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Title: 150th anniversary HST Truro to Falmouth Post by: molinnis on August 13, 2013, 15:16:18 Sunday 25th First Great Western are running a HST special Truro to Falmouth to celebrate 150 years of this line. More info here http://www.greatscenicrailways.com/news.html
Title: Re: 150th anniversary HST Truro to Falmouth Post by: RichardB on August 20, 2013, 10:10:13 Sunday 25th First Great Western are running a HST special Truro to Falmouth to celebrate 150 years of this line. More info here http://www.greatscenicrailways.com/news.html Thanks for this. Just to say, there are still a few tickets left for the HST. I have updated the news page (link above) with more details including how to apply. 150th Anniversary celebrations kicked off yesterday with the opening of "Falmouth on Track", a very nice exhibition about the line being held at The Poly which is in Church St in Falmouth town centre. Open 10AM - 4PM daily (except Sundays) until 7 September. Admission free. The Poly is about ten minutes' walk from Falmouth Town station. Title: Re: 150th anniversary HST Truro to Falmouth Post by: The Tall Controller on August 20, 2013, 17:01:34 Just to add that I have a spare ticket going should anyone want it
Title: Re: 150th anniversary HST Truro to Falmouth Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 20, 2013, 21:25:01 Just to say, there are still a few tickets left for the HST. I have updated the news page (link above) with more details including how to apply. Thanks for that very useful update, Richard. ;) Title: Re: 150th anniversary HST Truro to Falmouth Post by: marky7890 on August 25, 2013, 14:20:30 I got some photos of it! This is the return working to Truro.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7384/9588362971_baa04d9429_z.jpg) (http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2808/9588358951_dbb7bd4466_z.jpg) Title: Re: 150th anniversary HST Truro to Falmouth Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 31, 2013, 22:07:29 From the Falmouth Packet (http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/fpfalmouth/10639261.Crowds_make_tracks_to_Falmouth_rail_anniversary__PICTURES/):
Quote Crowds make tracks to Falmouth rail anniversary: PICTURES (http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/resources/images/2610603.jpg?type=articleLandscape) Visitors to Falmouth on Saturday could be forgiven for rubbing their eyes in disbelief, after a huge old steam train appeared on the Moor overnight. The improbable, and imposing, sight of a 45 ton steam locomotive in Falmouth was part of the weekend of celebrations to mark 150 years of the Maritime Line railway service. The Bank Holiday weekend saw celebrations and events across the town on the anniversary of the railway reaching the town 150 years ago, organised by Richard Burningham of the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership. Built by the Great Western Railway at Swindon in 1937, 0-6-0 Pannier tank no. 6435 is owned and operated by the Bodmin And Wenford Railway, and normally rattles the rails between Bodmin Parkway, Bodmin General and Boscarne Junction. Pannier tank engines were once a common sight working on branch lines throughout the Southwest. In the cab for the day was driver Courtney Berryman. Originally from St Agnes, he started his working life in 1956 with British Railways at Truro motive power depot. He regularly worked trains along the Falmouth branch, when it was very busy with freight as well as passenger traffic. He recalls days shunting the goods yards at Perranwell, Penryn and the interchange sidings at Falmouth Docks. The Poly has also been hosting a special ^Falmouth on Track ^ How the Railway Changed the Town^ exhibition of photographs and memorabilia from the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society history collection to mark the 150th anniversary of the Falmouth railway line. There was the opportunity to view working models of early trains courtesy of Falmouth Model Railway Group and plenty of railway based activities for the young visitors. Sunday saw the anniversary continue with the arrival of a special train into Falmouth Docks station. The fast mainline train, which usually plies its trade on the Penzance to London route, travelled the Maritime Line from Truro packed with railway fans and local dignitaries. The chairman of First Great Western, Charles Howeson, and leading driver Phil Jones then joined Falmouth^s mayor Geoffrey Evans on the station platform to unveil a plaque commemorating 150 years of rail service from Truro to Penryn and Falmouth. (http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/resources/images/2610499.jpg?type=articleLandscape) (http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/resources/images/2610501.jpg?type=articleLandscape) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |