Ballast Regulator DR 77327. By Mick House.
DR 77327 is a Plasser & Theurer USP 5000C series seven Ballast Regulator, built in 1983 and run by Colas Rail in Truro yard today 26-07-2018. By Mick House.
DR 77327 in Truro yard, unfortunately I forgot my garden shears. Copyright Mick House.
DR 77327 in Truro yard. Copyright Mick House.
Liskeard dated
Chris Bellett
Chris Bellett
Copyright John Cornelius (Now dated 27th April 2004)
In recent post I asked for a date for this work at Liskeard.
Many thanks to Chris Bellett for the following :- Today (24/07/2018) you published a photograph on your website showing the start of the refurbishment work on the station building at Liskeard Branch Station (the Looe Branch platform). You asked if anybody could date that.
At the time of this work I was Network Rail Signal Maintenance Engineer based at Plymouth and I had responsibility for the electrical team that looked after the buffer stop lighting at all stations in Cornwall and Devon. As part of the refurbishment work the Looe Branch platform was temporarily shortened and a temporary buffer stop, and buffer stop lighting was installed that you can just make out in front of the train in the platform. I have several photographs of this work and they the installation ones, taken on the day of the platform shortening work, are dated 27 April 2004. It is worth noting that we did this ‘in-between service trains’.
Hope that helps with your query. Kind Regards, Christopher J Bellett
Many thanks to you Chris
Many thanks to Chris Bellett for the following :- Today (24/07/2018) you published a photograph on your website showing the start of the refurbishment work on the station building at Liskeard Branch Station (the Looe Branch platform). You asked if anybody could date that.
At the time of this work I was Network Rail Signal Maintenance Engineer based at Plymouth and I had responsibility for the electrical team that looked after the buffer stop lighting at all stations in Cornwall and Devon. As part of the refurbishment work the Looe Branch platform was temporarily shortened and a temporary buffer stop, and buffer stop lighting was installed that you can just make out in front of the train in the platform. I have several photographs of this work and they the installation ones, taken on the day of the platform shortening work, are dated 27 April 2004. It is worth noting that we did this ‘in-between service trains’.
Hope that helps with your query. Kind Regards, Christopher J Bellett
Many thanks to you Chris
A day in the
Dawlish Area
Will Kilner
Dawlish Area
Will Kilner
Welcome - Will writes :- I’m Will Kilner from Holmfirth, Yorkshire. All images my own. Feel free to use. Best wishes, love the website and am actually slightly addicted!! Keep up the addiction, hope it does you good!
The first of the day. 37 and Caroline. Taken just to the west of Cockwood Harbour at 08.15 on the 25th July 2018. Copyright Will Killner
Dawlish. Will's family inspect the new transport at 11.15 on the 25th July 2018 Copyright Will Killner (It's a long train)
"Will it never end" one can imagine the young man in the foreground saying. 11.15 25th July 2018 Copyright Will Kilner
Dawlish - at last THE END! 11.15 25th July 2018. Copyright Will Kilner.
Back at Cockwood at tea-time view. The wall lacks some of the history and charm of the previous one, but the ‘improvements’ don’t seem as bad as feared, perhaps only reducing the harbour’s visual appeal by 10 per cent! 25th July 2018 Copyright Will Kilner
Cockwood again at Teatime. What will soon very unfortunately be a rare sight. A full length HST. 25th July 2018 Copyright Will Kilner (Nice to catch it with the tide in)
Caroline and Craig
plus other workings
plus other workings
One of the most memorable workings of 2018 so far was large logo class 37 37424/558 working Inspection Saloon Caroline down form Exeter St Davids to Penzance. The loco lead the way down and looked fabulous in the bright morning sunshine. The working is seen near Brownqueen Tunnel & Coombe viaduct on return. Some other workings included.
The cement did not run west of Liskeard today, as it ran around there and not Lostwithiel.
Kind regards
Craig Many thanks Craig
Yet another test run. 25th July 2018 Copyright Craig Munday
The same location as above. A Class 150 in the now familiar livery. 26th July 2018
A Cross Country train, one hope the air conditioning was working on a boiling hot day. 25th July 2018 Copyright Craig Munday
37424 with Caroline Copyright Craig Munday
A nice crisp shot of 37424 with Caroline. Copyright Craig Munday