Time is running out for the
Lelant Saltings Park & Ride
Roger Winnen
Lelant Saltings Park & Ride
Roger Winnen
From Saturday 1st June 2019 the Park and Ride from Lelant Saltings to St Ives will be relocated to operate from the new facilities now nearing completion at St Erth Railway Station. From this date Lelant Saltings will only be served by one train in either direction shown in the new Great Western Railway Timetable.
190523a Except for through trains between Penzance and St Ives on the branch a shuttle service is provided from Lelant Saltings whilst the ongoing work nears completion at St Erth Copyright Roger Winnen
190523b Passengers alighting from the connecting bus from St Erth and the Park and Ride at the Saltings await to join the train. - Copyright Roger Winnen
190523c The next departure for St Ives awaits departure. Copyright Roger Winnen
190523d Two 150 class units filled to capacity leave Lelant Saltings for St Ives. Copyright Roger Winnen
190523e Queue Here for the platform and trains. Copyright Roger Winnen
190523f The 2018 First Bus on Rail Replacement to St Erth Station whilst the St Ives Branch platform is under reconstruction. Copyright Roger Winnen
Drinnick Mill
Paddy Bradley
Paddy Bradley
Picture Copyright the Paddy Bradley collection.
Another fascinating picture from the Paddy Bradley Collection. This picture is worthy of a close study. Note that all men are wearing headgear of some form or other - in those days one was considered to be undressed without a hat. Four of the uniformed gentlemen sport watch chains and presumably have watches. Three of them are grasping shunters poles which would have had quite a bit use as Drinnick Mill was a busy place. Finally it is pointed out that the locomotive has a wooden buffer beam. Many thanks to you Paddy.
As usual, a very quick and much appreciated response from our Rangoon Correspondent
Dear Keith,
The gent in the centre (wearing frock coat) is the stationmaster. Drinnick Mill had a stationmaster until the 1950s.
Until 1966, there was a goods office and a signal box.
Trains operated both north and south out of Drinnick until 1911, when the ' Carpella break' occurred. The GWR were in dispute with the local clay company about mineral rights beneath the railway. The high court found for the clay company, so the line was severed south of Drinnick for 12 years or so. During this time, new signal boxes were opened at Parkandillack and Kernick because the bulk of the clay was going north to St Dennis.
The engine looks like an 850 class: it will have been shedded at St Blazey. There was an engine shed at Burngullow until about 1906.
We are, of course, in the pre- clay hood era; china clay was normally transported in barrels at this time.
Roy Many thanks Roy
Dear Keith,
The gent in the centre (wearing frock coat) is the stationmaster. Drinnick Mill had a stationmaster until the 1950s.
Until 1966, there was a goods office and a signal box.
Trains operated both north and south out of Drinnick until 1911, when the ' Carpella break' occurred. The GWR were in dispute with the local clay company about mineral rights beneath the railway. The high court found for the clay company, so the line was severed south of Drinnick for 12 years or so. During this time, new signal boxes were opened at Parkandillack and Kernick because the bulk of the clay was going north to St Dennis.
The engine looks like an 850 class: it will have been shedded at St Blazey. There was an engine shed at Burngullow until about 1906.
We are, of course, in the pre- clay hood era; china clay was normally transported in barrels at this time.
Roy Many thanks Roy
Sunny Cornwall
Paul Negus
Paul Negus
Paul Negus, who normally commutes from Bristol to Yatton has extended his range to be in Cornwall at a period of exceptional sunny weather. Hope you enjoy your stay Paul, and thanks.
The beach get the sun but unfortunately the St Ives terminus is not well lit at this hour. A pair of 150's wait to form the next shuttle service back to Lelant Saltings. Lelant Saltings will be closing w.e.f. 1st of June when the newly re-vamped station at St Erth is re-opened on the 1st June, 21st May 2019 Copyright Paul Negus.
All that remains of Marazion station is the former down platform building which has somehow survived the ravages of time. A Castle class train passes the station which closed on the 5th October 1964. The stations view of the sea has been eclipsed by a rake of modern flats standing, where for several years, a rake of Pullman coaches enjoyed the view. 21st May 2019. Copyright Paul Negus.