Cancelled Rail drop
Alan Peters
Alan Peters
Picture of Colas Rail Freight 66849 with 6C98 the long welded rail train now referred to as RDT (Rail Delivery Train) at Lostwithiel in the rain on 3rd September 2019, the train originated at Westbury with hired GBRf 66711 top and tailed to drop rails between Par and St Austell but terminated at Lostwithiel due to non availability of RDT staff, where the train reversed back to Westbury - Alan Peters
33849 at Lostwithiel on the failed rail drop, 4thSeptember 2019 Copyright Alan Peters
Many thanks to you Peter for your picture which was taken at 01.35 at Lostwithiel. Shame about the wasted journey dragging all those tons from Westbury and then back again. What about the pollution and carbon footprint?
Mystery items
Peter Murnaghan
Peter Murnaghan
Peter kindly writes in :-
I don't know whether you have had many responses yet to your appeal about the mystery items. Here are my suggestions.
The black box marked Truro. Many of the smaller stations had a square box to send under lock and key to Truro to pay in their weekly takings. The boxes were signed for by the guard and conveyed to Truro each week for banking. However, the banking boxes that I have seen had a big padlock on them - this box pictured seems not to be secured so effectively. Perhaps it was for returning non-valuable items instead - routine paperwork, perhaps ?
The oval plate is certainly an LMS bridge plate. I used to own a near identical plate, which was numbered 125. That came off a bridge near Penmaenmawr on the north Wales coast. I would assume that bridges along the coast to Holyhead probably started with no. 1 at Chester (or maybe Crewe). I think that we can safely say that there wouldn't have been sufficient bridges west of Penmaenmawr to reach no. 321, so it would probably have come from a bridge on the West Coast main line.
I hope that this is of some help. Best wishes, Peter
Many thanks, Peter
I don't know whether you have had many responses yet to your appeal about the mystery items. Here are my suggestions.
The black box marked Truro. Many of the smaller stations had a square box to send under lock and key to Truro to pay in their weekly takings. The boxes were signed for by the guard and conveyed to Truro each week for banking. However, the banking boxes that I have seen had a big padlock on them - this box pictured seems not to be secured so effectively. Perhaps it was for returning non-valuable items instead - routine paperwork, perhaps ?
The oval plate is certainly an LMS bridge plate. I used to own a near identical plate, which was numbered 125. That came off a bridge near Penmaenmawr on the north Wales coast. I would assume that bridges along the coast to Holyhead probably started with no. 1 at Chester (or maybe Crewe). I think that we can safely say that there wouldn't have been sufficient bridges west of Penmaenmawr to reach no. 321, so it would probably have come from a bridge on the West Coast main line.
I hope that this is of some help. Best wishes, Peter
Many thanks, Peter
The mystery items.
'The Walter Julian Tribute'
A short report.
A short report.
A very good day was had by all who went on the Walter Julian Tribute day out on the South Devon Railway. The weather was excellent, the coach we travelled in, courtesy OTS, was superb as was the driver.
Many thanks to those who assisted in this venture - namely Tony Wright, our liaison with the South Devon Railway, John Ball who organised the coach, Roger Winnen who collected the names and planned the coach route and collection places - Keith Jenkin provided a special headboard and notes on our much respected former chairman.
Many thanks to those who assisted in this venture - namely Tony Wright, our liaison with the South Devon Railway, John Ball who organised the coach, Roger Winnen who collected the names and planned the coach route and collection places - Keith Jenkin provided a special headboard and notes on our much respected former chairman.