RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted January 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2020 Does anyone recognise the rather spectacular location of picture No. 2239 (also seen in 2236 and 2234) on the Transport Treasure Peter Gray Collection https://www.transporttreasury.com/p1033857966 ? (n.b. the consecutive numbering of the images is slightly awry) The neighbouring pictures are mostly of the Kingsbridge branch, but I can't identify a location along that line on a map that fits the scene. The railway seems to be at such a high altitude that I feel it must be some way inland. Could it be somewhere on the Launceston line? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) The stock certainly fits in with the Kingsbridge branch but like you I'm stumped on the location. Photo 2240 definitely is. Edited January 27, 2020 by gwrrob added detail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2020 With a little bit of delving and looking at the other photos (2235 and 2237) which appear to have been taken at the same location I am going to place my betton the Kingsbridge branch on the straight immediately north of Sorley Tunnel - 1 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted January 27, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2020 18 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: With a little bit of delving and looking at the other photos (2235 and 2237) which appear to have been taken at the same location I am going to place my betton the Kingsbridge branch on the straight immediately north of Sorley Tunnel - I can appreciate your reasoning, but looking on Streetview just as the road is approaching the surviving bridge abutments at Rakelane Cross, the slope of the landscape seems nowhere near as dramatic as in Peter Gray's photo. https://www.google.com/maps/@50.3098078,-3.7950399,3a,75y,254.05h,64.89t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1s9N65N8ZHt14hpoMgEzvIQg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!9m2!1b1!2i23?hl=en-GB But admittedly that could be just an misleading impression based on differing viewpoint. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted January 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2020 Near the bottom of this page http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/kingsbridge-branch.html# is a photo captioned ‘down train on the approach to Sorley tunnel’ which matches 2234 very well. In fact, 99.9%! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bécasse Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Photo 2215 shows the same train in Kingsbridge station so it is definitely on that branch. The photographer seems to be using some extreme lens settings (note how the single carriage often appears overlong) and that may be causing the problems of matching the shots with how the landscape appears today. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted January 27, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Harlequin said: Near the bottom of this page http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/kingsbridge-branch.html# is a photo captioned ‘down train on the approach to Sorley tunnel’ which matches 2234 very well. In fact, 99.9%! Can't argue with that! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted January 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2020 10 hours ago, Andy Kirkham said: I can appreciate your reasoning, but looking on Streetview just as the road is approaching the surviving bridge abutments at Rakelane Cross, the slope of the landscape seems nowhere near as dramatic as in Peter Gray's photo. https://www.google.com/maps/@50.3098078,-3.7950399,3a,75y,254.05h,64.89t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1s9N65N8ZHt14hpoMgEzvIQg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!9m2!1b1!2i23?hl=en-GB But admittedly that could be just an misleading impression based on differing viewpoint. Knowing the area, as soon as I saw the image I was knew it was just to the north of Sorley. Removing the line has changed our view point of the landscape. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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