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What a shame NSE mark2a arent being produced to go with the Accurascale ones, they'd sell thousands.

A spell on the layout before popping up to Aish / Totnes for some very damp Pilotmans duties on the big railway. Sadly no WR whoppers like these below, but do get some freight & class 57 on the sleepers to play with... 

Some great stuff here. I recall CCT and other 4 wheelers at St Erth sidings for fruit & veg in the early 80s. I guess this was worked into parcel workings, but I have seen them included on the afternoon tripper from St Erth.

Hayle wharves last trip was 1980 I think.

I remember mineral wagons with a very fishy smell in the 1980s at Truro.

NCL at Drump lane had all sorts of 4 wheel vans there when rail linked.

Holmans had 4 wheeled flat wagons for the small generators, and minerals for the scrap.

As a Signalman from 1989 to 1994 in Cornwall I think all the areas have been covered above. The Truro fertiliser traffic was in Cargowaggon type wagons by then.

I don't recall any revenue earning freight west of there from the early 90s. The St Erth scrap came later.

Read above, the Hullabalooe tour did. This is the ONLY occasion this happened.

Access for certain class 47 sub classes are also being examined at the moment.

The Pathfinder Hullabalooe tour did similar.

Would anyone happen to have a hi-res photo of the new roskear signal panel? Mainly looking for what the new signal numbers are, and types the signals are for a train sim project. 

Thanks.

Hi yes

I have a number of pictures I'll get around to uploading them at some point.

Hi

Finally found a good image reducing bit of software. Here are some recent Moorswater shots. The Glynn Valley shots are likely to be the exception in the future as run round activities are now undertaken at Liskeard. 

70812 Bolitho

The down working seen at Penkestle woods 

Draw wood near Largin - the Up working back to Aberthaw. 

Heads up for Fri 5th - 7th May

VSOE workings. Please check RTT for train schedules and progress.

Friday

1Z78 09.48 Victoria to Truro

0Z78 Truro to St Blazey after shunting stock to yard.

Sat 6th May

0Z48 04.50 St Blazey to Truro Light locos

5Z78 06.45 Truro to Penzance (empty stock)

1Z79 09.10 Penzance to Bath Spa (Charter)

1Z80 17.30 Bath Spa to Penzance

Sun 7th May

5Z33 10.45 Penzance to Truro ECS (runs around in Slopers siding)

1Z33 12.25 Truro to Victoria

37175 in Colas livery the loco for the test train I hear. 

I'll give this topic a bit of a nudge...

Class 37 test train in Cornwall next week. Arrives at Penzance Wed morning 04.03 but departs in the evening 20.42 for Exeter via Newquay & Looe.

Cheers

CM

Hi Dave

Thanks for the comments. The cement wagons are loaded in, empty out.

Some piccies from Dec:

6C97 11th Dec Coombe

RHTT Grampound

Some pictures from the Colas Moorswater age:

Here's a blast from the past! Phil Hancock collects the daily water rations from Brian Monckton aboard 50002 at  Largin box in 1987. This age old tradition held until the box closed in 1992, from when a small panel controlled the area in Lostwithiel box. 

Some more Autumnal shots...

Respryn 2nd Nov 2016

66023 at Coulson Park on the Fowey Branch

LA15 set at Resparveth, Grampound

Some late October sunshine. 

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It must be October. Leaves turning rusty & the RHTT turns up looking clean

In glorious weather, 1A81 powers past Coombe with a celebrity power car front & back.

Always propelled from St Erth. No run around as previously mentioned. 

This pays problem to my potential model of the railway. The road shunter used to bring the tanks in/out of the oil depot as the loco would be trapped inside the depot. Answers on a postcard please....

Thanks for that Flood. I've never seen a picture of that end of the viaduct so didn't know there was a crossover there. Makes me wonder why they didn't back the train in to the wharf from the down line. Would have saved a long propelling move.

I think the reply refers to why the train didn't come from the East (Drump yard) already formed and cross over at the western end of the viaduct, and propel down the wharf from there, rather than St Erth. It's a good point. The barrier wagons and brake vans were attached at St Erth. The morning freight contained all sorts and was marshalled at St Erth ready for the wharves train. 

How about this for a back drop to the shed at BZ?

Farewell September then. A superb month weather & rail activity wise. Topped off with blistering light today with light clouds.

First shot of 43125 1A81 passing Hallenbeagle mine at Scorrier,

Then later in the afternoon down to Golant for 6G08 with 66023. High tide too....

Hi mate. Yes Frank is a grand chap. He sometimes whizzes up there on his quad bike. The cows are a challenge. They were happily grazing in the mist in the top of the adjacent field. I quietly closed the intermediate gate as they ambled across - very curious animals. They gathered at the gate and one or two starting mooing loudly in protest. How do you "Shush" a herd of cows? They mooched back to their grazing and I concentrated on the pictures. I DID re-open the gate of course...

There is a series of FP's along the area, but you have to be mindful of animals etc...

Hi Brian

 Many thanks, I'm sorry if the negative view came across about the mist- I was as chuffed as a tramp locked inside a chip shop....