Stock Move
David Tozer and Nick Dyke
David Tozer and Nick Dyke
Exminster 68027 en route to Plymouth with 'Prentendino' stock!! Video Camera footage picture 27th November 2017 Copyright David
68027 at Plymouth after working 0Z09 from Laira. It arrived from Crewe this afternoon with the pretendelino stock. Copyright Nick Dyke
Many thanks to Nick and David.
Mexico Crossing
Roger Winnen
Roger Winnen
Roger takes a stroll up the beach. A most interesting picture as D1021 Western Cavalier approaches Mexixo Crossing, Long Rock, with an up service. Mexico Crossing is no more following a fatality a few years ago. Note the semaphores, the telegraph wires and posts. 31st December 1973 Copyright Roger Winnen
Yeovil Railway Centre
John Cornelius
John Cornelius
Little and large on shed. Now what did 'Blue Peter ' say to 'Pectin' - "One day out on the main line I ----" !! Copyright John Cornelius
Fowey
Alan Harris
Alan Harris
Almost a painting. In the background Fowey village clinging to the western bank of the Fowey river. In the foreground a string of sheeted clay wagons await unloading plus one truck with barrels. Note the turnplates on which the loaded wagons were turned prior to being trundled out on the jetty. A Gem from the Alan Harris Collection
Additional very valuable information added by Roy Hart who says :-
I would date this picture around 1892. We are looking at the southern end of Carne Point sidings and wharves. The line from Lostwithiel (built in 1869 to broad gauge) has been purchased by the CMR and was regauged and reopened in 1895. The state of the trackwork here suggests that this has not yet come to pass. The Lower wharves at Carne Point (the ones we are looking at here) were built by the CMR with their line from St Blazey and opened in 1874. In the 1890s the passenger service to Lostwithiel began and the GWR (the new owners) extended the wharf installations upriver.
Many thanks Roy.
I would date this picture around 1892. We are looking at the southern end of Carne Point sidings and wharves. The line from Lostwithiel (built in 1869 to broad gauge) has been purchased by the CMR and was regauged and reopened in 1895. The state of the trackwork here suggests that this has not yet come to pass. The Lower wharves at Carne Point (the ones we are looking at here) were built by the CMR with their line from St Blazey and opened in 1874. In the 1890s the passenger service to Lostwithiel began and the GWR (the new owners) extended the wharf installations upriver.
Many thanks Roy.