Items added on 19th January 2017 Those added most recently come first

Moorswater today
Peter Murnaghan

​Keith,

It was a cold and frosty morn, when this morning's train pulled out of Moorswater towards Coombe Junction.

Here's a few pics of mine, that you might wish to upload onto the website.  The very frosty picture shows the double bridge at Coombe.  Actually, it's a triple bridge, but the train is obscuring the third arch.  From the left, the lane crosses the line of the old Liskeard and Looe Union Canal (now a footpath), the railway and then the East Looe River.

My picture of the green class 150 crossing Moorswater viaduct shows a glimpse of the headlights of the Colas class 70 shunting its train out of Moorswater, but sadly it wasn't possible to catch both trains properly in the same picture !

All the best,

Peter                              Many thanks Peter

70802 Moorswater 19th January 2017 Copyright Peter Murnaghan

70802 Moorswater 19th January 2017 Copyright Peter Murnaghan

70802 Moorswater 19th January 2017 Copyright Peter Murnaghan

WHAT A SUPER PICTURE. 70802 Moorswater 19th January 2017 Copyright Peter Murnaghan

Staffords Bridge
David Tozer

70805 from the roadside at Stafford's Bridge with the 0830 Westbury - Riverside 13th January 2017 Copyright David Tozer

Aerial views of Camborne Station !
Roger Winnen

Since last weekend a new temporary footbridge has been erected at Camborne Station which has 33 steps to the top only six more would give us the '39 steps'!
One would think that the clearances of this bridge would suit the overhead electrics of which we shall not see in our lifetime. The existing footbridge at the end of the platforms will be removed this weekend and refurbished before it is re installed within a couple of months.
So its now keep fit lessons at Camborne Station! However the road crossing is still available for the public to use.

170119a Lookin down from the new temporary footbridge at Camborne with the 10.00 Penzance Paddington service. Copyright Roger Winnen

170119b The structure of this bridge held down with large blocks of concrete. Copyright Roger Winnen

170119c Back in time there were two sidings behind the up main platform. One nearest to the platform terminated just before the station building, the other siding extended behind the station building almost to the public road. A small turntable was situated near the end of this siding just before the buffer stop to allow wagons to be turned to gain access to a railway building, possibly the granite building seen in the left background. The two sidings were fed by a single line off the down main - this line and used a crossover to gain access. Copyright Roger Winnen

170119d The old bridge has now been fenced off and it is due to be lifted this coming weekend. The good news! this bridge will be reinstated after restoration in a couple of months. Copyright Roger Winnen

170119e The 11.08 service from Camborne to Plymouth awaits departure from the platform. Copyright Roger Winnen

Broadstone
Geoffery Matthews

Broadstone. from a train 75072 just about to take a left turn onto the wonderful world of the Somerset and Dorset. 23rd May 1965 Copyright Geoffery Matthews The line straight ahead is towards Wimborne, this lost its passenger service on the 4th May 1964 and its goods service on the 2nd May 1977. The S & D closed to passengers ten months after this photograph was taken. Goods traffic continued to Blandford Forum for a further three years, but the line was finally closed, and the track lifted, in 1969. The signalbox contained a 32 lever frame.

Bournemouth Shed
John Cornelius

Today we bring you the sixth in the series of photographs of a variety of locomotives all shot at Bournemouth within a period of two hours. Many thanks John.

Copyright John Cornelius