57003 and 57301 Goliath on route learning run to Penzance
Andrew Triggs Roger Winnen
Andrew Triggs Roger Winnen
Viewed from above the Station wall, 57003 leading 0Z30 arriving at 11.52, 6 early Copyright Andrew Triggs
190403a 57003 57301 Arrives at Penzance on a route learning run. Copyright Roger Winnen
190403b 57301 Goliath and 57003 in Platform 4 at Penzance. Copyright Roger Winnen
0Z31 with 57301 now leading, passing Slopers siding at 12.35, running 4 early. Copyright Andrew Triggs
Public Notices and Posters Collection, has been updated with,
Special Notice: Whit Monday and Platform Arrangements.
West Somerset Minerals Railway stations at
Roadwater and Luxborough Road
Roadwater and Luxborough Road
A comparison between Roadwater and Luxborough Road stations on the West Somerset Minerals Railway could hardly be different - the former in domestic use the latter a few lumps of stone in some vague order. To find out more about the West Somerset Minerals Railway please click here.
Its original function as a railway station is still very evident in this picture of Roadwater Station station taken on the 21st Sept 2002 by Roger Winnen Copyright. This station had a timetabled service of fours trains per day.
The West Somerset Minerals Railway climbed to a higher level on the Brendon Hills by means of an incline. The Brendon Hill incline this view up the incline the steepness of the 1 in 4 gradient can be seen to advantage. The upper section never had a regular Passenger service.This picture taken in 1981 by the late John Cornelius. Copyright.
This is all that remains of Luxborough Road Station, high on the Brendon Hills as seen on the24th March 2019 Copyright Robert Lindley
Winnen's Westerns
Paignton
Roger Winnen
Paignton
Roger Winnen
D1023 Western Fusilier at Paignton South. 26th May 1975 Copyright Roger Winnen
West Somerset Railway
Diesel Gala
Diesel Gala
Karl Hewlett kindly advises us that there has been a change of plan concerning motive power at this years West Somerset Railway Diesel Gala from the 20th to 23rd June. To update viewers Peak 46010 will be not attending the gala.