Dawlish delights 1
Dawlish
Paul Barlow
Dawlish
Paul Barlow
Get ready with your cameras! A classic shot as enthusiasts pause to observe and photograph the scene at Dawlish on the 6th July 2002. 47829 in Police Livery hauls the 10.17 Manchester to Paignton 1V45. Copyright Paul Barlow. Note the boarded up signalbox.
Trevingey, Redruth
Paddy Bradley
Paddy Bradley
The down Cornish Riviera Express, Trevingey Crossing, Redruth, Paddy Bradley Collection.
No apologies for using the above picture on the second day running - our great friend Roy Hart from distant Burma came back almost intantly with the following very valuable information. Many thanks Roy. I would date this picture about 1908. The engine (though the name is indistinct) appears to be Bulldog no 3304 River Tamar. She was converted fro m a 'Duke'.
The coaches are 'concertinas' -70 footers introduced in 1906-7. In the background is Redruth Junction up home signal, with lower distant for Redruth station. Distant arms were red in those days. The Berks and Hants cut-off had just opened, reducing the schedule for the train by 20 minutes. In the foreground, of course, is the hut and apparatus for mail set-down.
The coaches are 'concertinas' -70 footers introduced in 1906-7. In the background is Redruth Junction up home signal, with lower distant for Redruth station. Distant arms were red in those days. The Berks and Hants cut-off had just opened, reducing the schedule for the train by 20 minutes. In the foreground, of course, is the hut and apparatus for mail set-down.
Setting up the mail apparatus at Trevingey Crossing on the 6th April 1923. Paddy Bradley Collection.
Trevingey Crossing. The gentleman in the Trilby is probably an inspector. Copyright the Paddy Bradley collection.
A Great Western Saint Class locomotive at Trevingey Level Crossing. The mail bags and nets ready for the 'Up mail 6th April 1923. The Apparatus was still working in 1933. In the background Carn Brea Village and Carn Brea Hill. From the paddy Bradley Collection.