Today on the WSR
Roger Aston
Roger Aston
D 1661 NORTH STAR awaiting departure from Bishops Lydeard with 11.05 service to Minehead. Prior to preservation this loco also carried at various times the numbers 47077, 47613 and 47841. 17th June 2017 Copyright Roger Aston
Bristol bus type that I used to travel on from Penryn to Falmouth many many years ago. But of course they were green Western National. 17th June 2017 Copyright Roger Aston
46233 DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND arriving in Bishops Lydeard with 1Z24 from Solihull about an hour late having rerouted via Oxford and Swindon due to Gauging problem in Cheltenham and then being delayed by a fire in the Swindon area. 17th June 2017 Copyright Roger Aston
Wadebridge Event
A report by
Andrew Jones
A report by
Andrew Jones
Dear Keith, please find attached photographs of an event held in Wadebridge Town Hall, today, the 17th June 2017, titled 'Sir Williams Bright Idea' by Nicola Wills.
A drama was enacted, to a packed audience, in 4 scenes depicting the inception of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway from 1810 to 1834.
There were a number of stands including a very realistic N gauge layout of Wadebridge station.
A good time was had by all !
Best wishes Andrew
Many thanks, Andrew, for this very interesting report.
A drama was enacted, to a packed audience, in 4 scenes depicting the inception of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway from 1810 to 1834.
There were a number of stands including a very realistic N gauge layout of Wadebridge station.
A good time was had by all !
Best wishes Andrew
Many thanks, Andrew, for this very interesting report.
The actors - Wadebridge 17th June 2017. Copyright Andrew Jones.
'The Audience' at Wadebridge. 17th June 2017. Copyright Andrew Jones
What better depiction of Wadebridge station could you want other than this very realistic model? Picture copyright Andrew Jones
One of the stands depicting the demolition of the line, this photograph is copyright of Andrew Jones. The copyright of individual pictures is not known, however well worth looking at. 17th June 2017.
Redruth Footbridge
Roy Hart
Roy Hart
Dear Keith, I know little about St Erth footbridge beyond what you say. However... dld you know the story of Redruth footbridge? In the mid-1960s, the newly-renamed 'British Rail' established its new blue and grey corporate image and Redruth station was (I think) the first in the county to get the treatment. The footbridge carried the legend '1888' together with some decorative metal scrollwork. This was all stripped off and scrapped because it did not match with the image of a modern, go-ahead railway, leaving ugly scars and holes on the bridge. So it remained until 28th September 1987, when the bridge was listed (together with the down side waiting room , also 1888). English Heritage listing 66866. Rapid replacement of metal and scrollwork with replicas. Well, would you believe it! Roy
Redruth Footbridge on the 13th February 1993 Copyright Mike Roach
A very old picture of Redruth showing the same footbridge. Note the short down platform, the siding behind the platform and the still existent down platform building. From the Paddy Bradley Collection Copyright
The 'scrolls' referred to in the article above.are seen here, taken this morning - the sushine although very pleasant for Redruth's Murdoch Day made pictures a little difficult. This is the view on the'tunnel side' on the up platform. 11.00 17th June 2017 KJ
Swindon '64
John Cornelius
John Cornelius
Copyright John Cornelius