A Harry Needle 37612 at Penzance
Leslie Curnow Roger Winnen
Leslie Curnow Roger Winnen
210804a 37612 A Harry Needle Class 37 worked this test train overnight being the 23.15 Exeter St David's to Penzance then making a return run to St Ives and back arriving 05.54 then residing in the sidings until 22.43 tonight Copyright Roger Winnen
210804b The owner ship of this engine in small print on the cabside. The Harry Needle Railroad Company,Copyright Roger Winnen
I was surprised to see a test train at Penzance this morning with class 37 stabled on the far siding nearest the sea. Not the usual Colas yellow example but the dark blue 37612. Interestingly also comprising one of the blue ex Caledonian coaches which seems now to be set in many of these trains. Copyright Leslie Cuernow
37612 at Penzance. Copyright Leslie Curnow
Two praires at
The Dean Forest Railway
Michael Forward
The Dean Forest Railway
Michael Forward
Hello Roger, You had a good trip up to Bodmin and I was interested to see 41312 on shed,I have seen it put in some spirited running ‘over the Alps’ on the Watercress Line. I send two pictures of large and small Prairie tanks on the DFR,firstly 5199 running round at Parkend,in the rain. Thanks and best wishes, Michael
And now small Prairie tank 5541 at Lydney Junction station on 7th June 2019. Copyright Michael Forward
Many Thanks Michael
Exeter
Paul Barlow
Paul Barlow
33023 enters Exeter on the Friary to Fawley bitumen tanks 6O94 while 31256 leaves on the 0857 0857 Paddington - Paignton 1B38 Copyright Paul Barlow
Many thanks Paul
Comment on comment
Neil Phillips
Neil Phillips
Neil Philips replies to SImon Howards note of yesterday.
Hi Roger and Keith,
I saw Simon Howard’s comment and photo of my 18-year-old self sitting in D6328 on Laira’s scrapline with that mop on my head – alas left to its own devices my hair was the kind which went sideways rather than down! The date was 11th September 1971, so 50 years ago next month, and D6328 was my 41st and final Class 22 ‘cop’ – it had arrived at Laira that spring as part of the final-year migration of the surviving members of the type to the far South West and managed to visit most, if not all, Cornish branch lines on a weed-killing train before withdrawal on 17th July. The very clean example in the left background will have been the unfortunate 6319, outshopped by Swindon just 3 months earlier and officially withdrawn that very day.
As for my hair, well I haven’t sat in a barber’s chair since 1978! No, it doesn’t reach my knees, I married a hairdresser!! Whose maiden name happened to be Phillips – pure coincidence, I was born in Redruth and she in Belfast. And we met on her 20th birthday – ‘tis a strange ol’ world!
Best regards,
Neil Phillips
Hi Roger and Keith,
I saw Simon Howard’s comment and photo of my 18-year-old self sitting in D6328 on Laira’s scrapline with that mop on my head – alas left to its own devices my hair was the kind which went sideways rather than down! The date was 11th September 1971, so 50 years ago next month, and D6328 was my 41st and final Class 22 ‘cop’ – it had arrived at Laira that spring as part of the final-year migration of the surviving members of the type to the far South West and managed to visit most, if not all, Cornish branch lines on a weed-killing train before withdrawal on 17th July. The very clean example in the left background will have been the unfortunate 6319, outshopped by Swindon just 3 months earlier and officially withdrawn that very day.
As for my hair, well I haven’t sat in a barber’s chair since 1978! No, it doesn’t reach my knees, I married a hairdresser!! Whose maiden name happened to be Phillips – pure coincidence, I was born in Redruth and she in Belfast. And we met on her 20th birthday – ‘tis a strange ol’ world!
Best regards,
Neil Phillips
Thank you for a most interesting reply Neil, the last time I sat in a barbers chair it cost me two shillings and four pence!!
And now a puzzler from A & D
Berriow Bridge
Andrew and Diane Jones
Berriow Bridge
Andrew and Diane Jones
Dear Keith and Valerie, I have been trying to solve a mystery for many years. Please find attached a photograph of a bridge taken today at Battens Mill near Berriow Bridge on the Liskeard to Launceston road.
It appears from my research that it formed part of the driveway to the long gone Trebartha Hall which caught fire just after the second world war.
Given the nature of the bridge, its construction and its proximity to a number of mines it would appear possible that this bridge may have had a railway connection. Mining in the area ceased around 1840.
Does anyone in the society know of its origin or history?
Best wishes Andrew and Diane.
It appears from my research that it formed part of the driveway to the long gone Trebartha Hall which caught fire just after the second world war.
Given the nature of the bridge, its construction and its proximity to a number of mines it would appear possible that this bridge may have had a railway connection. Mining in the area ceased around 1840.
Does anyone in the society know of its origin or history?
Best wishes Andrew and Diane.
Possible railway bridge at Battens Mill 3rd Aug 2021 Copyright Andrew and Diane Jones
Many thanks for your question Andrew and Diane - can anybody out there answer this one please
Very many thanks to a kind person who quickly wrote in concerning the query regarding the bridge pictured above.
Please inform them that it has no railway connection and there were no railways nearby. It was simply a bridge carrying the carriage drive from a lodge on Trebartha estate to Trebartha Hall and spanning Mill lane.
This reply came very quickly from a Local Person who wishes to remain anonymous many thanks to our source.
Very many thanks to a kind person who quickly wrote in concerning the query regarding the bridge pictured above.
Please inform them that it has no railway connection and there were no railways nearby. It was simply a bridge carrying the carriage drive from a lodge on Trebartha estate to Trebartha Hall and spanning Mill lane.
This reply came very quickly from a Local Person who wishes to remain anonymous many thanks to our source.