Christine Simmonds
A Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving will take place for Christine on Thursday 30th May 2024 at Treswithian Downs Crematorium. No flowers please, instead please make charitable donations to Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust.
The address for the service is: Treswithian Downs Crematorium, Treswithian Downs, Puggis Hill, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 0BL
'The Cornish Riviera Statesman'
- 23.05.2024 -
Clive Smith, Martin Scane, Ross Griffiths, Jon Hird, Mark Lynam, Dennis Clarke, Roger Salter, Andrew Triggs, Roger Winnen, Joe Birchall & Jonathan Harbage.
1Z68 Nantwich - Penzance and 1Z69 Penzance - Nantwich with Locomotive Services LTD. owned 47828 & 47712
The 1Z68 04.12 Nantwich - Penzance 'Cornish Riviera Statesman' with two Scotrail mk 3s at the front passes through Ivybridge with 47828 and 47712. The train also had a 1961 built BR blue and grey buffet restaurant car along with the usual Statesman stock. Copyright Clive Smith.
The Statesman on the sea wall at Teignmouth at 10-15 this morning on its way to PZ. Copyright Martin Scane.
Intercity liveried 47828 leading Scotrail liveried 47712 past Wearde (Defiance Platform) with 'The Statesman'. Copyright Ross Griffiths.
The railtour passing the Wesleyan chapel at Par at 11:43. 66130 and the clay from Treviscoe is recessed in Chapel Siding. Copyright Jon Hird.
Seen from the famous 'black bridge', the tour calls at Truro. Copyright Jonathan Harbage.
Now down in West Cornwall, the tour passes the mining relics at Brea. Copyright Mark Lynam.
On the home stretch, 47828 and 47712 pass Marizion Marsh. Copyright Andrew Triggs.
The pair of Brush Type 4's rest at journeys end, beneath the roof at Penzance. Copyright Dennis Clarke.
No points on offer for guessing the location of the above image! Copyright Dennis Clarke.
47712 about as far away from home as it can possibly get as the locos run round at Long Rock. Copyright Roger Salter.
With the picturesque Mounts Bay in the background, the pair of locos set back onto their stock. Copyright Roger Salter.
The locos running round at Long Rock. Note ongoing construction work on the new sidings to the left of the image, this will allow additional stabling for GWR sets. Copyright Dennis Clarke.
Rejoining the stock. Copyright Roger Salter.
The train after setting back into Penzance, ready for the return working to Nantwich. Copyright Dennis Clarke.
The driver piles on the power, the locos smoking away whilst those big turbos begin to spool up, as the tour passes the site of Marizion Station on the return working. Copyright Andrew Triggs.
Heading away to the next scheduled stop at St. Erth to collect passengers who elected to detrain there earlier in the day to visit St. Ives. Copyright Andrew Triggs.
Roger records the return working crossing Hayle Viaduct and powering through the station. Copyright Roger Winnen.
The locos get stuck into Hayle bank as they continue on their journey home. Copyright Roger Winnen.
The tour accelerating away from Truro. The decapitated semaphore post still standing. Note the very smart mk.1 blue and grey buffet car in the set. Copyright Joe Birchall.
A pair of Scotrail Mk.3's bringing up the rear of the train. A bit of a mix and match set of coaches, a railway modellers dream! Copyright Joe Birchall.
Sweeping through the bends at Tregarne near Probus. Copyright Jonathan Harbage.
47712 & 47828 sweep round the bend to Dinnaton Bridge west of Ivybridge station in overcast conditions with the 1Z69 15.30 Penzance - Nantwich 'Cornish Riviera Statesman'. Copyright Clive Smith.
Many thanks to all the above for sending in your photos, it's much appreciated.
Coulson CDA's
Roger Geach
66091 arrives at Lostwithiel with the 13:50 Fowey to Rocks empty CDA 's on 14.06.2013. Copyright Roger Geach.
Many thanks to you, Roger
RNLI at Penzance
Dennis Clarke
RNLI decorations in connection with the naming of a GWR IET unit. 23.05.2024, copyright Dennis Clarke.
RNLI decorations in connection with the naming of a GWR IET unit. 23.05.2024, copyright Dennis Clarke.
Many thanks Dennis - something a bit different.
Chapel Siding Clay
Jon Hird
After photographing the Statesman tour, I walked down the path at Par for this photo of 66130 waiting for its path to the midlands with China Clay from Treviscoe. 11 JIA's today. The train is framed by redundant semaphore signalling equipment. 23.05.2024, copyright Jon Hird.