14th Decdember 2023

New station
for Truro

Off the back of those plans, Truro's former mayor and a previous head of transport at Cornwall Council, Bert Biscoe, has suggested reopening a railway halt in the heart of the city. He has written to Truro's current mayor Carol Swain asking for the city council to support such a move.
​The station could be on the site of former Cattle Pen sidings

Just a suggestion!!  I note that a new station is proposed, set between the viaducts. The new gold-plated footbridge at Lostwithiel is costing 8 million,so awhole new station at Truro will be in the region of 40 million. Many communities around the country would like to get their closed stations back.

A new station 400 yards from an existing one? They must be barmy.
c​omment from Roy Hart. ​

A local news article regarding this topic can be read by clicking here (external link - Cornwall Live.)

Burngullow Re-dualling memories, 2004
Jon Hird

The re-dualling of the Burngullow section of the Cornish Mainline in 2004 brought many interesting trains to the county. As a young enthusiast at the time, I had barely laid eyes on a class 60 at this point. They had pretty much finished on the silver bullet traffic and when they did turn up, I wasn't clued up enough to get to anywhere to see them.  Yet one Saturday in February saw 3 of them turn up on engineers trains! We also had various pairs of class 37's visiting to work Meldon ballast trains (as class 66's weren't cleared on the branch at that point), and of course many 66's here, there and everywhere. An exciting and interesting time to be out and about taking in all the sights and sounds of the Cornish railways.

A class 66 on an engineers train at Burngullow junction. 07.02.2004, Copyright Jon Hird.

Another view of the engineering site on 07.02.2004, Copyright Jon Hird.

A 'Mainline' liveried class 60 with a ballast train passing Carylon Bay in connection with the re-dualling. 18.01.2004, copyright Jon Hird.

EWS liveried class 60018 standing at Truro in connection with the Burngullow redualling. 18.01.2004, Copyright Jon Hird.

The winter sun sets on EWS 66184 with a train of autoballasters in Par Down Goods Loop, January 2004. Copyright Jon Hird.

On the 6th March 2004 at almost midnight, I somehow managed to convince my poor father to drive me to Truro (we lived in Padstow!!) to watch 37669 and 37674 run around a ballast train. Not a great photo, but a nice memory. Copyright Jon Hird.

37669 backing onto its train after running around at Truro. 06.03.2004, Copyright Jon Hird.

T9 30120
 Swanage Railway
Michael Forward

Hello Roger, A couple more shots of T9 30120 this time at Swanage on a damp 5 October 1991. First backing down onto it’s train . Thanks, Michael. Copyright Michael Forward

and now heading away with Midland 0-6-0 tank 41708. In those earlier days I recall that trains went up to Herston Halt and ran around. No signal box at Swanage then. Copyright Michael Forward

Many Thanks Michael