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​Extracts from the diary of a lifetime enthusiast - Michael L. Roach

Regular readers will be aware that Michael L. Roach has been a long term member of the Cornwall Railway Society and a very valuable contributor to our many pages. More recently he has provided us with considerable information from his collections in the 1960's which saw the elimination of steam from regular usage on our network.

So far, Michael has penned one complete series (Nineteen Sixty Two) and is working his way through a second (Nineteen Sixty Four).

You can read the articles by selecting a series using the links below.

For Nineteen Sixty Two Part 1 - 100, click here.
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For Nineteen Sixty Four (still being regularly released), click here.