The East Cornwall Mineral Railway

[rogerfarnworth]

I have just enjoyed reading the first article in the May 1951 edition of The Railway Magazine. That article covered the East Cornwall Mineral Railway which started life as 3ft 6in narrow gauge line.

 

As a result I have spent a little time researching the line. This is the first of two planned posts about the line

 

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/03/26/the-east-cornwall-mineral-railway-part-1/

[rogerfarnworth]

This is the second of two posts about the East Cornwall Mineral Railway, a 3ft 6in narrow gauge railway.

 

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/03/28/the-east-cornwall-mineral-railway-part-2

 

In 1908, the line was superseded by a standard gauge line which ran from Bere Alston to Callington via Calstock and included a significant viaduct over the River Tamar at Calstock. The standard gauge branch line is still in use today in a truncated form.

 

This line will be the subject of a future post.

Edited March 31, 2019 by rogerfarnworth

[rogerfarnworth]

To complete this short series of posts, I have produced a survey of the standard gauge branch that replaced the ECMR. Its one and only major structure is the Calstock Viaduct which remains in use in 2019 to carry the truncated branch-line to Gunnislake.

 

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/04/02/the-bere-alston-to-callington-branch

 

This post also provides a little information about a possible reinstatement of the old line between Bere Alston and Tavistock.

[Killian keane]

god those pages from the railway magazine take me back! I have a complete article on the Saundersfoot railway published 1945 somewhere, if people want to see it I can dig it out, the ECMR material falls in a gap in my collection of 1950-54

Edited April 17, 2019 by Killian keane

[Ramblin Rich]

Have to say thanks for the blog posts on the ECMR, fascinating stuff

1 hour ago, Killian keane said:

I have a complete article on the Saundersfoot railway published 1945 somewhere, if people want to see it I can dig it out

I've been interested in the Saundersfoot Railway since childhood holidays in the area, still have a hardback book 'Industrial Saundersfoot' by MRC Price somewhere but would be interesing to see more contemporary info from closer to it's operating period

[DLT]

Fascinating stuff Roger, thanks for sharing.

Cheers, Dave.