20th May 2020

'Hotting Up'
Michael Forward

Hello Roger, I hope you are still well and I was Interested to see you had made it to Hayle,though not by train!
From Monday we have a train service, hourly, instead of the ‘bus replacement so a small step back to normality.
I send a picture of 47489 leaving Penzance on 10 September 1987 with the 10.27 to Edinburgh,’The Cornish Scot’ on a sunny and warm day.
Thanks and best wishes. Copyright Michael Forward

Many Thanks Michael

Morning in Cornwall 'Hayle'
Leslie Curnow- Roger Winnen

200520a 43194 Okehampton Castle crossing Hayle Viaduct with the 11.15 Penzance to Plymouth. Copyright Roger Winnen

200520b 57605 Totnes Castle on a return working from Long Rock via Truro to Long Rock. Copyright Roger Winnen

200520c 43154 Compton Castle at the rear working the 10.15 Penzance to Plymouth at Hayle Station. Copyright Roger Winnen

Good to see you this morning Roger
A photo of 2P13 1210  Penzance to Plymouth  headed by 43122  Dunster Castle arriving at Hayle today 20th May 2020 crossing the Viaduct with its four coaches with 43198  at the rear.
Copyright Leslie Curnow

Thanks Leslie, nice to see you this morning at Hayle

Not just the weedkiller!
Ken Mumford

Ken writes - Friends,
I did see if I could take photos at the station but the two members of staff were extremely good even though Train-spotting as they said was not an exercise (unless I walked up an down the platform!).  They suggested that I tried the Town side of platform 4 but the fence was too high!  So, I tried Marston Footbridge and I was surprised when nobody was on the footbridge, so I made my way to the top of the footbridge and I had it ALL TO MYSELF until I left about two hours later!

66155 leads the weedkiller on the 19th May 2020 (From Marston footbridge) Copyright Ken Mumford

66017 brings up the rear. 19th May 2020 Copyright Ken Mumford

66622 on a westbound freight. 19th May 2020 Copyright Ken Mumford.

Many thanks Ken.

Nr. Wrangaton
Clive Smith

This is Cheston Bridge on Primrose Lane just east of Wrangaton looking towards South Brent where lineside vegetation was cut back in early 2019.  I came here the previous day at 19.15 in hope to photo the class 66 top n tail weedkiller train that has been operating in the area, but the low sun and large trees created too much shadow so I thought a mid-afternoon visit would produce a good photo. The train is the 1V50 06.06 Edinburgh - Plymouth with 43207 leading and 43321 on the rear. The hill in the background is the 1020 feet high Brent Hill.

Regards,  Clive Smith
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Wrangaton, Cheston bridge on Primrose Lane. XC43207 19th May 2020. Copyright Clive Smith.

Many thanks Clive.

Night time at
Exeter (7)
Paul Barlow

47103 17.52 Paddington to Penzance Fridays only 50015 Valiant 20.20 To Basingstoke seen on the 22nd October 1982. Copyright Paul Barlow.

This is the last of Paul's night time sequences at Exeter, a real enthusiast if ever there was. Many thanks Paul.