P-way trains around
Ivybridge
Clive Smith
Ivybridge
Clive Smith
Quality clear morning sunlight and a good reason to get out of bed early on a Sunday morning and capture the infrastructure train action. Nice to see some 70s in daylight. My first sightings since the end of the Moorswater cements in late 2019. Although the 70s have been in Devon and Cornwall since then their visits have tended to be nocturnal, scurrying back east before dawn usually.
Regards, Clive Smith.
Regards, Clive Smith.
(1) 70817 heads the 6Y17 08.45 Burngullow Junction - Westbury infrastructure wagons with 66849 out of sight on the rear at Langham Levels Ivybridge. 18th September 2022. Copyright Clive Smith
(2) 70813 is on the front of the 6C23 08.00 Par - Westbury infrastructure wagons at 09.50 with 70804 in sight on the rear. The photo is taken from Rutt Lane which is the bridge at the east end of Ivybridge station. 18th September 2022. Copyright Clive Smith.
(3) 66593 rounds the curve off the viaduct at Ivybridge as seen from Harford Bridge with the 6Y15 07.23 Par - Taunton Fairwater HOBCs with 66518 out of sight on the rear.
Many thanks Clive, quality morning and quality pictures.
Date Nails
Don Asher
Don Asher
Letter sent to John Ball and copied on to us.
Hello John,
The Friends of the Railway Studies Collection at Newton Abbot Library have received an enquiry regarding the Sleeper Nails. Message reads:-
“Can you please find out what these were for? Found in a timber railway sleeper, on the outer ends, one of each type per sleeper”.
We now know the sleepers are stacked in a garden at a house near Pershore which has recently changed hands.
The Permanent Way Institution has been contacted. They are intrigued but do not know the significance either. A suggestion has been made that they could be of GWR origin and refer to miles and chains?
The following Website is another clue:- < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_nail > The references 2; 3; & 4 are interesting. Who would have thought that Sleeper Nails would be collectable?
I do not for one moment think that the sleepers near Pershore originated in the USA. However is there any evidence that Cornwall railways used sleeper nails at one time?
If any of your members could help solve this mystery we would be very interested to hear from the society.
Please note, I will not be available for the next two weeks so I will be unable to reply to emails until the beginning of October.
Best wishes
Don Asher
FRSC Volunteer
Hello John,
The Friends of the Railway Studies Collection at Newton Abbot Library have received an enquiry regarding the Sleeper Nails. Message reads:-
“Can you please find out what these were for? Found in a timber railway sleeper, on the outer ends, one of each type per sleeper”.
We now know the sleepers are stacked in a garden at a house near Pershore which has recently changed hands.
The Permanent Way Institution has been contacted. They are intrigued but do not know the significance either. A suggestion has been made that they could be of GWR origin and refer to miles and chains?
The following Website is another clue:- < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_nail > The references 2; 3; & 4 are interesting. Who would have thought that Sleeper Nails would be collectable?
I do not for one moment think that the sleepers near Pershore originated in the USA. However is there any evidence that Cornwall railways used sleeper nails at one time?
If any of your members could help solve this mystery we would be very interested to hear from the society.
Please note, I will not be available for the next two weeks so I will be unable to reply to emails until the beginning of October.
Best wishes
Don Asher
FRSC Volunteer
You will find clicking on the Wikipedia link above very interesting and informative. Can anybody else out there give us more of a clue or have seen any. Pictures please.
Many thanks to Don and John.
Many thanks to Don and John.