Signal Box and Signalling Matters in Cornwall
Roger Winnen
Roger Winnen
160718a The 14.06 Paddington-Penzance arrives at St Erth on Monday 18th July, 2016
160718b The 19.32 St Ives to St Erth approaches Platform 3 at St Erth. Copyright Roger Winnen
160719a Restoration work being carried out on Par Signal Box. Photgraph taken on Tuesday 19th July, 2016 Copyright Roger Winnen
160719b Extending the life of the box. A close up of the work going on at Par, replaceing the timber and pointing the brickwork. Copyright Roger Winnen
160719c St Blazey Box viewed from the 11.40 service to Newquay. Copyright Roger Winnen
160719d Quintrell Downs viewed from the upper deck of a double Decker on the service at 14.00 Route 90 Newquay to Truro on the road crossing controlled by lifting barriers. Copyright Roger Winnen
Thorney & Kingsbury
John Cornelius
John Cornelius
6113 running into Thorney with a Taunton bound train on a winters day. 23rd January 1962. Copyright John Cornelius
6146 leaving Thorney Halt for Yeovil on the 23rd January 1962 Copyright John Cornelius
Mike Morant at
Brent
Brent
Brent. It would be inteesting to know what 5573 is doing. It would appear to be setting off wrong line in the Plymouth direction on the up main? Courtesy of the Mike Morant Collection 160709_W_BR_5573_Brent
Mike Roach replies -
Hi Keith
There have been no answers to the query about what 5573 was doing at Brent so I will offer my two pennyworth.
5573 was at Newton Abbot Shed from December 1957 to December 1962 when it was transferred away to Whitland. I photographed the loco on the Kingsbridge Branch on Saturday 1 July 1961, and I have seen a picture of it on the Branch the previous Saturday. A month later I photographed it at Wadebridge and Bodmin General but it was not formally transferred to St. Blazey so perhaps it was on loan.
The previous summers would have been similar but lets assume that this is a Saturday in June or July 1961. The train is the 10.55am Saturdays Only Kingsbridge to Paddington. The train would have arrived in its normal platform in Brent at 11.30am. 5573 would then have propelled its coaches out towards Newton Abbot over the crossover and onto the up main. It would then have worked its train westwards through the up platform out under the road bridge from which the photo was taken and into the up loop. The 11.15am Plymouth to Paddington arrived in the up platform and 5573 propelled its coaches out of the loop and on to the back of the Paddington train. Departure from Brent was scheduled at 11.45am and arrival at Paddington at 4.18pm.
Hope this helps.
Best wishes
Mike Many thanks indeed Mike
N.B. Another suggestion, which Mike thinks more plausible than his own - this comes from Charles Fennamore and is added to the Plymouth - Exeter section.
Hi Keith
There have been no answers to the query about what 5573 was doing at Brent so I will offer my two pennyworth.
5573 was at Newton Abbot Shed from December 1957 to December 1962 when it was transferred away to Whitland. I photographed the loco on the Kingsbridge Branch on Saturday 1 July 1961, and I have seen a picture of it on the Branch the previous Saturday. A month later I photographed it at Wadebridge and Bodmin General but it was not formally transferred to St. Blazey so perhaps it was on loan.
The previous summers would have been similar but lets assume that this is a Saturday in June or July 1961. The train is the 10.55am Saturdays Only Kingsbridge to Paddington. The train would have arrived in its normal platform in Brent at 11.30am. 5573 would then have propelled its coaches out towards Newton Abbot over the crossover and onto the up main. It would then have worked its train westwards through the up platform out under the road bridge from which the photo was taken and into the up loop. The 11.15am Plymouth to Paddington arrived in the up platform and 5573 propelled its coaches out of the loop and on to the back of the Paddington train. Departure from Brent was scheduled at 11.45am and arrival at Paddington at 4.18pm.
Hope this helps.
Best wishes
Mike Many thanks indeed Mike
N.B. Another suggestion, which Mike thinks more plausible than his own - this comes from Charles Fennamore and is added to the Plymouth - Exeter section.