Items added on 29th March 2017 Those added most recently come first

A Spring visit to the Paignton & Dartmouth Railway 27th March 2017
Roger Winnen

Having purchased an Off Peak Day Return to Plymouth and a Devon Day Ranger ticker where shall I go!. I decided the Paignton & Dartmouth Railway using both train and bus. The timetable gave me very tight connections however it did work. Penzance 08.44 Exeter St David's 11.37 (non stop through Newton Abbot) Exeter St Davids 11.46 Newton Abbot 12.04/12.09 Paignton 12.28 Stagecoach 120 Bus at 12.30 from the Bus Station to Churston 12.45 Dep 13.45 again on Stagecoach Bus 120 to Kingswear 13.55/15.00 Goodrington 15.24 then Paignton dep 16.12 2 x 143 units together with a 150 uni for this service. Newton 16.29/16.42 Exeter St David's 17.02/17.37 Penzance 20.42

170327a 75014 Braveheart recently rebuilt is seen at Churston on the 13.00 Kingswear-Paignton. Copyright Roger Winnen

170327b Braveheart is tailed by D7535 Mercury on its was to Paignton. Copyright Roger Winnen

170327c The Brunel design Kingswear Station. Copyright Roger Winnen

170327d Kingswear Station and the replica Kingswear Station Signal Box receiving a coat of paint. Copyright Roger Winnen

170327e 75014 Arriving at Kingswear on the 14.15 from Paignton. Copyright Roger Winnen

More photographs of the Paignton & Dartmouth Railway will appear in the features Pages

A late night CWR Train at Penzance
Roger Winnen

170328a 66023 arrives Penzance at 23.28 on the 17.32 Westbury Down T.C. to Long Rock. Copyright Roger Winnen

170328b The long welded rails on board its train at Penzance. Copyright Roger Winnen

Terras & Calstock
On a gloriously sunny day
Ron & Jenny Westwater

A high level shot at Terras 153370 heads towards Liskeard with the 2L86 Copyright Ron Westwater

Terras 153370 heads towards Looe with the 2L87 Copyright Ron Westwater

Taken from a very low level, 153370 approaches Terras Crossing with the 2L86 14.57 to Liskeard.Copyright Jenny Westwater

The 12.07 from Gunnislake passes behind the rooftops at Calstock. 26th March 2017 Copyright Ron Westwater

The same service crosses the viaduct at Calstock over a gleaming river Tamar.Copyright Ron Westwater.

Underground at Corsham,
Box tunnel's 3rd Portal
Karl Hewlett

Regarding the article on the myth of Box Tunnel and its secret railway (25th March 2017), here are some links for the underground bunker the third tunnel at Box goes to, each are certainly worth a look:

http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/Oubliette/Boxhill.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2005/12/14/burlington_nuclear_bunker_feature.shtml

https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/box-tunnel-east-portal-sidings-to-tunnel-quarry-and-cad-wiltshire-february-2015.t94218

http://www.nettleden.com/venues/box-tunnel/

http://www.burlingtonbunker.co.uk/emergency-wartime-broadcasting-service/

The link bellow is an rare image of steam locomotive shunting at the third portal which the caption states it was taken in 1979, I am not sure if this date is correct?  I first thought the loco was a J94, but looking at the image again I am beginning to wonder now if it is a Peckett?  Certainly not any GWR, 8F or BR standard loco as rumored to be in there, if any other CRS member can identify at least the manufacturer?  But a very interesting image indeed if proven untouched by any digital trickery:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0hvUhl4wUU4/VfAWUJgOepI/AAAAAAAABjo/EBL32QfK46c/s640/box-tunnel.jpg

Onto the some images of the stone shute when the tunnel was used for quarrying:

http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/kevinr6665/media/Tunnel%20Quarry/sc_cad1_war_157_zps84d19e47.jpg.html


http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/kevinr6665/media/Tunnel%20Quarry/Box-Bath-Stone-Mine-Archive-Album-001_zps8b452a77.jpg.html


Now to Corsham, the below is a link for Corsham Signal Box diagram:

http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/html/gwb/S571.htm

Kind Regards,  Karl (Friends of Penmere).

Very many thanks indeed to you Karl for your hard work researching these links.

Hymek on freight at Taunton
John Cornelius

Copyright John Cornelius