3rd July 1984
37247 arrives from Lostwithiel with a train of chain clay hoods for Parkandillick, or somewhere else up the Newquay branch I expect. The good thing is that this view can be replicated today, as china clay is still being carried on the railways, just. Substitute the 37 for a 66, and the china clay hoods for air-braked CDA hoppers. That's all!
37247 was converted into a Class 37/5, as no. 37671, and remained working in Cornwall in that guise carrying "Tre Pol & Pen" nameplates. It met its end in 2011 at a scrap yard near Sheffield.
There is so much of interest in this view that it warrants a long study. So much of the character of railways at the time is visible here.
37247 was converted into a Class 37/5, as no. 37671, and remained working in Cornwall in that guise carrying "Tre Pol & Pen" nameplates. It met its end in 2011 at a scrap yard near Sheffield.
There is so much of interest in this view that it warrants a long study. So much of the character of railways at the time is visible here.
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