter  Sept/Oct 2017
Visit to the Helston Rlwy 5th Oct 2017 Steve Widdowson

Peter Gray - a tribute by Derek Buttivant - Chairman
The 2017 RHTT  in Cornwall for the leaf fall season.

The East Somerset Railway - Guy Vincent
The Sid Sponhiemer collection

The Lynton & Barnstaple Gala featuring Lyn on 30th September 2017 Photographs by David Tozer
*The ACE London Victoria to Exeter 23rd Sepember 2017
*The Bodmin & Wenford Railway Diesel Gala with visiting  engine 57604 Pendennis Castle 16th September 2017
*Last weekend of the Swanage Shuttles -  Kevin Jenkin
*Cornwall Railway Society visit to the Long Rock Train   Maintenance Depot Saturday 9th September 2017
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Old Oak Common Open Day  a compilation of pictures       Saturday 2nd September 2017
Features January to near end March 2018                                                                                                     Having selected this collection of features you will need to scroll to find the desired item.
1801  Cycling the S & D in 2017 Colin Burges
1802  The Butlins Express Summer 2007  Brian Pibworth
1803  The West Cornwall Blockade Monday 19th Mar to Thursday 22nd Mar
1804  The West Somerset Gala Friday Saturday 23 & 24 March
           Roger Aston David Tozer Roger Salter Roger Winnen
1805   Easter at The South Devon Railway 31st Mar 2018 Roger Winnen
1806   'I do like to be beside the seaside' A springtime holiday Roger Salter
1807   An interesting afternoon at Paignton & Churston Roger Winnen
1808   The early years of the Helston Railway from 2006-2008 featuring the  movement of the Park Royal DMU from the West Somerset Railway and Gwinear Road together with visits to Trevarno. Photographs Andrew Triggs & Roger Winnen
1809   The Cornwall Railway Society visits Long Rock Depot on Sat 14th April 2018     
Features   April to June 2018                                                                                                                                               Having selected this collection of features you will need to scroll to find the desired item.
1810  The G.B. Railtour on route  Westbury, Yeovil, Weymouth and Wareham 26 April 2018
1811  The CRS Visit to St Phillips Marsh Depot. 28th April 2018 
1812   'Slim Jim' at Plymouth in 1983   Clive Smith
1813   The Visit of the Cornwall Railway Society to Pentewan on Saturday 19th May 2018 led by Bob Evans
1814    37405 with Inspection Saloon 'Caroline' works the 08.06 BTM to BTM via Penzance
1815     Visiting the remains of the Redlake Tramway on 31st May 2018.  An    event organised by Colin                   Burgess from Christow
1816     The Cornwall Railway Society Riding the Rails of Devon together with
              Steam To Kingswear and the Cathedrals Express on Sunday
1817      'The Cornishman' with 35028 Clan Line  Bristol to Par and return
1818      'The Cornishman'  Tame Bridge Parkway to Penzance  23rd June 2018


​​Features July 2018 Onwards                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Having selected this collection of features you will need to scroll to find the desired item.
1819    A Celebration of 40 years of The Cornwall Railway Society
1820   The Royal Duchy Bristol Temple Meads to Par 22nd July 2018
1821   The penultimate weekend of HST's on the Newquay branch.
1822    The West Somerset Steam Gala Saturday 29th September Roger Winnen
1823   The visit of Flying Scotsman to the west and in particular Cornwall

1824     External Booksales - an appreciation
​1825     View from the top - City of Truro - Clive Smith
1826     60009 Bristol - Plymouth   1st December 2018
​1827     Peak to Waterloo - Clive Smith
1828     Major Works at Westbury station - relaying the north junction.     Guy Vincent​
Features  January 2019  to early June 2019                                                                                                                Having selected this collection of features you will need to scroll to find the desired item.
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1901   Major Works at Cowley Bridge Replacement  -  Richard Watts.
1902    Footbridges-  Guy Vincent.
1903    Exeter West Signalbox moves to Crewe  -  Peter Jordan
1904    The 'Looe Brush Railtour'    Sunday 3rd February 2019
1905    Some reflections on the Dawlish Deviation - Roy  Hart
1906    The 'Terminator Railtour'  23rd March 2019
​1907    Long Rock Open Day.  13th April 2019 together with the Springtime Cornishman run in                                 conjunction with the Open Day
1908    A visit to the Bovey Tracey Railway Station and Heritage Museum
1909    Visit to Exeter Panel   4th May 2019 
1910    Visit to the Moseley Heritage Museum, Tumbly Down, Redruth  11th May 2019
1911    Major changes at St Erth station  May 2019
​1912    Last Day of the HST's  18th May 2019 
1913    HST Memorabilia  - Guy Vincent
1914    'The Flying Banana'  David Field rides the last HST special on 1st June 2019

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Features  Mid June to December 2019                                                                                                                                        Having selected this collection of features you will need to scroll to find the desired item.
1915    West Somerset Railway Diesel  Gala - June 2019.   Clive Smith  
1916    Penryn and its changes.  Mike Roach and  the  late John Cornelius plus many others.
​1917    The 'Summer Cornishman' - Tornado to Par on the 23rd June 2019
​1918    Mazey Day Express  29th June 2019.
​1919    HST Histories - Technical Records.
1920    CRS Visit to the Seaton Tramway  13th July 2019
1921    South Devon Railway Diesel Gala 20th July 2019

1922    Duchess visit to the South West 21st July 2019
1923    Contrasting Mineral Traffic Far and Wide  Brian Pibworth
1924    Were you there? Crossing the Tamar - 25th April 1984?
1925    Launceston Steam Railway Gala  - 15th & 16th August 2019
1926    Specials to Imber 17th August 2019-  Guy Vincent
1927    LNER to Plymouth  24th August 2019
​1928    Statesman Pullman Railtour 31st August 2019
1929    The 'Walter Julian Tribute' - the South Devon Railway visit 7th September 2019.
​1930    The Bodmin and Wenford Diesel Gala - 14th & 15th September 2019.
​1931    West Somerset Autumn Gala 4th, 5th and 6th October 2019

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Features  January to June 2020
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2001    Railtour to the Isle of Wight May 1983
2002    The Central Cornwall Railway - Peter Murnaghan.
2003     Plymouth in the past, now and in the future.  Clive Smith ( Article under preparation)
2004     The 'Devon Crompton Railtour - 8th March 2020.
2005     The last 'Pines Express' - Guy Vincent. 
2006     Summer Saturday Survey - Exeter St Davids - 11th July 1981 - Clive Smith.
2007    South Devon Gala 14th April 2015 -   Paul Barlow
2008    The Paignton & Dartmouth Diesel & Steam Gala 19th & 20th June 1993. Roger Winnen.
2009    Two routes to Oxford including a Merrymaker Special to Oxford for Blenheim  
            Palace in 1977 and The Commemorative Class 52 Tour in 1976 - Roger Winnen
2010    Royal Albert Bridge  Centenary 1959  Booklet and Ephemera.  Guy Vincent/ the late  David Bartlett.
​2011    Plymouth Railway Circle/Great Western Society The Bluebell Railway Tour.  Sunday 16th April 1972
​2012    Social Distancing during the Coronavirus Pandemic Roger Winnen

2013    Bath Junction Accident 20th November 1929   Guy  Vincent
2014    The Cornishman - an article written in 2016 by David Ward.
2015     The Mystery of the missing Passenger.  Michael L. Roach.  

 
Features July to December 2020
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2016  Falmouth Dockyard Railway. By Lt. Philip Boak R.N.
                                           PLUS an additional detailed history by Karl Hewlett.
2017  The Centenary of the Plymouth Devonport & South West Junction Railway at Bere Ferrers Sation
           3rd & 4th June 1990. Roger Winnen 
2018   The Ponts Mill derailment.
2019   The 'Royal Duchy'  30th August 2020
2020   History of the Ruthern Bridge Branch by Andrew Jones. (Whose house predates the line!!)
2021   Dawlish - All Change. Clive Smith takes a look at Dawlish in the recent past , in September 2020                  and  will  follow up with pictures of the reconstruction.
2022   The 'Cornish Riviera Statesman' - Three days of luxury.
​2023   Weymouth Street Tramway Demolition - started 12th October 2020.
2024   John Vines visits the Looe line in the summer of 1954 - in steam days.
​2025   Childhood memories of Hayle in 1964 and before.  A good read by Laurence Hansford.


Features January to June 2021
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2021    Refurbishment of Bristol Temple Meads - commenced January 2021.  Guy Vincent
2022       Reopening the branch to  Okehampton - A collection of pictures