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Cornwall Railways in Colour

Historic colour images, mostly from 35mm colour transparencies, of railway stations, signal boxes, goods yards, engine sheds, tunnels, bridges and viaducts in the County of Cornwall, in the British Railways period from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s.

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Steam shrouds No. 5569 at Launceston on 3rd April 1962
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Launceston (LSWR) Railway Station 1962
Filename:
Launceston LSW 3.4.62
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No. 5569 runs round its train at Launceston on 3rd April 1962
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Launceston (LSWR) Railway Station 1962
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Launceston LSW & No. 5569 3.4.62
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The closed ex-GWR station at Launceston in goods use on 3rd April 1962. Passenger services were withdrawn from here and transferred to the ex-LSWR station in 1952
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Launceston (GWR) Railway Station 1962
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Launceston GWR 3.4.62
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Approaching Calstock Viaduct, looking west towards Calstock station. Photo believed to have been taken in August 1963
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Approaching Calstock Viaduct c1963
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Calstock, app Viaduct c1963
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Taking water at Calstock. Note the boxes of strawberries for loading on the next Up train on the right. Photo believed to have been taken in August 1963
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Calstock Railway Station c1963
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Calstock, Taking Water c1963
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The terminus at Callington viewed from the signal box. Photo believed to have been taken in August 1963
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Callington Railway Station c1963
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Callington, No 41295, 5.4.62
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No. 41315 waits to depart Callington, terminus of the branch from Bere Alston. Photo believed to have been taken in August 1963
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Callington Railway Station c1963
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Callington & No 41315
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Branch train arriving at Callington, with the engine shed on the right. Photo believed to have been taken in August 1963
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Callington Station & Engine Shed c1963
Filename:
Callington & Loco Shed c1963
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Helston signal box and engine shed circa 1962, with a North British Type 2 diesel running round
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Helston Railway Station c1962
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Helston SB & Shed c1962
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North British Type 2 diesel No. D6351 at Helston with a train from Gwinear Road in July 1962
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Helston Railway Station 1962
Filename:
Helston D6351 7.62
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An unidentified 45xx tank runs round its train at Helston circa 1962
Title:
Helston Railway Station c1962
Filename:
Helston & 45xx c1962
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County Class 4-6-0 No. 1008 County of Cardigan pauses at Gwinear Road, junction for the Helston Branch with a Paddington to Penzance express in July 1962. A North British Type 2 diesel sits in the bay on the right with the Helston Branch service
Title:
Gwinear Road Railway Station 1962
Filename:
Gwinear Rd, Padd-Pz 7.62
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St Blazey station in June 1958, looking south. Public passenger services were withdrawn in 1925, although the station continued in use for workmen's trains until 1934
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St Blazey Railway Station 1958
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St Blazey Jun 1958
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St Blazey crossing closed to traffic as a china clay train is shunted circa 1972. This line leads into Par Harbour. Nice Beetle!
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St Blazey Level Crossing, Shunting Clay Train c1972
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St Blazey, Xing Clay Train c1972
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The RAB in August 1972, from the Devon side of the River Tamar, looking towards Saltash in the left background
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Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash 1972
Filename:
Saltash, RAB Approach 8.72
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Brunel's famous bridge viewed from a Plymouth bound train on 6th January 1965
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Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash 1965
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Saltash, RAB 6.1.65
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China clay train being shunted at par station circa 1975
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Par Railway Station c1975
Filename:
Par station, Clay Train c1975
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DMU driver's view of Shepherd's station and nameboard
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Shepherds Railway Station c1962
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Shepherds station, Drivers vw
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Standard tank No. 41272 arriving at Nantstallon Halt, near Bodmin, circa 1960
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Nantstallon Halt c1960
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Nantstallon Hal…
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A panoramic view looking NE from near Fowey Consuls circa 1962, with a goods train presumably on the main line east of Par.
Title:
Par, View Near Fowey Consuls c1962
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Fowey Consuls, …
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