Helstonnorthroad Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 early start to finally get a photo of the rail operations group 57310 on spot hire to GWR running under Head codes 1C50 and 5C50 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggyman Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Hi GBRF had a loco in the area on driver training so went to see what I could see..... These pictures taken from the bridge outside Tesco Pool. First up an unidentified IEP on the IA84 Penzance Paddington AT 10.2 Followed by the GBRF driver training loco OZ61 Plymouth to Penzance at 10.34. The loco was 59003 Yeoman Highlander.....The first 59 I can remember seeing.... This was then followed by2x 158's on the late running 2C07 Bristol to Penzance at 11.00 Cheers Bill 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggyman Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Hi again As the return trip was quite soon I popped round to Cooks Kitchen bridge to await it...... Running slightly early as the OZ62 59003 passed at about 11.53 on her way from Penzance back to Plymouth I then waited a few minutes for 2C19 Exeter to Penzance which was made up of 3 car 158957...... Although there is due another run later & I believe again tomorrow I probably won't get to see them..... Cheers Bill 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helstonnorthroad Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 GBRF no.59003 at Penzance working 1Z64 Plymouth to Penzance driver training run 14/07/21 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DavidLong Posted July 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2021 15 hours ago, Helstonnorthroad said: GBRF no.59003 at Penzance working 1Z64 Plymouth to Penzance driver training run 14/07/21 Anyone know what these training runs are for? David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted July 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2021 49 minutes ago, DavidLong said: Anyone know what these training runs are for? David Learning the road presumably. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DavidLong Posted July 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2021 20 minutes ago, boxbrownie said: Learning the road presumably. Perhaps I should have been clearer. As far as I am aware the only freight business west of Plymouth is the china clay which is operated by DB. 59003 is a GB Railfreight loco which led me to wonder if there may be new freight business on the horizon. However GBRf do specialize in route learning so they could be training drivers from another company who need to learn the road which may or may not be for freight business. David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helstonnorthroad Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 2 hours ago, DavidLong said: Perhaps I should have been clearer. As far as I am aware the only freight business west of Plymouth is the china clay which is operated by DB. 59003 is a GB Railfreight loco which led me to wonder if there may be new freight business on the horizon. However GBRf do specialize in route learning so they could be training drivers from another company who need to learn the road which may or may not be for freight business. David Training GBRF drivers for civil engineers trains in the duchy the last few GBRF runs into Cornwall have been with colas drivers. Heard nothing about new freight contracts in Cornwall expect for the potential change of TOC for the clay 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helstonnorthroad Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Upcoming engineering trains to the duchy Wednesday 21st July GBRF to burngullow via Penzance https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U36908/2021-07-21/detailed Return to westbury Thursday 22nd July https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U36909/2021-07-22/detailed Friday 23rd July 1819 Westbury Down T.C. to Lostwithiel Down Gds Loop DB cargo service https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U36933/2021-07-23/detailed Saturday 24th July 1825 Westbury Down T.C. to Lostwithiel Down Gds Loop DB cargo service https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U36935/2021-07-24/detailed Sunday 25th 1309 Lostwithiel to Westbury Down T.C. DB cargo service https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U36936/2021-07-25/detailed 6G70 1037 Westbury Down T.C. to Lostwithiel Down Gds Loop GBRF https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U36931/2021-07-25/detailed 1340 Lostwithiel to Westbury Down T.C. DB cargo service https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U36934/2021-07-25/detailed 6G70 0835 Lostwithiel to Westbury Down T.C GBRF https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U36932/2021-07-26/detailed 1716 Westbury Down T.C. to St Erth colas rail via Penzance https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U36925/2021-07-26/detailed 0425 Camborne to Eastleigh East Yard colas rail https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U36926/2021-07-27/detailed 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helstonnorthroad Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 A photo I took yesterday while volunteering at the helston railway can’t wait for the opening on the 28th only a week away 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Hi All, As followers of this thread some of you will no doubt have already picked up on this, but just in case........agreement has been reached to restore St Blazey's turntable to working order (again!) In fact it's a 'restoration plus' project. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-railway-magazine/20210802/... I walked around there this afternoon and brand new temporary sectional fencing has been erected around the outside of the well. A couple of ladders from the table into the well have also appeared. I'm 'well' placed to keep an eye on proceedings.....! The prospect of steam locos being turned not far from where I live will certainly stoke more interest in the current railway scene than I've mustered lately....... I was also trying to identify the solitary CDA nearest the turntable, because I think it's first-built 375000, which spent at least a year parked with many others alongside St Blazey Road then was moved to be visible from the main depot (not yard) gate for a few weeks before being moved again out of view. Trying to confirm. If it is '000, does preservation beckon? Neil 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted August 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2021 10 hours ago, Neil Phillips said: Hi All, As followers of this thread some of you will no doubt have already picked up on this, but just in case........agreement has been reached to restore St Blazey's turntable to working order (again!) In fact it's a 'restoration plus' project. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-railway-magazine/20210802/... I walked around there this afternoon and brand new temporary sectional fencing has been erected around the outside of the well. A couple of ladders from the table into the well have also appeared. I'm 'well' placed to keep an eye on proceedings.....! The prospect of steam locos being turned not far from where I live will certainly stoke more interest in the current railway scene than I've mustered lately....... I was also trying to identify the solitary CDA nearest the turntable, because I think it's first-built 375000, which spent at least a year parked with many others alongside St Blazey Road then was moved to be visible from the main depot (not yard) gate for a few weeks before being moved again out of view. Trying to confirm. If it is '000, does preservation beckon? Neil The link doesn't work for me? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted August 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2021 12 hours ago, Neil Phillips said: Hi All, As followers of this thread some of you will no doubt have already picked up on this, but just in case........agreement has been reached to restore St Blazey's turntable to working order (again!) In fact it's a 'restoration plus' project. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-railway-magazine/20210802/... I walked around there this afternoon and brand new temporary sectional fencing has been erected around the outside of the well. A couple of ladders from the table into the well have also appeared. I'm 'well' placed to keep an eye on proceedings.....! The prospect of steam locos being turned not far from where I live will certainly stoke more interest in the current railway scene than I've mustered lately....... I was also trying to identify the solitary CDA nearest the turntable, because I think it's first-built 375000, which spent at least a year parked with many others alongside St Blazey Road then was moved to be visible from the main depot (not yard) gate for a few weeks before being moved again out of view. Trying to confirm. If it is '000, does preservation beckon? Neil That’s really great news, we are there quite often shopping in one of the several “shed” shops, always love to see the rails running into each shop and the turntable now being restored can only be good for the area. In fact our new kitchen worktop will be formed and cut in the old workshops there come September, not sure it’ll smell of oil and smoke though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 4 hours ago, rab said: The link doesn't work for me? No, me neither! Probably just me so I've tried again using a different method - on my device tapping once doesn't work but touching for two seconds to bring up an 'Open' tab and using that does. See if it works for you: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-railway-magazine/20210802/281672552980454 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 There's been an interest in such a project now for quite a while; on and off. It obviously benefit tour train operators who offer trips to Cornwall without the need to go all the way back to Laira for turning. Why trains weren't turned at Par is a mystery as wyeing would be possible via the Newquay line, unless there is a pathing problem or similar. Sadly none of the other ventures came to fruition, so hopefully this one will be more successful. Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nat37670 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 On 22/08/2021 at 22:39, Neil Phillips said: Hi All, As followers of this thread some of you will no doubt have already picked up on this, but just in case........agreement has been reached to restore St Blazey's turntable to working order (again!) In fact it's a 'restoration plus' project. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-railway-magazine/20210802/... I walked around there this afternoon and brand new temporary sectional fencing has been erected around the outside of the well. A couple of ladders from the table into the well have also appeared. I'm 'well' placed to keep an eye on proceedings.....! The prospect of steam locos being turned not far from where I live will certainly stoke more interest in the current railway scene than I've mustered lately....... I was also trying to identify the solitary CDA nearest the turntable, because I think it's first-built 375000, which spent at least a year parked with many others alongside St Blazey Road then was moved to be visible from the main depot (not yard) gate for a few weeks before being moved again out of view. Trying to confirm. If it is '000, does preservation beckon? Neil Neil, The photo in that article is rather old, the single CDA behind is prototype 353224, ex HAA coal hopper which was preserved and moved a few years ago now.... The first built 375000 is still there in store, been pushed up from where it was. Should be visible from the road, it's right up next to the 'wash apron' in the line of stored examples running from the signalbox gate towards the traincrew block. N 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nat37670 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 This weeks china clay empties from the Potteries ran apx 10 hours late due to staffing issues. Unusual to see the empties in the daylight, this meaning a nice long 18 wagon train. The loaded is restricted to 11 wagons to Exeter. 66125 at Dobwalls on Wednesday. On arrival at St.Blazey the loco took three wagons straight into Par Harbour arriving apx 17:15. Giving this view, unusual to get the sun around the right side as this is usually a morning job. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggyman Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 19 minutes ago, nat37670 said: This weeks china clay empties from the Potteries ran apx 10 hours late due to staffing issues. Unusual to see the empties in the daylight, this meaning a nice long 18 wagon train. The loaded is restricted to 11 wagons to Exeter. 66125 at Dobwalls on Wednesday. On arrival at St.Blazey the loco took three wagons straight into Par Harbour arriving apx 17:15. Giving this view, unusual to get the sun around the right side as this is usually a morning job. Hi Thanks for posting those pictures.... I hadn't realised that the 'Par Shunt' as I call it was still operational.... Does it occur every Wednesday or as & when required? I've seen it before but as you say it's normally a morning job On another tack I assume the other wagons went to Parkindillack/Treviscoe though I had been told that that facility had been mothballed.... Thanks again for posting Cheer Bill 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nat37670 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 1 minute ago, treggyman said: Hi Thanks for posting those pictures.... I hadn't realised that the 'Par Shunt' as I call it was still operational.... Does it occur every Wednesday or as & when required? I've seen it before but as you say it's normally a morning job On another tack I assume the other wagons went to Parkindillack/Treviscoe though I had been told that that facility had been mothballed.... Thanks again for posting Cheer Bill Hi, Yes Parkandillack is currently out of use for rail loading. However Parkandillack is used on various systems (ie Real Time Trains) for any train going onto the Parkandillack Branch, Treviscoe is still in use as a loading point, but workings show as going to Parkandillack even though they don't! So this week three JIA wagons were loaded at Par Harbour on Wednesday (my photo) then today, Thursday, another 8 were loaded at Treviscoe. This is the usual weekly set up, two days of JIA loading Wednesday and Thursday at Par Harbour and Treviscoe but what day is where can swap. In both instances when things are normal the trains leaves St.Blazey after 07:00. N 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 19 hours ago, nat37670 said: Neil, The photo in that article is rather old, the single CDA behind is prototype 353224, ex HAA coal hopper which was preserved and moved a few years ago now.... The first built 375000 is still there in store, been pushed up from where it was. Should be visible from the road, it's right up next to the 'wash apron' in the line of stored examples running from the signalbox gate towards the traincrew block. N My apologies, I should have been clearer that I was referring to the present day, not the article although since you come to mention it the position of that CDA does look familiar from photos of a stored 353224 published elsewhere on RMweb (Hornby's very first CDA model was numbered 353224 and for years I thought they had it wrong.........until April 2000 when I spotted it in a rake of CDAs heading west through Lostwithiel! Wow, they had that number right all along! Then they mess up their most recent triple-pack release by numbering them as HAAs ). It has been a while since I walked along that road but noticed from the car that the vegetation has recently been cut back from the railway side so wagon identification should be easier now - I'll check it out! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 14 hours ago, nat37670 said: This weeks china clay empties from the Potteries ran apx 10 hours late due to staffing issues. Unusual to see the empties in the daylight, this meaning a nice long 18 wagon train. The loaded is restricted to 11 wagons to Exeter. 66125 at Dobwalls on Wednesday. On arrival at St.Blazey the loco took three wagons straight into Par Harbour arriving apx 17:15. Giving this view, unusual to get the sun around the right side as this is usually a morning job. I've just noticed this on the Cornwall Railway Society website - if only I'd known, as watching a Class 66 traverse this short but fascinating stretch of line is near the top of my To Do List! I was just up the road doing s*d all as well!! Not only that, 66125 was the first 66 I ever saw, crossing the (recently replaced) bridge at Trewoon near Burngullow in August 1999 while my other half was in the Post Office there. Astonishing to see it looking almost exactly the same 22 years later..........the diesel-hydraulics looked like cr*p after just three (I should mention that between 1975 and 2019 I was an exiled Cornishman so lineside visits were during family visits and holidays only). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helstonnorthroad Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 A new look for the 127 at the helston railway yesterday sore the head code board fixed with 5H77 minor work to the roof and lots more painting including the gutters on the front of the DMU and a primer on the side ready for that to be painted into marroon also this week confirmation of the rumours of are heritage transport weekend taking place on the 11th and 12th of September with are steam trains running a shuttle service up and down the line to the new events field next to Truthall halt with classic cars traction engines and much more more details to follow through the website www.helstonrailway.co.uk and also through the helston railway Facebook page 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted September 2, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 2, 2021 (edited) It's nice to see the 127 getting a repaint but I don't like the colour that has been chosen. (However I have not contributed a penny towards it, my view doesn't really count a jot). Edited September 2, 2021 by Kris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helstonnorthroad Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Kris said: It's nice to see the 127 getting a repaint but I don't like the colour that has been chosen. (However I have not contributed a penny towards it, my view doesn't really count a jot). The 127 won’t be staying in that livery for long the rumour is it will be painted into chocolate and cream next year the marroon is just to make it look presentable for this running season 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helstonnorthroad Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Passing burngullow on the train earlier today are they relaying the track or removing it? And if they are relaying the track what is the point as it very rarely gets used 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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