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Items added on 28th September 2017                                                                                               Those added most recently come first

28/9/2017

 
Camborne
True or false?

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Reusing a photo taken by Roger Winnen a couple of days ago poses a question. An eminent source told me not so very long ago that the rails of a mine mineral tramway which crossed this bridge are still in position and when the road surface wears thin can still be seen. Has anybody else seen this? A photograph of the rails would be excellent. Copyright Roger Winnen
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Foundry Road bridge is in the centre of this 1902 map the tramway can clearly be seen. Note towards the right Dolcoath Halt at the crossing and also the public tram tracks in the main street. This map is reproduced with permission of the National Library of Scotland.
Trevemper
Colin Burges

On my way from Penhale to Newquay, I stopped at Trevemper, where Treffry's original route to East Wheal Rose made a level crossing. It's a busy road in August and motorists would soon get steamed up today if they had to wait for a horse-drawn train to cross.
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The tramway from Newquay crossed the road from where my bike is to where the white and yellow sign can be seen just beyond the driveway at left. The later C.M.R. route and its successor, the Chacewater to Newquay branch, passed under the road a little way up the hill behind me. The derelict building had a siding on the opposite side, as covered in our gallery pages. Copyright Colin Burges
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Copyright Colin Burges
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The deviation can be clearly seen on the 1905 25 inch survey, when only the siding at Trevemper remained. The deviation continues off the map to the south-east, with the old alignment now on the opposite side. Screenshot from Colin Burges
Yeovil Visitor
john Cornelius
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Copyright John Cornelius

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