Roaming the Rails from Penzance to Plymouth
Roger Winnen
Roger Winnen
240617a 43004 Heads the 08.50 Penzance to Plymouth service awaits departure at Penzance. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617b Penzance Signal Box one of only six operational boxes left in Cornwall. Copyright Roger Qinnen
240617c 43042 Brings up the rear of the 08.50 service to Plymoth seen leaving Truro. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617d Looking at Truro Station from one of the two footbridges. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617e Truro viewed from the Falmouth unit. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617f 150247 Arrives at Falmouth Docks Station. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617g Looking down from Castle Drive with the 150 sprinter awaiting its return journey to Truro. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617h Irish Ferries Oscar Wilde awaits high tide to leave the Dry Dock. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617i Views from Castle Drive Falmouth. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617j Arrival at Lostwithiel where a steel ramp has been placed into position to connect the car park with the platform. However to date no work has started on the car park.
240617k The Newquay -Paddington IET passes Lostwithiel. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617l The 12.19 Plymouth Penzance arrives at Lostwithiel with Power Car 43098 leading. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617m The Goonbarrow Clay to Fowey arrives at Lostwithiel behind 66025. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617o Running around its train at Lostwithiel. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617p The clay leaving Lostwithiel for Fowey Docks. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617r Transferred Voyager at Plymouth. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617s Castle Class HSTs Plymouth. Copyright Roger Winnen
240617t Old Oak Common HST heads the 15.55 Plymoth to Penzance service. Copyright Roger Winnen
A day out in Looe
Dennis Clarke
Hi Keith, Roger, Jon,
A few pictures from today from a day trip from Hayle to Looe.
A few pictures from today from a day trip from Hayle to Looe.
800022 departs Liskeard with 10:50 Penzance to Cardiff GWR service. Copyright Dennis Clarke.
150249 waits with the 12:36 service to Looe. Copyright Dennis Clarke.
150249 arrives at Looe with the 14:46 from Liskeard. A healthy number of passengers wait as the previous train was cancelled. Mrs Clarke is in the foreground. Copyright Dennis Clarke.
Another picture of 150249 arriving, showing milepost 00. Copyright Dennis Clarke.
Sandplace station taken from the train. Copyright Dennis Clarke.
150249 having arrived back at Liskeard. Copyright Dennis Clarke.
43093 43097 arrive at Liskeard with the 15:47 Plymouth to Penzance service. Copyright Dennis Clarke.
Many thanks Dennis. What a lovely, picturesque line the Looe branch is!
West country signalling upgrade
Technical details
Railengineer/Dennis Floor
Our thanks to CRS Chairman Dennis Flood, who has sent us a link to a most interesting article, detailing the technical side of the recent signalling upgrade carried out on our area.
To read the article, please click here.
We also have our own section with hundreds of photographs sent in of the signalling upgrade project - to view, click here.
To read the article, please click here.
We also have our own section with hundreds of photographs sent in of the signalling upgrade project - to view, click here.