Truthall
Kevin Meagor
Kevin Meagor
Truthall Halt from an unusual angle. Rebuilt 50 years after closure Copyright Kevin Meagor
Sleeper ECS to Paddington
Clive Smith
Clive Smith
57604 & 57602 passing Ivybridge with the 10.11 Penzance to Reading ECS empty sleeper stock from Friday night's failure and subsequent HST replacement. 17th December 2017 Copyright Clive Smith
Going away shot 57604 & 57602 passing Ivybridge with the 10.11 Penzance to Reading ECS empty sleeper stock 17th December 2017 Copyright Clive Smith
The Saga following 57602 and its HST Drag to Laira on Friday
Andrew Triggs
Andrew Triggs
I noted these two Class 57s coupled up in the sidings whilst passing by in the car. Only 57604 Pendennis Castle was running, 57602 Restormal Castle having rescued the errant HST on Friday morning taking it to Plymouth failed prior to working The Night Riviera from Penzance that evening. The Night Riviera was then replaced by another HST for its overnight journey to Paddington.
171216a 57604 Pendennis Castle and 57602 Restormal Castle at Long Rock coupled to the Night Riviera. Copyright Andrew Triggs
Ashburton
Ron Kosys
Ron Kosys
4555 resting at Ashburton on the 21st July 1971 Copyright Ron Kosys
Exeter St Davids
Adrian Hoblyn
Adrian Hoblyn
Exeter St Davids. December 1962 by the late Adrian Hoblyn
David Tozer writes - I am afraid I must challenge the location of this photograph. (It was yesterday shown as on Exmouth Jct Scrap lines).
I suspect it is in fact not Exmouth Junction, but Exeter (St David's) - 83C. The clue is the coal wagons behind 30951 which are on a incline which led to the coaling stage at St David's. Following the Western Region take over some engines were stored in the down sidings at Exmouth Junction and others went to St David's loco for storage. Another storage location was a siding beside the head shut for the C & W Depot. Exmouth Junction did not have an incline whereby the track was much higher than ground level.
This is also confirmed by Richard Parkinson's excellent book, 'Exeter Memories - Exmouth Junction Fireman'. On page 23 is a photograph of 30951 in store at St David's with Class 700 30700, N 31409, and two further Class 700's 30689 and 30697. The photograph is dated December 1962. Again I would question the date (unless it was very early in December) as on 3rd January 1963 30689 and 30697 were on snow plough duties and were stranded at Sourton Cross in deep snow and I think cylinder damage lead to them being condemned. A couple of months later Exmouth Junction received two Q 0-6-0 engines for snow plough duties (30530/30531) and these were replaced later by WR 0-6-0's of the 2251 Class. One of which was 3205 now resident on the SDR.
Many thanks for this David - I bow to your detailed local knowledge.
I suspect it is in fact not Exmouth Junction, but Exeter (St David's) - 83C. The clue is the coal wagons behind 30951 which are on a incline which led to the coaling stage at St David's. Following the Western Region take over some engines were stored in the down sidings at Exmouth Junction and others went to St David's loco for storage. Another storage location was a siding beside the head shut for the C & W Depot. Exmouth Junction did not have an incline whereby the track was much higher than ground level.
This is also confirmed by Richard Parkinson's excellent book, 'Exeter Memories - Exmouth Junction Fireman'. On page 23 is a photograph of 30951 in store at St David's with Class 700 30700, N 31409, and two further Class 700's 30689 and 30697. The photograph is dated December 1962. Again I would question the date (unless it was very early in December) as on 3rd January 1963 30689 and 30697 were on snow plough duties and were stranded at Sourton Cross in deep snow and I think cylinder damage lead to them being condemned. A couple of months later Exmouth Junction received two Q 0-6-0 engines for snow plough duties (30530/30531) and these were replaced later by WR 0-6-0's of the 2251 Class. One of which was 3205 now resident on the SDR.
Many thanks for this David - I bow to your detailed local knowledge.
Yeovil Railway Centre
John Cornelius
John Cornelius
Copyright John Cornelius