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Items added on the 20th May 2017                                                                                                 Those added most recently come first.

20/5/2017

 
Advance Notice -  Outdoor Event -  Saturday 3rd June 2017
             A visit to the Teign Valley Railway at Christow.
You don’t have to be a member to come along – join us anywhere even at Christow.
Penzance 06.50 St Erth 07.00 Camborne 07.12 Redruth 07.19 Truro 07.32 St Austell 07.49 Par 07.56 Bodmin Parkway 08.10 Liskeard 08.23 Plymouth 08.52 Exeter St Davids arr 09.52.    Catch the Next train service to Exeter Central. dep 10.16 arr 10.19
We then board Country Bus service 360.  This departs Exeter Bus Station at 11.15 picking up outside of Exeter Central Station at approx.11.20 alight at Teign House Inn at 11.56 for a Two Hour stay at the  Exeter & Teign Valley Railway
 For more details of the Teign Valley Railway click here:- 
http://www.teignrail.co.uk/
There are many things to see courtesy Colin Burges our host.  There is a platform ticket charge of £1.
Following our visit we depart Teign House Inn on the 14.18 bus service.
Our plan is to leave the bus at Exeter Central arr 14.58 and then catch the 15.20 service to Exmouth arr at 15.50.  We will Spend an hour at Exmouth for a meal stop – possibly viewing the distant  air display.  Depart Exmouth on the 16.53 service arr. Exeter St Davids at 17.25.  The attraction is the loco hauled service home. This departs Exeter St David's 17.50 calling at Newton Abbot 18.23   Plymouth 19.07 Liskeard 19.37 Bodmin Parkway 19.50 Par 20.03 St Austell 20.10 Truro 20.29 Redruth 20.44 Camborne 20.51 St Erth 21.01 Penzance 21.11
Tickets - Purchase an Off Peak Day Return to Plymouth and a Day Devon Ranger Ticket.
As an alternative you can leave the bus at Exeter St Thomas and take the frequent train service to Paignton to see the latter stages of the Air Display.
In order to catch the loco hauled train back home you will have to be at Newton Abbot by 18.23  The last trains from Paignton to connect with this service departs at 17.36 or 17.51, arr Newton Abbot at 18.06 or 18.13. These trains could be very busy.
For the Air display programme  click here :- http://torbayairshow.com/event-programme-saturday/
 

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Copyright Colin Burges
A CWR Train arrives in West Cornwall during daylight hours
Emma Shard & Roger Salter & Roger Winnen

It is quite unusual to see a Continuous Welded Rail train arrive during daylight hours in West Cornwall. However this evening was the exception as 70801 headed the 13.29 from Westbury T.C to St Austell via Penzance.
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170520a 70801 Passing through Redruth on the 13.29 Westbury Down TC to St Austell via Penzance. Copyright Roger Winnen
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170520b 70801 passing through Redruth Station. Copyright Roger Winnen
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With Carn Brea in the background 70801 passes over Brea embankment with a Westbury to St Austell via Penzance rail train. 20.5.17. Copyright Emma Shard
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170520g 70801 Approaching Marazion Station with the CWR Train. Copyright Roger Salter
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170520e Crossing the marsh at Marazion with the 13.29 from Westbury to St Austell via Penzance. Copyright Roger Salter
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170520f 70801 arrives at the terminus. Copyright Roger Salter
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170520c 70801 backs out to the slopers siding from Platform 1 to run around its train. Copyright Roger Winnen
Hayle Viaduct
Sid  Sponheimer

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1068 Western Reliance crosses Hayle viaduct 11th April 1973 Copyright Sid Sponheimer A scene much changed these days, the old dock builings have been swept away and replaced by a 'superstore, the old A30 is depicted on the sign, this is now the B330.
Calstock 1971
Ron Kosys

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Calstock 23rd August 1971 Copyright Ron Kosys. Remember those condemned vans which stood on the remnants of the loop taken out of use in May 1968. Note the lady on the platform.
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Calstock 23rd August 1971 Gunnislake-Plymouth Copyright Ron Kosys. The young lady prepares to board the Plymouth bound train. The fate of vans is clearly marked!
Near Cogload
John Cornelius
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Copyright Jphn Cornelius

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