Penzance then and now
Chris Bellett
Chris Bellett
Penzance Station. Looking East June 1970, Copyright Chris Belett
Penzance Station. Looking West towards the buffer stops. A class 52 powered service awaits departure from platform 2. An 08 sorts a long rake of parcels vans in the sidings. Copyright Chris Bellett. June 1970
Undercover, an inbound service stops on platform 3 close to the buffers, beyond the run round points - the loco will await release. June 1970. Copyright Chris Bellett.
The next departure from platform 2 at Penzance awaits. 14th June 2022. Copyright Chris Bellett.
A current shot looking west towards the buffers. Modern stock in the form of an IET awaits departure. Gone sadly are the semaphore signals. 14th June 2022. Copyright Chris Bellett.
Penzance looking east - not a train in sight. Signals PZ67 and PZ68 control the exits from Platforms 1 and 2. 14th June 2022. Copyright Chris Bellett.
Interesting comparisons over 50 years - many thanks Chris.
A Western at Swanage
Michael Adams
Michael Adams
Hello Roger, Its getting too hot for me now ,at least you have some nice sea breezes. Here is a picture from another seaside town at Swanage showing D1015 ‘Western Champion’ ,looking very smart and waiting to leave for Norden on 11 May 2007. Thanks, all the best, Copyright Michael Adams
A query and answer
Real Time Trains
Andrew Jones & Andrew Triggs
Real Time Trains
Andrew Jones & Andrew Triggs
Andrew Jones writes :-
Having checked through my recent photographs at Burngullow, I realised as I was setting up that I caught Castle class ‘Berry Pomeroy Castle’ travelling to its naming ceremony at Plymouth. I only realised this when I came across ‘Realtime Trains’ on the internet, a site I didn’t know existed.
I wonder if any contributors could explain the coding which I often see on the website?
Having checked through my recent photographs at Burngullow, I realised as I was setting up that I caught Castle class ‘Berry Pomeroy Castle’ travelling to its naming ceremony at Plymouth. I only realised this when I came across ‘Realtime Trains’ on the internet, a site I didn’t know existed.
I wonder if any contributors could explain the coding which I often see on the website?
43040 Berry Pomeroy Castle travelling to Plymouth for official naming ceremony 14th June 2022. Copyright Andrew Jones.
I wonder if any contributors could explain the coding which I often see on the website, this train was 2P12 and is mentioned in the detailed page on ‘Realtime Trains’.
I now have a whole new world of information, does anyone also know where I can find freight pathing?
Very best wishes Andrew and Diane
I now have a whole new world of information, does anyone also know where I can find freight pathing?
Very best wishes Andrew and Diane
Andrew Triggs replies :-
Realtime Trains then...
A guide to it, it's an ongoing site development, with most but not as yet all Train Operating Companies now listing which stock is working what services, GWR for instance now show their allocated stock
Golden rule would be on the Home page is to click on the 'Detailed' section, add the location or station you're looking for, this gives full details at the location required, find the train you wish to find details of, which in passenger terms will generally show the four digit train Headode (i.e 2P17) and the actual detail (13.50 Penzance to Plymouth) below it shows the train formation (43194 Coach D through to Coach A 43041) it doesn't tell you the coach numbers at present though, below this on the right hand side of the page, you'll see 'Show train information' click on this and it'll show full train details, such as what type of passenger working it actually is.
Below that are two columns, the 'WTT' (working time table) and RTT (Real Time train) which shows the booked and actual time of the train stops etc, the White bars are booked stops the Blue bars are passing points on the journey, if a train is late (Dly=Delay) it will say if it's 5 minutes late '+5' for example etc
On the Freight (FGRT) side of operations, 4 digit headcodes are generally NOT listed by Freight Operators, instead a computer generated (and basically made up) one is shown i.e 6G09 (actual headcode) 13.02 Goonbarrow Junction DBC-Fowey Dock Carne Point is listed as '6220' (computer generated) Also high security trains such as the Royal Train and Nuclear trains for example are not shown, for obvious security reasons
The last thing I can think of, is although paths are shown, some trains listed rarely run, and will say 'runs as required' and will only be actually activated in the system is they do actually run
On the Realtime Trains Main Menu, there is also a 'Frequently Asked Questions' section which should cover anything else I may have missed out
Hope this helps
All the Best
Andrew Triggs.
Realtime Trains then...
A guide to it, it's an ongoing site development, with most but not as yet all Train Operating Companies now listing which stock is working what services, GWR for instance now show their allocated stock
Golden rule would be on the Home page is to click on the 'Detailed' section, add the location or station you're looking for, this gives full details at the location required, find the train you wish to find details of, which in passenger terms will generally show the four digit train Headode (i.e 2P17) and the actual detail (13.50 Penzance to Plymouth) below it shows the train formation (43194 Coach D through to Coach A 43041) it doesn't tell you the coach numbers at present though, below this on the right hand side of the page, you'll see 'Show train information' click on this and it'll show full train details, such as what type of passenger working it actually is.
Below that are two columns, the 'WTT' (working time table) and RTT (Real Time train) which shows the booked and actual time of the train stops etc, the White bars are booked stops the Blue bars are passing points on the journey, if a train is late (Dly=Delay) it will say if it's 5 minutes late '+5' for example etc
On the Freight (FGRT) side of operations, 4 digit headcodes are generally NOT listed by Freight Operators, instead a computer generated (and basically made up) one is shown i.e 6G09 (actual headcode) 13.02 Goonbarrow Junction DBC-Fowey Dock Carne Point is listed as '6220' (computer generated) Also high security trains such as the Royal Train and Nuclear trains for example are not shown, for obvious security reasons
The last thing I can think of, is although paths are shown, some trains listed rarely run, and will say 'runs as required' and will only be actually activated in the system is they do actually run
On the Realtime Trains Main Menu, there is also a 'Frequently Asked Questions' section which should cover anything else I may have missed out
Hope this helps
All the Best
Andrew Triggs.
Many thanks for your question and photograph Andrew and many thanks too to Andrew Triggs for a very full answer.
Clive Nye continues his coverage of class 33's in the Honiton area.
Honiton area
Clive Nye
Honiton area
Clive Nye
33 001 near Honiton with the 11.00 Exeter St Davids to Waterloo on the 19th August 1978
Many thanks Clive.