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Title: 60s Film Footage of Cornwall's Railways Post by: Andy on December 02, 2015, 07:22:48 Apologies if this has been mentioned elsewhere but if you fancy a nostalgic look at Cornish railways in the 60s, check out these films of the lines from Padstow-Bodmin Road, Lostwithiel-Fowey and Lostwithiel-Plymouth
http://cornishmemory.com/items/browse?search=diesel Title: Re: 60s Film Footage of Cornwall's Railways Post by: alexross42 on December 02, 2015, 09:22:42 What a gem of a find - the footage of the Padstow line in particular is brilliant - thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: 60s Film Footage of Cornwall's Railways Post by: SandTEngineer on December 02, 2015, 11:02:25 Yes indeed. Many thanks. Some historic signalling views in there. Also noted a complete lack of traffic on most of the roads ;)
Title: Re: 60s Film Footage of Cornwall's Railways Post by: trainbuff on December 02, 2015, 15:23:47 Add my thanks as well! Splendid. When I was a child I used to play on Petherick Creek Bridge!
Title: Re: 60s Film Footage of Cornwall's Railways Post by: phile on December 02, 2015, 17:30:07 Plenty of old footage on the Cornwall Railways website.
Title: Re: 60s Film Footage of Cornwall's Railways Post by: Andy on March 11, 2016, 14:01:38 From the same source, here's a clip of a round trip on the Par-Newquay branch line in the 60s - complete with a cameo scene starring a couple of class 22s.
http://cornishmemory.com/item/MISC_260_06 and one of the main line through Cornwall in the 80s. http://cornishmemory.com/item/WMA_09_01 Title: Re: 60s Film Footage of Cornwall's Railways Post by: GBM on September 30, 2020, 16:21:35 Just seen this for the Falmouth branch - lovely memories...
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-truro-to-falmouth-on-the-maritime-line-1976-online?fbclid=IwAR34n47kIHgfZHpHLE59mAfOoB80rLzei0jcNvzwYEarU37BsDBXkqZ6nDs Title: Re: 60s Film Footage of Cornwall's Railways Post by: RailCornwall on September 30, 2020, 19:18:02 A similar film from Westward TV, the reporter is John Doyle, on the St Ives branch is also on the site
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-cornwalls-st-erth-to-st-ives-railway-branch-line-1975-online Title: Re: 60s Film Footage of Cornwall's Railways Post by: Ralph Ayres on October 01, 2020, 13:24:21 From the same source, here's a clip of a round trip on the Par-Newquay branch line in the 60s - complete with a cameo scene starring a couple of class 22s. http://cornishmemory.com/item/MISC_260_06 Did anyone else cringe at the door not closed properly at 8'05"? Title: Re: 60s Film Footage of Cornwall's Railways Post by: Witham Bobby on October 05, 2020, 11:16:23 A similar film from Westward TV, the reporter is John Doyle, on the St Ives branch is also on the site https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-cornwalls-st-erth-to-st-ives-railway-branch-line-1975-online Ahh - the sound and rattle of a DMU. The gearbox whine; the whistling of the air entering the vacuum brake valve, the engines. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. John Doyle did a few pieces on the West Somerset Railway when I worked there. He was quite well informed about railways in general, although that didn't always come across in the reports on the WSR he filed, back in the day. Anyone gain extra points for noticing the Presflo cement wagons and D1000 in Truro yard? And how about a passenger train being allowed to get that close to the bufferstops? Hair-raising, by today's standards ;) Title: Re: 60s Film Footage of Cornwall's Railways Post by: Andy on October 05, 2020, 15:59:40 No sound on this one, but some interesting footage of both branch & main line services, from '74.
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