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Today is 1st April 2020
known as April Fools Day Roger Winnen
known as April Fools Day Roger Winnen
A Castle Class 2 + 4 HST
arrives Penzance
spot the mistake ?
arrives Penzance
spot the mistake ?
200401a The Welshman tailed by Launceston Castle arrives at Penzance with the 07.14 service from Plymouth. Copyright Roger Winnen
200401b Workman completing the installation of traditional railings on the car park side of Penzance Station. Copyright Roger Winnen
Lelant
from The Old Quay House
Michael Forward
from The Old Quay House
Michael Forward
I have not been on any trips since 9 March and we are now hunkered down.Still looking at the website and I have started looking at the archives,month by month.Plenty of odd jobs to do ,the garden is keeping us busy and I have ‘Marazion ‘ to run with all those lovely locos from the 1950s!
I attach a picture of a DMU approaching Lelant Saltings on 16 June 1980.taken from the hide at the rear of The Old Quay House(I wonder if you can still watch the birds from there?)
Thanks ,all the best, Michael
I attach a picture of a DMU approaching Lelant Saltings on 16 June 1980.taken from the hide at the rear of The Old Quay House(I wonder if you can still watch the birds from there?)
Thanks ,all the best, Michael
Many Thanks Michael
Cotswold 'Captain' on a stock move
Alan Peters
Alan Peters
A Sensible move!
Cotswold Rail 47810 'Captain Sensible' in Hemerdon Loop after collecting three HST coaches from Laira for refurbishment on 16/08/07, note the First Great Western MKII coaches being used as barrier coaches - Copyright Alan Peters
Cotswold Rail 47810 'Captain Sensible' in Hemerdon Loop after collecting three HST coaches from Laira for refurbishment on 16/08/07, note the First Great Western MKII coaches being used as barrier coaches - Copyright Alan Peters
Thanks Alan
Salisbury
Roger Geach
Roger Geach
6998 Burton Agnes Hall seen at Salisbury station. 11th October 1986. Copyright Roger Geach
Pacers Preservation
Guy Vincent
Guy Vincent
Three redundant class 142 'Pacer' (or 'Skipper') sets made the long trek south today from temporary storage at Gascoigne Wood, Yorks to Eastleigh works for attention pending permanent transfer to the Swanage Railway.
5Z43 0707 Gascoigne Wood Sidings GBRF-Eastleigh Works GBRF 142089 142032 142014 pausing at Bradford-on-Avon due to a signal check.
From a 1987 platform 5 DMU book the following sets were based in the West Country at the time: 142015-142027 inclusive (13 sets) and ran in chocolate and cream livery. By 2010 they had long gone but due to chronic stock shortages a small number were drafted in from the north of England and worked diagrams based around Exeter. 142001 009 029 030 063 064 068 appear in a listing from early 2010.
Will one or more of these 'marmite' units make it into preservation on one of the preserved lines in Devon or Cornwall?
Best regards to all, Guy Vincent
5Z43 0707 Gascoigne Wood Sidings GBRF-Eastleigh Works GBRF 142089 142032 142014 pausing at Bradford-on-Avon due to a signal check.
From a 1987 platform 5 DMU book the following sets were based in the West Country at the time: 142015-142027 inclusive (13 sets) and ran in chocolate and cream livery. By 2010 they had long gone but due to chronic stock shortages a small number were drafted in from the north of England and worked diagrams based around Exeter. 142001 009 029 030 063 064 068 appear in a listing from early 2010.
Will one or more of these 'marmite' units make it into preservation on one of the preserved lines in Devon or Cornwall?
Best regards to all, Guy Vincent
Bradford-on-Avon 142089 032 014 5Z43 31st March 2020. Copyright Guy Vincent.
Bradford-on-Avon 142089 5Z43 31st March 2020. Copyright Guy Vincent
Bradford-on-Avon 142032 5Z43 31st March 2020. Copyright Guy Vincent.
Bradford-on-Avon 142089 032 014 5Z43 31st March 2020. Copyright Guy Vincent.
Cheerful News - great to see these units going into preservation. Many thanks for your report Guy.