The new order of the Train Services in the Summer Timetable for West Cornwall
Roger Winnen
Roger Winnen
190530a 43172 Harry Patch on the 2 + 4 car slam door stock of the 11.41 Penzance Newton Abbot. Copyright Roger Winnen
190530b The orange army at work finishing off St Erth Station prior to its completion by 1st June 2019. Copyright Roger Winnen
190530c Many hands make light work. Copyright Roger Winnen
190530d Installation of new paving slabs on the widened platform. Copyright Roger Winnen
190530e The enlarged passenger circulating area at St Erth. Copyright Roger Winnen
Cowley Bridge
Clive Smith
Clive Smith
Laira 3-car 118 set P461 (W51303+59470+51318) approaches Cowley Bridge Junction with the 12.25 Barnstaple - Exeter St Davids on the 20th February 1982. The River Exe here has seen major flood prevention work take place in recent years. The Barnstaple line is generally the preserve of the reviled class 143 pacers supplemented by 150s with the occasional 158 appearing. However this could soon be changing following the imminent testing on the branch and other lines in Devon of class 165 turbos. Testing was supposed to have taken place overnight earlier this month on the Barnstaple, Exmouth and Paignton branches as well as to Plymouth but was cancelled. Not sure if this is progress as the turbos are already well over 25 years old and their 3+2 hard seating built for Thames Valley commuting leaves a lot to be desired. As someone with long legs who commuted in the Reading area for the best part of a decade I could be biased.
All the best, Clive. Many thanks to you.
All the best, Clive. Many thanks to you.
Cowley Bridge. 12.25 Barnstaple to Exeter. 28th February 1982. Copyright Clive Smith
Posing for posterity
at Newquay
Paddy Bradley
at Newquay
Paddy Bradley
No doubt at Newquay. Paddy Bradley Collection.
Newquay. Courtesy the Paddy Bradley Collection.
Note from Roy Hart. This picture shows a scene during the reconstruction of Newquay station, ready for the opening of the Perranporth branch which came in 1905, so the picture is in the year or two before that. The group are standing around a temporary ground frame which controls points during the engineering work (the old CMR signalbox was replaced by a conventional GWR one. The old station had but one platform while the new one had three, plus a new engine shed and goods shed.).
The men are carrying flags, warning horns, detonators etc., so that they can hand-signal the trains. They will be qualified signalmen.
Many thanks Roy.