West Cornwall in the Snow
802 101arr Stoke Gifford ~ Penzance Roger Salter & Andrew Triggs
Roger Winnen
802 101arr Stoke Gifford ~ Penzance Roger Salter & Andrew Triggs
Roger Winnen
180228aThe 5X90 Stoke Gifford to Penzance 802101 Nine car set arrives at Marazion Bridge in a snow storm. Copyright Roger Salter
180228b Seen passing the old Marazion Station 802101 heads the last two miles into Penzance. Copyright Roger Salter
180228o 802 101 arrives at Penzance. Copyright Andrew Triggs
180228c 802101 Occupy the full length of Platform 4 at Penzance. Copyright Roger Winnen
180228e Departing at 11.10 as the snow begins to build up on the platform. Copyright Roger Winnen
180228m The return working at Marazion. Copyright Andrew Triggs
A further selection of photographs with snow in West Cornwall
Roger Salter Andrew Triggs and Roger Winnen
Roger Salter Andrew Triggs and Roger Winnen
180228g The 10.51 service to Plymouth departs from Platform 3. Copyright Roger Salter
180228h Going away into the snowstorm. Copyright Roger Salter
180228i One of the few remaining Class 150 1s 150121 arrive on the 06.43 frpm Bristol Temple Meads. Copyright Roger Winnen
180228j The 06.33 Paddington Penzance arrives near to time at the terminus. Copyright Roger Winnen
180228n The 10.03 from Paddington viewed from Ponsandane footbridge showing the winters scene. Copyright Andrew Triggs
Bygone Memories at Penzance
Andrew Triggs
Andrew Triggs
Bygone memories at Penzance on Friday 8th February 1991
910208a After a points failure at Long Rock 08801 brings in the empty oil tanks from Long Rock to Penzance Station. Copyright Andrew Triggs
910208b 08801 is seen in the slopers siding at Penzance. Copyright Andrew Triggs
A Treasure Trove of
Cornish Pictures
Andy Kirkham
Cornish Pictures
Andy Kirkham
Please click below to see Andy Kirkam's wonderful collection of his pictures taken at various places in Cornwall. Many thanks to you Andy for making this link available to us. All his pictures are, of course, copyright.
Royal Train at Yeovil Pen Mill
Brian Pibworth
Brian Pibworth
Royal Visit to Yeovil
In May 2012 HM Queen visited Yeovil as part of her Diamond Jubilee Tour, which was brave considering the trouncing Somerset Parliamentarians gave Royalists at the nearby Civil War Battle of Babylon Hill.
I had previously wondered how the Royal visitors would cope with arriving at a passing station on an active railway. The idea of other travellers tapping on windows or asking for autographs seemed unlikely and so it transpired, as this sequence of pictures shows.
In May 2012 HM Queen visited Yeovil as part of her Diamond Jubilee Tour, which was brave considering the trouncing Somerset Parliamentarians gave Royalists at the nearby Civil War Battle of Babylon Hill.
I had previously wondered how the Royal visitors would cope with arriving at a passing station on an active railway. The idea of other travellers tapping on windows or asking for autographs seemed unlikely and so it transpired, as this sequence of pictures shows.
"DBS 67026 "Diamond Jubilee" passes slowly through Yeovil Pen Mill station, while the silver band and official welcoming party wait on platform 1. The signal is off for the Yeovil Junction connecting line." 1st May 2012 Copyright Brian Pibworth
"With the Royal Train sidelined on the Yeovil Junction connection , the Weymouth - Gloucester DMU arrived for a service call with its bemused passengers being quickly shuffled off the platform." 1st May 2012 Copyright Brian Pibworth
"After the Weymouth - Gloucester DMU had passed, DBS 67006 "Royal Sovereign" brought the Royal Train off the Yeovil Jnc connecting line in a sinuous manoeuvre reminiscent of my model railway" 1st May 2012. Copyright Brian Pibworth
"The now reversed Royal Train drew into platform 1 and the welcoming ceremony swung into action." 1st May 2012. Copyright Brian Pibworth
"Have you travelled far.........?" The Queen is greeted by the reception party at Yeovil Pen Mill. 1st May 2012. Copyright Brian Pibworth.
Many thanks to you Brian - you've brought the first pictures of H.M. The Queen to our site.
Redruth
Billy Graham Special
Mr. Sibthorpe
Billy Graham Special
Mr. Sibthorpe
You may recall that you posted onto the website a copy of a slide that I took in 1966 of the Billy Graham Cornwall train at Plymouth Station. At the time of posting, we did not know the number/name of the Class 42 Warship. Attached is a photo of the loco at Redruth Station posted today onto to Facebook by Mr. Charles Sibthorpe, showing that it was, perhaps appropriately, D818 Glory which also had the distinction of being kept at Swindon Works for many years after withdrawal. Mr Sibthorpe has given me permission to share this with the CRS if you so wish. We;d be delighted to share Mr. Sibthorpe's picture. Many thanks to him and you.
'Glory' heads the Billy Graham Special at Redruth. Picture kindly supplied by Mr. Sibthorpe- many thanks
Nr. Forde Abbey
John Cornelius
John Cornelius
Glorious is one of the survivors into preservation. Copyright John Cornelius