30 Years Anniversary of the Friends of Penmere Platform
Celebrating on Saturday 26th August 2023
Roger Winnen
Roger Winnen
230826dd Adverting the show at Penmere. Copyright Roger Winnen
230826k A 1936 Austin Taxi being the only one known west of Exeter. Copyright Roger Winnen
David Tozer up with larks
Silverton
Silverton
I popped out early for the Midland Pullman at Silverton.
0536 1Z43 Plymmouth to Llandudno.
I saw the sunrise and twenty minutes later when the Pullman appeared it poured with rain.
Not the best of photos.
Dave
0536 1Z43 Plymmouth to Llandudno.
I saw the sunrise and twenty minutes later when the Pullman appeared it poured with rain.
Not the best of photos.
Dave
Sunrise at Silverton 26th August .2023 Copyright David Tozer
Midland Pullman in heavy rain passing Silverton 26th August 2023. on route from Plymouth to Llandudno Copyright David Tozer.
Many thanks David up early - before it was light - well done. KJ remembers years ago that at that spot there was a handy apple tree convenient from the road!!
Colourful Plymouth
Andrew Triggs
Andrew Triggs
Stopped off at Plymouth on the way back from Taunton and Exeter and got lucky with capturing, by todays standards, a multitude of HST power car liveries which passed through the station today - 25th August 2023.
All the Best
Andrew
1. 43378 (with 43366) with 1S51 12.27 Plymouth-Glasgow departing North Road
2 & 3 LSL 43046 with 43059 arriving and departing again working 5Z42 07.57 Crewe H.S- Mount Gould Platform
All the Best
Andrew
1. 43378 (with 43366) with 1S51 12.27 Plymouth-Glasgow departing North Road
2 & 3 LSL 43046 with 43059 arriving and departing again working 5Z42 07.57 Crewe H.S- Mount Gould Platform
4. 43008 leading 5E63 Laira T&RSMD-Plymouth passing Aspley Road
5. 43007 departing with 1E63 15.27 Plymouth-Leeds
6. Colas 43277 departing with the delayed (89 minutes down) 1Q18 05.25 Reading Triangle Sidings-Paignton 4 weekly NMT (with 43299)
5. 43007 departing with 1E63 15.27 Plymouth-Leeds
6. Colas 43277 departing with the delayed (89 minutes down) 1Q18 05.25 Reading Triangle Sidings-Paignton 4 weekly NMT (with 43299)
Many thanks Andrew - as you say very colourful. All six pictures are copyright Andrew Triggs.
Yesterdays Aerial Views
Paul Barlow
Paul Barlow
43378 43366 pass alongside Western Road St Thomas Exeter on 1227 Pymouth to Glasgow 1S51 25 August 2023. Copyright Paul Barlow.
43046 43059 pass over Okehampton Road Exeter on 0757 Crewe to Mount gould platform ECS move 5Z42 25 August 2023. Copyright Paul Barlow.
Many thanks indeed Paul - that view of the Blue Pullman is particularly impressive. Both of these locations are on the GW main line approximately half a mile west of Exeter St Davids station.
Rounding the curve at Dawlish Warren
Michael Adams
Michael Adams
Hello Roger, Here are two pictures taken by Michael Adams of trains rounding the curve at Dawlish Warren on 1 August 1981. Copyright Adams
Now we see HST set number 253003 with the 12.08 Penzance to Paddington. Copyright Michael Adams
Agincourt at Bristol Temple Meads
'Agincourt' at Bristol. Copyright Michael Adams
Many Thanks Michael
Ryde St Johns
Michael Forward
Michael Forward
Hello Roger,Almost 30 years since my picture of the O2 at Cowes,here we see—on 20 July 1982—483007 coming into Ryde St.Johns station and passing the lovely signal box. Copyright Michael Forward
Many thanks Michael.
Cross Country at
Newton Abbot
Sam Ryder
Newton Abbot
Sam Ryder
Cross Country Power cars 43007 and 43008 on a Plymouth to Leeds working on the 25th August 2023.
Newton Abbot 25th August 2023 Copyright Sam Ryder
Newton Abbot 25th August 2023 Copyright Sam Ryder. Nice one including the keen photographers.
Newton Abbot 25th August 2023 Copyright Sam Ryder
Thank you Sam - a new contributor.
WW2 aerial view taken
80 years before the
Gala at Penmere Platform
80 years before the
Gala at Penmere Platform
While our friends of Penmere Platform celebrate their formation 30 years ago with an excellent display (And congratulations to them) we bring you an aerial view of the site almost exactly eighty years ago. Full detai ls of what will be available today is on their poster reproduced in our 'News Column' yesterday. Every best wish to those attending this event today.
Penmere Station and Oil Depot Sidings 8 September 1943
You will find the above aerial view of Penmere Platform of great interest as it shows not only the station but also the oil depot - the target of some German bombs during WW2. Also of historical interest is the bridge to the east over the branch line. The was demolished some years ago.
The above aerial view kindly sent in by Phil Hadley Fact & Fiction in Cornwall at
philhadleypublications.com
philhadleypublications.com