Chy Mengrowyn Paul Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Welcome to YOUR thread for all that's currently and future relevant for the rail (and bus) scene in Cornwall. I will start by saying the first unit, all be it a 165, has been released in GWR "battleship" green and won't be long before more appear for us. With the changes now commencing, our scene will have completely changed by December 2018 so record what you can while you are able to. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Great to see a new thread started Paul. Look forward to all the interesting updates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post roundhouse Posted July 23, 2015 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2015 Lets kick off with a few photos although not taken ' today'. These shots were taken back in May on our last trip into the county. Not the best weather. Goonbarrow out of the window of a class 153. We walked from Par to St Blazey in the rain visiting the few pubs left. On the way a sneaky shot through the fence of the yard. The following day at Bodmin General Bodmin Parkway 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Well done Paul good to see this back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chy Mengrowyn Paul Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Great atmospheric mizzle shot of the Greyhound and Well Tank. Looks like the weather may be the same over this weekend and we're supposed to be local camping ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Giffard LSWR 1951-71 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Aft'noon all, Good to see the Kernow thread up and running again.....here is a link to the Cornish section of my Flickr site https://www.flickr.com/photos/43564631@N08/sets/72157622606262751 ....not current images maybe but the 1980s BR scene motivated me to make several lengthy journeys to the South West Dave 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Thanks Dave, they are terrific. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggyman Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Hi Paul Thanks for starting a new thread...... Will be following with interest...... A quick point....Is it worth starting a similar parallel thread Kernow Whenever as the previous thread encouraged both aspects but it might be beneficial to have them separated..... I'm happy to but don't want to tread on your toes as it were...... Likewise as with you I would consider it a resource so as long as RMWeb exists so would the thread for every members benefit & enjoyment...... Cheer Bill 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Morning Paul, I want to say a big thank you for starting this thread - as I said on the previous one, four plus of the best years of my long life were spent in Cornwall in the seventies and so I visited the thread daily for a fix! Hopefully the superb photographers that regularily posted up to date images on the old thread will feel happy to do the same on this one. (Are you looking in Craig and Shaun?). It would be nice if Tim (Cap'n. Kernow) and others who still work on the railway could pick up where they left off and post the interesting information that we've been spoiled with! Thanks again Paul, Kind regards, Jock. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chy Mengrowyn Paul Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 (edited) Must say I was not expecting all the thanks for just basically posting a follow-on thread which I'm sure somebody else would have done at some point but I am humbled. Thank you all. I'm sure that everyone will continue to post as was, a little wiser perhaps too and a Kernow not today thread is fine by me - its your forum ! News from Fliker - as I'm on hols, is that 57605 is out from Derby so should be down imminently. Edited July 24, 2015 by Chy Mengrowyn Paul 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles2 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 (edited) Its a great shame the old thread is lost but good to see this continuation. Back in April Mrs bubbles2 and myself spent 4 nights at The Old Luggage Van https://www.chycor.co.uk/holidays/railholiday/ at St Germans. [/url]">http:// Home sweet home for 4 nights. [/url]">http:// Located right next to the station it's a great location for railway enthusiasts. [/url]">http:// [/url]">http:// What a beautiful Cornish Railway Station. [/url]">http:// To be continued...... Edited July 24, 2015 by bubbles2 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bubbles2 Posted July 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2015 As the unit leaves the station it passes The Travelling Post Office at the London end of the platform. [/url]">http:// There used to be a signal box on the down side of the lines on the right of this picture, as the unit heads out towards the viaduct. [/url]">http:// Train spotting from the window. [/url]">http:// A cosey place for the night. [/url]">http:// With the wood stove to keep us warm. [/url]">http://http://s62.photobucket.com/user/Debe2233/media/St%20Germans%20April%202015/DSC_0271_zps3bzj1e5b.jpg.html'> To be continued...... 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles2 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 (edited) We had bought railrover tickets for the Saturday and Sunday of our stay, living over 20 miles from the nearest railway station and the best part of an hour by road we tend not to travel by rail much. Our local station which would have been walking distance from our house closed in 1966. The local trian to Plymouth was well patranised with a group of local 'lads' heading for a day out in the city over the boarder. [/url]">http:// To be continued... Edited July 24, 2015 by bubbles2 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles2 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Now I know this is suposed to be Cornish Railways but to get to our next Cornish destination we had to cross the boarder into Devon so please forgive me if I include some views of Plymouth, and anyway our Cornish rover ticket covered Plymouth too. I do struggle to get excited about modern trains, my modeling cut off date being no latter than 1985. [/url]">http:// but I do love HSTs [/url]">http:// We had an hours wait for our train up the old Southern line to Gunnislake, here the unit waits in the bay (once a through line) at Plymouth. [/url]">http:// and back in Cornwall again at the the branch terminus of Gunnislake. [/url]">http:// At least there is still some signs of the old Southern at the stations. [/url]">http:// [/url]">http://http://s62.photobucket.com/user/Debe2233/media/St%20Germans%20April%202015/DSC_0253_zpsxyiyn5w9.jpg.html'> To be continued.... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles2 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Bere Alston was the junction station on the old Southern main line from Plymouth to Exeter and Waterloo where the branch to Calstock, Gunnislake and Callington diverged from the main line, and I just wanted to include these pictures of the station taken a couple of weeks ago while I was out persueing another of my wheeled transport interests with some friends. They show just how intact the old station is considering this is merely a halt where trains reverse to gain access to the old branch. With both platforms still in place, looking as though it's just waiting for the next train to Tavistock, Okehampton, Exeter or Waterloo........maybe. [/url]">http:// Plymouth to the left, Calstock and Gunnislake to the right. [/url]">http:// The station forecourt. [/url]">http:// [/url]">http://http://s62.photobucket.com/user/Debe2233/media/St%20Germans%20April%202015/DSC_0559_zpsqquqxogc.jpg.html'> 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Heaven sent! Most will appreciate my interest in the Duchy, its trains and country side from other comments on similar threads. Can't get too much of the old place so anything from PZ to LA via SBZ, is all right with me. Brian. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Also, I like the photo of the Cl.66 in the yard at StB. Quite pastoral and one can almost imagine a Cornish piskie in there somewhere. Or is that going too far? Brian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Nice to see another biker, on the forum. Kill two birds with one stone. I like nothing better, than getting the old gurl out (bike). And having a spin around, all the Railway points of interest, on a nice sunny day ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Morning all, Hello 'bubbles2', it is a pleasure to make your digital acquaintance. I was a lifelong biker (started road racing in 1963!) and having lived in Cornwall for over four years in the seventies, I also fell in love with the county! Sadly a terminal illness means that I can no longer enjoy either pursuit, and regular visitors to the 'Cornwall Today' thread will know the enjoyment I gleaned from the lovely photographs and up to date railway information provided by the current staff like Paul, who has kindly taken the trouble to start this thread. Your posts above are superb and the St Germans set in particular - I had no idea that 'The Old Luggage Van' existed. I expect that the owners might gain some more interest now that you have shown it to the RMweb! Thank you very much for feeding the nostalgia. Now all we need is for 'Padstow' and 'winterbourne' and the other photographers from the old thread to begin posting on here, and I hope for more posts from insiders like those from 'Captain Kernow'. Kind regards, Jock. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles2 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Morning all, Hello 'bubbles2', it is a pleasure to make your digital acquaintance. I was a lifelong biker (started road racing in 1963!) and having lived in Cornwall for over four years in the seventies, I also fell in love with the county! Sadly a terminal illness means that I can no longer enjoy either pursuit, and regular visitors to the 'Cornwall Today' thread will know the enjoyment I gleaned from the lovely photographs and up to date railway information provided by the current staff like Paul, who has kindly taken the trouble to start this thread. Your posts above are superb and the St Germans set in particular - I had no idea that 'The Old Luggage Van' existed. I expect that the owners might gain some more interest now that you have shown it to the RMweb! Thank you very much for feeding the nostalgia. Now all we need is for 'Padstow' and 'winterbourne' and the other photographers from the old thread to begin posting on here, and I hope for more posts from insiders like those from 'Captain Kernow'. Kind regards, Jock. Hi Jock, So sorry to hear of your present situation. Thankyou for your kind words I'm very pleased that you and others have enjoyed my words and pictures (there is more still to come). Perhaps yours is a timely reminder of how transient everything is. Posting these few pictures has I'm sure given me as much pleasure as others have derived from them, allowing me to relive memories once again. I too have enjoyed being a life long motorcyclist, riding for work and enjoyment,even picking up Mrs bubbles2 from the roadside on my motorcycle......but thats another story! All the best, Geoff, (A wave from the handlebars) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chy Mengrowyn Paul Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 Some second hand news as I'm oh hols, new liveried 57605 is currently on depot and up Sunday night...... .604 had an electrical fire and DRS 303 lost its ETH again so both were HST replacements during the week. As mentioned before, it alwAys happens when im off, 2 weeks left ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bubbles2 Posted July 26, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) So to continue our little sojourn around the railways of the far west. On arrival back at Plymouth we detrained only to discover that the unit that had just brought us back from Gunnislake was now forming our next train west back into the Duchy. So back on board after Saltash, passing our weekend home at St Germans and Menheniot we arrived at Liskard. junction for the Looe branch. [/url]">http:// [/url]">http:// In the single car of the branch train we were entertained by the antics of a thankfully small stag party on their way to top up in the pubs of Looe. [/url]">http:// [/url]">http:// [/url]">http:// After a lunch at the cafe overlooking the beach at Looe it was back up the branch to Liskard to catch another local train the short two station hop back to St Germans. [/url]">http:// The starting signal on the up Liskard platform, it won't be long before these semaphores are swept away. [/url]">http:// That evening after dinner in the luggage van I took a walk down under the viaduct that crosses the Tiddy, https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/St+Germans,+Saltash,+Cornwall+PL12/@50.3963721,-4.3205395,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x486c905ef461a103:0x6fa9d9301171df85 [/url]">http:// and I was reminded of the day back in September 1985 when Clun Castle broke the 20+year Cornish main line steam ban and I stood on St Germans quay to record it. [/url]">http:// St Germans Viaduct at dusk. [/url]">http:// Edited July 26, 2015 by bubbles2 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pb_devon Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Well, yesterday actually. Michael Portillo is out & about in Cornwall filming for a new Great British Railway Journeys. Yesterday at Saltash, where some know-it-all was pontificating about the bridge. Transmission is said to be end of January, I was told (woops, given away the ID of the smart a***e!), so there is plenty of time for you to have forgotten and I can slink away unseen. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chy Mengrowyn Paul Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 Really is a high-vis jacket... ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) So to continue our little sojourn around the railways of the far west. On arrival back at Plymouth we detrained only to discover that the unit that had just brought us back from Gunnislake was now forming our next train west back into the Duchy. So back on board after Saltash, passing our weekend home at St Germans and Menheniot we arrived at Liskard. junction for the Looe branch. [/url]">http:// [/url]">http:// In the single car of the branch train we were entertained by the antics of a thankfully small stag party on their way to top up in the pubs of Looe. [/url]">http:// [/url]">http:// [/url]">http:// After a lunch at the cafe overlooking the beach at Looe it was back up the branch to Liskard to catch another local train the short two station hop back to St Germans. [/url]">http:// The starting signal on the up Liskard platform, it won't be long before these semaphores are swept away. [/url]">http:// That evening after dinner in the luggage van I took a walk down under the viaduct that crosses the Tiddy, https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/St+Germans,+Saltash,+Cornwall+PL12/@50.3963721,-4.3205395,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x486c905ef461a103:0x6fa9d9301171df85 [/url]">http:// and I was reminded of the day back in September 1985 when Clun Castle broke the 20+year Cornish main line steam ban and I stood on St Germans quay to record it. [/url]">http:// St Germans Viaduct at dusk. [/url]">http:// Amazing to read the reference to Paul Corin's Magnificent Music Machines. It must be 45 years since we went there on one of our family holidays in Cornwall. Didn't he also own the monkey sanctuary further along the coast? Edited July 28, 2015 by St Enodoc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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