With reference to the ‘where is it’ picture kindly sent in by John Simmonds we at first based our thoughts on it being at Guildford Viaduct as this lies between his suggested locations of between Truro and St Erth.
However a reply from Craig Munday led us to re-think and investigate further – Craig said. In response to the photo challenge, I think the photographer is a bit out geographically. I think the location is just west of St Austell between Gover viaduct & Burngullow, the road bridge being Tervanion Road.
This led us to think again, and indeed meantime John also had a re-think looking further east. The five of us all agree that the location is as Craig suggests, the locomotive would have been working hard, as the exhaust shows, as the line climbs almost continuously from St Austell to Burngullow. Another proof is that Gover viaduct has bricks below the parapet whereas Guildford does not. Well done Craig.
However a reply from Craig Munday led us to re-think and investigate further – Craig said. In response to the photo challenge, I think the photographer is a bit out geographically. I think the location is just west of St Austell between Gover viaduct & Burngullow, the road bridge being Tervanion Road.
This led us to think again, and indeed meantime John also had a re-think looking further east. The five of us all agree that the location is as Craig suggests, the locomotive would have been working hard, as the exhaust shows, as the line climbs almost continuously from St Austell to Burngullow. Another proof is that Gover viaduct has bricks below the parapet whereas Guildford does not. Well done Craig.
Gover Viaduct 22nd April 1978 Copyright John Simmonds