Cornwall  Railway  Society
  • April 22 Home Page
  • LATEST INPUT , NEWS & OLD PICTURES ETC.
  • INDOOR & OUTDOOR MEETINGS PROGRAMME
  • CORNWALL RAILWAY SOCIETY GENERAL INFORMATION CONTACTS & WEBMASTERS MEMBERSHIP FORM ETC.
  • FEATURES, MAIN INDEX & OUTDOOR EVENTS REPORTS.
  • CORNWALL GALLERIES
  • DEVON GALLERIES
  • North & East of TAUNTON & HONITON
  • Military and Industrial Tramways & Light Railways
  • Pleasure Tramways & Light Railways
  • RAILTOURS, AERIAL VIEWS ,MISCELLANEOUS
  • STEAM & DIESEL RAILTOURS 22 ONWARDS
  • CORNISH RAILWAYS WAR DIARY
  • LOCAL YOUTUBE
  • Historical Outdoor Events INDEX
  • ARCHITECTURE
  • INDEX TO ARTICLES WRITTEN BY COLIN BURGES
  • ARTICLES SECTION.
  • ENGINEERING PLANT DIARY
  • News reports Jan to Aug 2012
  • Links
  • MAPS, PHOTOS, AERIAL VIEWS
  • Official Documents available to the General Public
  • Public notices and posters collection

Items added on 24th February 2017                                                                                         Those added most recently come first

24/2/2017

 
Through the Fence
The extension to Long Rock TMD
Roger Winnen

Picture
170224a The extension to Long Rock Train Maintenance Depot is taking shape. Copyright Roger Winnen
Picture
170224b Cladding from the original side wall of the shed has been removed together with the adjoining ancillary buildings to incorporate the extension. . Copyright Roger Winnen
Picture
170224c Looking from the Morrison Supermarket end towards the depot. Copyright Roger Winnen
Signs
​Ron Grace
Picture
We are still uncertain whether this sign ever graced the the platform at Dunmere? Copyright Ron Grace.
Picture
Copyright Ron Grace
Many thanks for sending these photos in Ron, keep the signs safe.
Mono rail and more at
Westonzoyland
Colin Burges

​Dear Keith,
Not a great many people roam the minor roads across the Somerset Levels. For a cyclist used to exhausting climbs and exhilarating descents, these byways seem quite strange and disorientating. During the floods of 2014, many of the place names were featured on national news and passing through them in the summer brought the striking images back to mind.

Near Westonzoyland, where the Battle of Sedgemoor was fought, the last on English soil, is a fascinating little museum with a narrow gauge railway layout. It is a good place to learn how the Levels, much of which lie below sea level at high water, were, and are, drained.

http://www.wzlet.org/
(The above is well worth clicking on)
Not surprisingly, many buildings suffer subsidence.
Picture
Colin says "Many buildings suffer subsidence" - is this a lean to !! Copyright Colin Burges
Picture
This is the mono rail Colin refers to. Copyright Colin Burges.
​This apparatus at the nearby Northmoor Pumping Station springs into operation automatically. The monorail carries a grab which positions itself above the screen, picks up debris below the water and returns to drop it into the parked trailer. It may be stretching it to include this in a railway website but I feel that anyone of our persuasion couldn't help but pause to watch it at work.
Many thanks for this Colin, we'll see if Roger can organise a special trip to view!!   Unusual but it is rail.
To Kingswear
in BR days
Part 1

Ron Kosys
Picture
D855 Triumph with the 0750 Newton Abbot-Kingswear crosses the 148 yd Hookhill Viaduct 21st August 1971 Copyright Ron Kosys
Picture
855 Triump arriving at Churston 21st August .1971 with the 0835 Kingswear-Cardiff Copyright Ron Kosys
Picture
855 stands at Churston with the 0835 Kingswear-Cardiff 1Copyright Ron Kosys
Picture
The weed grown bay for the Brixham branch is clearly seen in this view. 21st August 1971. Copyright Ron Kosys
Picture
855 Triumph Pulls away from Churston on the 21st August 1971 and heads for Paignton with the 0835 Kingswear-Cardiff Copyright Ron Kosys A coal yard occupies the formation of the Brixham branch, now of course occupied by the turntable.

Brixham
Trevor Snell

Picture
The now preserved 1466 stands at Brixham with a service from Churston. From the Trevor Snell Collection
King at Bristol
John Cornelius

Picture
Copyright John Cornelius

Comments are closed.

    Archives

    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011