Roger Winnen
Roskear Jct.
Roger Winnen
Walking the remains of the Roskear Branch today Roger Winnen A bit of history Roskear Jct. Roger Winnen Many thanks Roger.
Westbury and Plymouth Driver Alan Peters Colas Rail 66848 & 66849 worked from Westbury to Plymouth with 6C97 the RDT (Rail Delivery Train) to drop new rails near Ivybridge on the 4th February 2023, 66849 'Wylam Dilly' is pictured waiting to depart Westbury Down yard for Plymouth and 66848 is pictured ready to leave Plymouth for Hemerdon Loop. Driver Alan Peters Crystal clear clear pictures - Many thanks Alan. Angarrack & Hayle Viaducts Dennis Clarke Here are a couple of photos of Angarrack and Hayle viaducts taken this evening. The sky was fantastic in Angarrack but much darker when I got back to Hayle, Regards, Dennis Clarke. Many thanks Dennis for your most unusual views from the far west. Everything but the Clay Andrew Triggs Evening Keith/Roger A car trip in generally good photographic conditions to mid Cornwall today, in order to mainly catch the Goonbarrow Junction-Fowey Clay CDAs...which didn't run and was cancelled, but still came away with some decent shots of the day, especially later on at Hallenbeagle, where I met CRS contributor Keith Barrow for the first time, we had a decent chat while awaiting the train movements there All the Best Andrew 1. Early doors at a cold Respryn 800320 working 1A80 08.15 Penzance-London Paddington 6.2.2023 2. 150219 working 2N05 11.09 Newquay-Par, viewed from Treffry Viaduct/Aqueduct 6.2.2023 3. Classic Traction at the Iconic Cornish location 43154 with 43016 working 2C26 13.43 Plymouth-Penzance passing Hallenbeagle 6.2.2023 4. Going away shot of 158956 working 2P19 14.50 Penzance-Plymouth, nearing Apex road overbridge 6.2.2023 5. From a wider and slightly raised angle, 43188 leading 2C27 1418 Plymouth-Penzance (with 43029) passing Hallenbeagle 6.2.2023 Hi Andrew, a pity about the clay still you got a good variety - thank you. Nineteen Sixty two Part two Michael L. Roach. Crossing the River Plym On 17 February 1962 I spent some time on the bridge over the railway just to the west of Tavistock Junction, Plymouth. The bridge carried the carriage drive to Saltram House over the railway and was probably built at the time that the railway was built circa 1847 since the carriage drive was already in existence long before the railway. It was a very ornate bridge of cast iron beams and cast iron balustrades no doubt to suit his lordship i.e Lord Morley. The bridge came to be known as “Lord Morley's Bridge” but I did not know that until sixty years later. The bridge gave a good view of the railway in both directions. A very short distance to the south west the main line was carried over the River Plym on a four span bridge only just above high water level which was partly reconstructed by the GWR in 1927. At the same time Lord Morley's Bridge was raised although this is not obvious in photographs. Unfortunately Lord Morley's Bridge was demolished circa 1970 in connection with the construction of the A38 Plympton Bypass. Two hundred and fifty metres north of the River Plym Bridge the river passed under the then A38, now the B3416 at Long Bridge. Alongside was the lodge of the carriage drive which passed over a minor stream called the Tory Brook. This often ran white, contaminated with china clay waste, and the results can be seen in the photos of the River Plym Bridge where the bridge piers and the river banks are covered in white slime. The pollution was stopped eventually and the river bank returned to more natural colours. One hundred metres further north was another very old cast iron bridge carrying the Lee Moor Tramway over the River Plym. This was built for the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway in 1823. Photos of this bridge will appear in a later part. I spent some 70 minutes at Lord Morley's Bridge that day and saw just one mainline express in each direction. The down train was the Cornish Riviera Express and was hauled by an unrecorded diesel loco. The up train was The Royal Duchy which departed Plymouth at 2.30pm hauled by a Western and a Warship diesel. The Western was D1000 which was then just two months old being outshopped from Swindon on 20 December 1961. The next Western D1001 was outshopped on 12 February 1962 and the following ones at the rate of one per calendar month. I saw seven steam locomotives in the time I was there: one pannier, two Halls and four 4575-class prairies APOLOGY: In Part 1 of this series I should have recorded my sincere thanks to John Hodge who provided the details of pannier tank's 6400 workings while based at Pontypool Road Shed from 1935 to 1959. John is an expert on the railways of Wales and has written many books on the subject which are highly recommended. MLR / 31 January 2023 5956 D1000 and D817 with the 11.30am Penzance to Paddington express on 17 February 1962. Super power for just seven coaches. At Newton Abbot a rake of coaches from Paignton willl be added to the train which was named The Royal Duchy. The train was due to arrive at Paddington at 7.20pm. Copyright Michael L. Roach. Many thanks for Part Two Michael - we are looking forward to part three.
Picture of a picture! What a photograph? Bill Elston Picture of the month - many thanks Bill and the unknown gentleman. Sunday Morning at Rewe David Tozer Gents, A quick visit to Rewe to photograph the LWR train with 66848 and 66849 Wylam Dilly working the 0800 6C97 Ivybridge to Margam T.C. Dave Many Thanks David Winter Preperations Bill Elston A bit of interest at Cogload today, firstly, engineers working 6C97, 0800 Ivybridge to Margam t/t by Colas 66848 and 66849, Then, the two Fairwater Yd snowploughs were taken for their annual jaunt up the main line to Highbridge and back by 37419 and 37601. Cheers, Bill Elston. The snow ploughs taken for exercise. Copyright Bill Elston.
Perfect Sunshine at Hayle this morning Roger Winnen Ponsandane Progress Dennis Clarke A couple of pictures at Pondandane that I took this afternoon, Regards, Dennis Many thanks Dennis - it's good to look at the expansion of the Cornwall Stystem when only last week we were saddened by the removal of a siding at Par. Machining parts for 34046 Braunton at Williton Bill Elston Many thanks Bill for your examples of your fine work - there are more pictures to come I understand. Didcot Colin Pidgeon Many thanks Colin. Kintbury Andrew Jenkins Many thanks Andrew.
Wrong line Western at Camborne Roger Winnen Many thanks Roger. An update on the above picture Camborne / Roger Winnen Guy Vincent The mystery 'Western' captured by Roger leaving Camborne on the 1205 Penzance - Padd'n on Sunday 9th March 1975 is D1010 Western Campaigner. I have previously saved a photo of the same end of the loco ('B' end) taken on 7th Feb 1975 and all the rust marks, damage and the missing electrfication 'flash' warning notice on the drivers side match perfectly. Initial clues were the long nameplate and low-set OHL notices generally carried by most of the Swindon-built locos. Another one identified! With regards Guy Vincent Many thanks Guy for your up date and research. This is of course the machine which completed the record breaking and never to be repeated non-stop run from Paddington to Penzance. Todays Steam at Pewsey Ken Mumford Friends, The 1Z32 Paddington to Gloucester via Newbury, Bath and Bristol Parkway hauled by 45699 'Galatea' masquerading as 45627 'Sierra Leone' passing Pewsey about 5 minutes late [due 1010 passed at 1015. Kind regards, Ken Mumford. Many thanks Ken - nice to get views from up your way. This morning at Penzance Andrew Triggs Morning Keith/Roger This morning 57603 'Tintagel Castle' worked light engine from Exeter St Davids, running as 0Z79 06.20 Exeter St Davids-Longrock T&RSMD (via Penzance) 4 shots for CRS All the Best Andrew Triggs. Many thanks Andrew, a good mornings catch.
1962 Part 1 Michael L Roach Pannier 6400 on the 2.10 to Tavistock South The 6400-class of pannier tank were introduced by the GWR in 1932 as a slightly scaled down version of the standard 5700-class of pannier tank introduced in 1929. Most of the dimesions of both classes were identical including the driving wheel diameter but boiler pressure of the 6400s was 165psi against the 200psi of the 5700s. This resulted in the 6400s having only 73 percent of the tractive effort of the standard pannier tank. BR rated the 6400s as 2P whereas the 5700s were rated 3F although in practice they were used on both passenger, freight and shunting duties as though they were 3MTs. The 6400 were built from February 1932 to April 1937 and were all auto-fitted for propelling auto coaches. The first of the new class was numbered 6400, and was allocated to Aberdare Shed where I imagine it would have been used on the auto-trains to Merthyr backed up by the fact that Merthyr Shed received 6401 in the same month of February 1932. 6400 was moved to Pontypool Road Shed in 1935 and stayed there right through nationalisation until the spring of 1959. 6400 was one of five of the class at Pontypool in 1950 one of the largest allocations of the class anywhere. The 6400s would have worked the autotrains between Newport, Pontypool and Blaenavon Low Level. Up until 1941, when the service was withdrawn, the class would also have worked the Pontypool, Blaenavon High Level to Brynmawr trains. After 24 years at Pontypool Road 6400 moved to Plymouth in the spring of 1959 and was formally shedded at Laira from 18 April 1959. After 4 years the loco moved to Exmouth Junction and then Yeovil Junction from where it was withdrawn in April 1964. When 6400 moved to Laira the Saltash trains were still 100 percent steam operated, but the vast majority were dieselised the following year and after that 6400 would operate mostly between Plymouth and Tavistock South on the line to Launceston. I worked away from Plymouth for some time around then but returned to Plymouth at the end of March 1961 and promptly bought a new and better camera. I photographed the 2.10pm Plymouth to Tavistock South and its return working the 4.30pm off Tavistock several times that summer but each time it was auto-fitted 5572 that was operating the train. My path would cross 6400's for the first time on 21 October 1961 when I photographed the loco crossing Walkham Viaduct with two auto coaches in tow – the photo can be seen in Devon Galleries. In the next three months I would photograph the 2.10pm seven times all in different places and each time the auto coaches were being hauled out to Tavistock by 6400. The last occasion was on 16 January 1962. The loco then disappeared completely for seven months until the 18 August 1962 when it was photographed on the 12.14pm Plymouth to Launceston which was a most unusual occurrence to work a Launceston train and to proceed beyond Tavistock as well. The loco worked out to Tavistock regularly for the last few months of the passenger service on the line including the last day on 29 December 1962. The 2.10pm was also regularly worked by class mate 6430 during these last few months. 6430 was a stable mate at Pontypool Road Shed at the time of nationalisation. Regular viewers may recall a series on this website during December 2022 titled “End of 1962” which dealt with the last two weeks of 1962 in the Plymouth area. In this new series the other fifty weeks of 1962 will be covered in similar fashion but covering a much larger area. At the start of the year there was still plenty of steam around but it was still in decline with dieselisation and line closures. Some of these photographs already appear in the Devon, Cornwall and Elsewhere Galleries, but the scans in this series are all new and will have enhanced captions with more detail. MLR / 1 February 2023 Many thanks Michael. Yesterday at Ponsandane Roger Salter The three new sidings under construction at Ponsandane Penzance Many Thanks Roger Yesterday at Rewe David Tozer Many Thanks David Yesterday Totnes & Plymouth Mark Lynam Good evening Keith/Roger, I have attached a few photos which were taken at Totnes and Plymouth today. 1. GWR 43094 + 43172 at Totnes working 5M98 1318 Laira T&RSMD to St Philips Marsh HST Depot. 2. XC 43304 + 43357 at Totnes working 1V46 0710 Leeds to Plymouth - Running 118 late. 3. 5 minutes later XC 43184 + 43303 working 1V50 0606 Edinburgh to Plymouth, which I got on to Plymouth. 4. XC 43184 at Plymouth after working 1V50 0606 Edinburgh to Plymouth. 5. 43303 on the other end which would then form 1E63 1527 Plymouth to Leeds. 6. Having looked on RTT I noticed the clay was running early so managed to capture that as well - 66007 at Plymouth working 6C53 1511 St Blazey Ss to Exeter Riverside N.Y. - Running 55 early. Thanks, Mark Lynam Many thanks Mark - a good days work.
Didcot Driver Alan Peters Crew Change at Didcot The late afternoon sun catches Colas Rail 66846 at Didcot Parkway during a crew change, the light locomotive was working 0V27 from Eastleigh to Hinksey Yard on 31st January 2023 Alan Peters Many thanks Alan. Cowley Bridge Jct Keith Turley Hi. Keith and Roger. On 1st February 2023 Colas Rail Freight class 37 No.37116 comes off the Barnstaple/Okehampton branch at Cowley Bridge Junc. working the OZ37 09:00 Exeter Riverside Yard to Exeter Riverside yard via Barnstaple route learner/refresher. Regards Keith Turley. Many thanks Keith.
ASLEF Strike Day Wednesday 1st February 2023 Roger Winnen East & West Cornwall had trains today the Gunnislake & St Ives Branch which had through services to Penzance had thirteen through workings staffed by train managers its believed, however few people were travelling. No other passenger trains were scheduled to run. Western on shed Long Rock Roger Winnen Memories from Roger - many thanks. Didcot Michael Forward The Royal Mail awaits departure Michael Forward Many Thanks Michael
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