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8th June 2019

8/6/2019

 
Craig calls at Laira
June Days
Craig Munday

A while since I've had opportunity or decent light to grab some pictures. During my infamous "Golden Weeks" as I call it around the longest days too.

5th
I was in Laira the other day, so grabbed these shots of recent celebrity 43002 out of the limelight around the sidings, connected to the shore supply. I'm aware the name plates may be removed shortly?

Also present was ROG 47/8 number 47813. The loco failed on the down run a while back and has resided at Laira awaiting collection. It returned eastbound by 47815 on 7th in a stock move. 08644 was busy shunting HST trailers around the depot too. 

6th
Some dazzling light and threatening clouds made a good reason to visit Chris & Ann's property at Golant. Loco 66025 has replaced 66091, and it caught the sun nicely on the causeway just after 17.00 in the evening. 

                    All the best,  Craig.   
Many thanks Craig 
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43002 at Laira on the 5th June 2019 Copyright Craig Munday
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47813 at Laira on the 5th June 2019 Copyright Craig Munday
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08 644 busy shunting stock at Laira on the 5th June 2019 Copyright Craig Munday
-- and out and about.
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66041 passing the golf course at Carlyon Bay with the 6C12 on the 6th June 2019 Copyright Craig Munday
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66025 seen at Golant with the 6G08 6th June 2019 Copyright Craig Munday
Tresavean Incline
Paddy Bradley

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This is a copy of a previously published picture - from the Paddy Bradley Collection. This view is from the Trevingey Road Bridge. Note the telephone wires for communication between the top and bottom of the incline. Also note the haulage cable lying on the pulleys on the left hand set of rails. Locomotives shunted wagons at the top but beyond this the Tresavean branch was horse worked,
A further and much appreciated note from Roy Hart :- ​The wires are for the electric telegraph. The incline was controlled by two men: the signalman at Redruth Junction and a person at the control hut at the summit. Movements were regulated by block bell and 'South Devon Railway block instruments' These were 2-position block instruments ('line blocked' or 'train on line') the predecessors of modern 3-position instruments. The SDR instruments dated from the days of the 'joint companies' around 1875-80. They survived the introduction of modern block instruments (c1890) in two places: Tresavean and Ashburton.
The engine propelled loaded coal wagons on to the lower end of the incline, then climbed 'light engine' on the other track. At the summit, it placed outgoing wagons at the top of the incline and they were attached to the wire. The 2 sets of wagons (the limit was 4 wagons at a time) then counterbalanced one another. About 300 yards beyond the summit was a board: 'Engines may not pass this point'. The engine normally gave the incoming wagons a good 'shove' here to assist the horses!
Tresavean mine had been prosperous in the copper era before 1860 but had a chequered career after that. The last revival came after 1905, when Harvey's shaft was reopened. The pumps were electric, driven by their own generators and later from the grid, so there was little need for incoming coal. Harvey's engine was notable for its 150 foot chimney, which dominated the village of Lanner.
The mine finally closed in 1928, but the Tresavean branch was already semi- derelict by then. The incline was maintained in good order until the final official closure in 1936, but beyond the summit, the line was returning to nature. The photograph is from the 1930s, when the line was already long disused.

                               Roy      
Many thanks Roy.
If you want to see more on the Tresavean branch please click here.

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