The Cornwall Minerals Railway

[rogerfarnworth]

This post results from reading Issue No. 30 of the "Railway Archive" Journal. It contains an article about the locomotives originally purchased for the Cornwall Minerals Railway. That company dramatically over-ordered motive power and when its lease was taken over by the GWR, 50% of its original order were returned to the manufacturer Sharp, Stewart of Manchester.

Eight if these locomotives found their way to the Lynn & Fakenham Railway and eventually onto the books of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway.

This first post about the Cornwall Minerals Railway highlights these locomotives. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/05/17/th ... way-part-1

[End2end]

A perfect article for my proposed layout area. Thanks Roger.

Just as a side note, FOWEY is pronounced "FOY". I always thought that was weird.
I do hope you make it down there this year. It's such a beautiful county of contrasts.
Thanks
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[Bigmet]

My sister lives amongst the industrial detritus of the mining landscape on Bodmin Moor, with its derelict industrial buildings, grossly polluting spoil heaps and interesting remnants of railway infrastructure, some of which was recycled into the structure of her home. We'd be there right now had our plans not been derailed by a bug in the system. Sigh.

[rogerfarnworth]

In this second article we look at Par and its harbour, include some information about Treffry's Tramway which transported goods to and from the Port and take note of St. Blazey Loco Shed. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2025/02/01/th ... gine-shed/

[Bigmet]

...It's such a beautiful county of contrasts.

Indeed, and now it has an indoor railway simulator among much else within the Emily Hobhouse museum at St Ive, between Pensilva and Liskeard. Very impressive altogether concerning the campaigning life of this daughter of the vicarage.

[Ex-Pat]

SIAM Railway Simulations have just released St Blazey 1950 - a very absorbing game.

https://siam2.co.uk/product/st-blazey-1950/

and their much larger simulation East Cornwall 1950 covers more detailed workings over a larger area ( https://siam2.co.uk/product/east-cornwall-1950/ )