Reduced in size today
The 4+2 HST becomes 3+2 Andrew Triggs
The 4+2 HST becomes 3+2 Andrew Triggs
180409a The 09.24 Exeter to Penzance now down to three coaches cross Marazion Marsh. Copywright Andrew Triggs
180409b The 2 + 3 Departs Penzance at 12.57 for Newton Abbot. Copyright Andrew Triggs
New Pointwork being installed at Walker Lines siding Bodmin
Roger Winnen
Roger Winnen
180407a The turnout into Walker Lines siding from the main running line between Bodmin Parkway to Bodmin General is being relaid to ease the sharp curvature into these sidings. Copyright Roger Winnen
180407b Looking back to the new pointwork which awaits its connection. Copyright Roger Winnen
St Ives & Ice Cream
Robert Woodhouse
Robert Woodhouse
I recently received a couple of photographs from Robert Woodhouse, one of railway interest, asking if I could confirm that they were St Ives area.
Thought to be from the footpath that runs down from the end of the Hain Walk towards Carbis Bay beach over the footbridge near where the Fixed Distant used to be. Courtesy Rarity Value Media Collection
Personally for me, and for many, others a trip to St Ives was not complete without a visit to Harts Ice Cream Parlour
Harts Ice Cream Parlour with its unique formula Ice Cream situated at the top of the old slipway is sadly a thing of the past and so is its delicious ice cream. Rarity Value Media Collection
Rob Woodhouse sent a more recent letter :- These pictures are part of a family's collection of several hundred slides & negatives which I purchased from a (house clearance) dealer. The family consisted of husband, wife & daughter. In the "Harts" picture, the husband is the gentleman standing in the doorway, and his daughter is perched on the wall next to him. Many of this collection appear to have been taken in Cornwall over a period of years. Either this family were residents, or they regularly visited relatives living there (maybe his brother. As a rule of thumb, if you own the original negative, or positive slide, you own the copyright, but I am trying to identify the family, as some of these images would be very personal to any surviving relatives and I would happily return these at cost. Robert Woodhouse. If anybody thinks they might know the Tratts who have disappeared without trace, if you know any Tratts, kindly put them in touch, I am not looking for profit. Robert Woodhouse. Many thanks Robert. More pictures are available if you can help.
Upton Scudamore
Ron Kosys
Ron Kosys
Back on 6th June 1984, 47284 slogs its way up the ‘hill’ from Westbury past Upton Scudamore with a Speedlink bound for Eastleigh. Copyright Ron Kosys. Upton Scudamore is four miles distant from Westbury and Warminster. Interestingly the parish contains a hamlet called Halfway!!
Dunster
John Cornelius
John Cornelius
Copyright John Cornelius