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October 8th 2025

8/10/2025

 

Roger's roamings!
Mid-Cornwall - 06.10.2025
Roger Winnen

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The 10.15 Sprinter forms the Newquay service from Par. 06.10.2025, copyright Roger Winnen.
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Newquay on Monday morning. 06.10.2025, copyright Roger Winnen.
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The second platform awaits its train. 06.10.2025, copyright Roger Winnen.
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150207 awaits departure for Par. 06.10.2025, copyright Roger Winnen.
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Goonbarrow Junction Signal Box. 06.10.2025, copyright Roger Winnen.
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Goonbarrow Junction through the carriage windows. 06.10.2025, copyright Roger Winnen.
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The Goonbarrow - Fowey clay arrives at Lostwithiel behind 66054. 06.10.2025, copyright Roger Winnen.
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66054 runs round the JIA wagons at Lostwithiel. 06.10.2025, copyright Roger Winnen.
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66054 runs round the JIA wagons at Lostwithiel. 06.10.2025, copyright Roger Winnen.
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43093 Legends of the Great Western arrives at Lostwithiel. 06.10.2025, copyright Roger Winnen.
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43042 Tails the train to Penzance. 06.10.2025, copyright Roger Winnen.

Devon HSTs
Clive Smith

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43042 is at the front of the 2E06 07.45 Penzance - Exeter St Davids with 43093 on the rear. A new location for me in Plymouth even after all these years ! This is taken from Plymbridge Road Bridge in Plympton. There's the usual excessive vegetation but still enough space to get a clear shot. A lot of high trees out of sight to the left would normally create shadow but at this time of the year the sun is nicely angled and mid morning shines directly through a large gap in these trees. This was the site of Plympton Station Goods Yard. The station was behind me on the opposite side of the road bridge and closed in 1959 but the platform mounds remained for a long time as did the signal box. The goods yard closed in 1964 and the site can be seen on the left and the path of an old siding to the right of the HST. There is a lovely picture of this location by Michael Roach taken back in 1962 on this website's Devon Galleries. 07.10.2025, copyright Clive Smith.
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Crossing Blatchford Viaduct , 43097 leads the 2C20 11.28 Exeter St Davids - Penzance with 43042 on the rear. The autumn colours are early this year with the leaves crinkly, dying and dropping off very quickly. I don't think there will be much of a show due to the heat and dry summer we had this year but hopefully I'm wrong. 07.10.2025, copyright Clive Smith.
Many thanks Clive - we admire your dedication to the cause!

Cornish Mix
Jon Hird

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43093 creeps down the gradient to Par with the mid-day Exeter St. Davids - Penzance working. The ferns and brambles at the bottom of the field are turning gold as we enter Autumn, providing a little relief from the otherwise all-green image. 07.10.2025, copyright Jon Hird.
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Much later in the day, at around 1830, GWR's 150266 rattles up through the Luxulyan Valley with the 1823 Par - Newquay. 07.10.2025, copyright Jon Hird.
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Just round the corner from the previous shot, the sun has dipped below the hilly mid-Cornwall horizon as 66054 climbs the gradient and passes beneath Treffry's Aqueduct with the Fowey - Goonbarrow empty JIA's. 07.10.2025, copyright Jon Hird.

Swindon 'Sheds'
Colin Pidgeon

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66076 t&t 66176 on 3S59 Hereford to Swindon Transfer RHTT. 07.10.2025, copyright Colin Pidgeon.
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66544 t&t 66549 on 3S31 Swindon Transfer to Swindon Transfer RHTT. 07.10.2025, copyright Colin Pidgeon.
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3S59 & 3S31 side by side. 3S59 had to wait for 3S31 to exit Swindon Transfer. 07.10.2025, copyright Colin Pidgeon.
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59204 on 6B12 Merehead to Wootton Bassett. 07.10.2025, copyright Colin Pidgeon.
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66653 on 6B33 Theale to Robeston. 07.10.2025, copyright Colin Pidgeon.
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And finally some ex-BR traction in the form of 43251 & 43357 on 3Z21 Derby RTC to Bristol Kingsland Road. Diverted due to re-wiring of Gloucester Panel Box. 07.10.2025, copyright Colin Pidgeon.
Many thanks Colin, and to Ken for sending them over.

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