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	Cornwall Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cornwall Railway was a broad gauge railway (7 feet 0.25 inch) from Plymouth in Devon to Falmouth in Cornwall.
		After the West Cornwall Railway was converted to broad gauge in 1867 the Truro to Falmouth line tended to be operated as a branch, with the trains from London Paddington station operating to Penzance instead.
		The South Devon Railway took over the contract in 1867 and worked both of the companies' lines and also that of the West Cornwall Railway with one common pool of engines, although throughout both contracts the Cornwall Railway was responsible for ordering its own engines and was charged for their costs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cornwall_Railway (1279 words)

	Cornwall Railway viaducts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The remainder were the River Tamar at Saltash crossed on the Royal Albert Bridge, the River Fowey at Lostwithiel crossed by a low three-span viaduct (two spans being timber, the central one iron), and the river and canal at Par crossed on a five-arch low stone viaduct.
		The lease precluded the conversion of the broad gauge line to standard gauge, and the Cornwall Railway refused to pay for the widening of the viaducts during rebuilding to accommodate a double line of standard gauge tracks (it had been built as a single-track line).
		A Class A viaduct 1/4 mile west of the junction between the Cornwall Railway to Falmouth and the West Cornwall Railway to Penzance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cornwall_Railway_viaducts#History (2716 words)

	Great Western Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		South of Exeter the railway clings to the coastline
		Meanwhile, further developments were made in the GWR's heartland: the South Devon Railway (which for a time experimented with the “atmospheric” system of propulsion) was opened in 1849, extending the broad gauge to Plymouth, and the Cornwall Railway took it over the Royal Albert Bridge and into Cornwall, reaching Penzance by 1867.
		The South Wales Railway, terminating at Neyland, opened in 1850 and was connected to the GWR via Brunel's ungainly Wye bridge in 1852.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Western_Railway (1506 words)

	Plymouth, Cornwall Railway (CR)
		St Budeaux into Cornwall and when joined to the earlier West Cornwall Railway would be the last part of the trunk route from London to Penzance.
		Devonport Station was purchased by the Cornwall Railway and the line was promptly extended through the Devonport Tunnel to the Albert Bridge.
		In April 1876 the South Devon Railway agreed to provide the locomotives for the Cornwall Railway and a contract was duly signed.
	www.plymouthdata.info /RAIL-Cornwall.htm (890 words)

	West of Cornwall Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		1852 The West Cornwall Railway extended the Hayle Railway westward, the West Cornwall Railway was authorised in 1846, and a passenger service from Penzance to Redruth commenced in 1852, and a little later to Truro.
		The West Cornwall Railway was planned as broad gauge but actually was built in the standard gauge which had already been adopted by the Hayle Railway; and extended to, Truro and Penzance.
		The opening of the West Cornwall Railway in 1852, running half a mile north of Chacewater and on the northern edge of the Wheal Busy sett, was not enough to save the ailing mines.
	www.cornwall-calling.co.uk /mines/tramways/west-cornwall-railway.htm (197 words)

	Cornwall Minerals Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Cornwall Minerals Railway opened 1 June 1874 replacing and connecting several earlier railways and tramways.
		The Cornwall Minerals railway, carried passengers, and worked by the G.W.R. crossed the county from Newquay on the north-west coast to Par and Fowey in the south, and connected with the Cornwall railway at St Blazey.
		The Cornwall Minerals Railway was built to standard gauge at a time when the connecting main line of the Cornwall Railway was built to Brunel's 7' broad gauge.
	cornwall-calling.co.uk /mines/tramways/cornwall-minerals-railway.htm (299 words)

	The History of the Bodmin & Wenford Railway
		The line from Wadebridge to Wenfordbridge, with a branch to Bodmin, was intended to carry sand from the Camel estuary to inland farms for use as fertiliser.
		It was the first steam-worked railway in Cornwall, and one of the first in Britain to carry passengers.
		Until the Cornwall Railway main line was converted from Brunel's broad gauge to the narrower "standard gauge" in 1892, passengers and goods were transferred between trains at Bodmin Road.
	www.bodminandwenfordrailway.co.uk /history.html (682 words)

	Bodmin and Wenford Railway - Cornwall
		It may be the region's oldest town, with a church built on the site of a monastery that was founded in the 6th Century A.D. Today's attractions include the church, a town museum, a light infantry museum, a jail where public hangings took place until 1909, and the vast expanse of the Bodmin Moor.
		The railway attracts tourists, steam enthusiasts, and hikers or cyclists who use the train to reach various trails and nature paths.
		In addition to the standard trips, the Bodmin and Wenford Railway has a variety of theme excursions between late March and early October as well as "Santa specials" and "mince pie specials" in December.
	europeforvisitors.com /europe/articles/bodmin_and_wenford_railway.htm (236 words)

	Twelveheads Heritage Books
		Cornwall is a wonderful county with a rich history and heritage.
		Cornwall's railways were very idiosyncratic and despite modernisation, there is still much to see.
		Cornwall was at the heart of the industrial revolution and much remains.
	www.twelveheads.com /thtge.htm (860 words)

	The Royal Albert Bridge : Links
		The South Devon Railway operates a Heritage Steam railway between Buckfastleigh and Totnes (Littehempston) in South Devon.
		This is a genuine ex GWR branchline preserved railway running alongside 7 Miles of the River Dart.
		British outline 4 mm scale model railway kits and components for you to build accurate models from the 1920's to the 1960's.
	www.royal-albert-bridge.co.uk /links (1437 words)

	East Cornwall Mineral Railway
		The ECMR was constructed as a mineral railway of 3' 6" gauge and it was opened officially on 7-May-1872, although by that date some sections had been in use for as long as five years previously.
		In 1891 the ECMR was purchased by the nearby Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway (PDandSWJR) and in 1908 the PDandSWJR extended the ECMR eastwards across the River Tamar to a new junction at their existing station at Bere Alston.
		The PDandSWJR retained control of the former ECMR as an independant railway until it became part of the Southern Railway at the 1923 Grouping, although some sources suggest that it was absorbed by the London and South Western Railway (LandSWR) in 1922.
	www.trainweb.org /railwest/railco/minor/ecmr.html (523 words)

	Calstock Online Parish Clerk
		The Tamar, Kit Hill and Callington Railway Company (TKHandCR) was formed in 1862 to construct a railway to connect Callington and the mines to the quays at Calstock, where the minerals could be loaded into barges on the River Tamar.
		The East Cornwall Mineral Railway Company opened the 3' 6" gauge line and 9 goods depots (3 of which were private) in the Parish, but by 1893 only 3 (Calstock, Incline and Drakewalls) were still in use.
		Manure for the farms and coal for the mines was brought in and ore exported.
	www.minebydesign.co.uk /calstock/railway/railway_hist.htm (1376 words)

	Railways Heritage Mining Cornwall
		Railways were crucial to the Cornish Tin Mining industry and there are some interesting railways with steam engines.
		Also worth a visit is The Bodmin and Wenford Railway, Cornwall's only standard gauge railway still operated by steam locomotives and the trains run through some 13 miles of delightful Cornish scenery.
		The Bodmin and Wenford Railway is Cornwall's only standard gauge railway operating with steam locomotives running between Bodmin General, Boscarne Junction and Bodmin Parkway.
	www.holidaycottageslooe.co.uk /polperro/railways-cornwall.aspx (1156 words)

	Welcome to the BODMIN & WENFORD RAILWAY
		The Bodmin and Wenford Railway is a Standard Gauge Railway that operates mainly steam locomotives in the County of Cornwall.
		This railway is Cornwall's only standard gauge railway still operated by steam locomotives and the trains run through some delightful Cornish scenery.
		The Railway is typical of a branch line in the 1950's.
	www.bodminandwenfordrailway.co.uk (235 words)

	Cornwall `O`Gauge Group
		The Cornwall "O" Gauge Group has been in existance for over 25 years, and is affiliated to the Gauge "O" Guild.
		Our programme of events is deliberately varied, to reflect and satisfy the range of railway interests of members, with talks, film nights and demonstrations.
		The use of the test track is a regular feature of meeting nights, and in the better weather, at weekends, meetings are held at members homes, who have larger indoor or outside railways.
	quicksitebuilder.cnet.com /rmrc/cornwallrailwaymodelerswebsite/id6.html (200 words)

	Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway was built at a cost of £35,000 following a study commissioned in 1831 by local landowner Sir William Molesworth of Pencarr6w.
		The line from Wadebridge to Wenfordbridge -with a branch to Bod min - was intended to carry sand from the Camel estuary to inland farms for use as fertiliser.
		Reporting the reopening of the Bodmin and in 1834, the "West Briton" stated: "A more grand and imposing sight was never, perhaps, witnessed in the county" It was the first steam-worked railway in Cornwall, and one of the first in Britain to carry passengers.
	members.aol.com /bodwenf/guide.htm (653 words)

	Rosemary's Cornwall Links: Travel and Leisure
		Cornwall Guides In addition to general guiding of coach and walking tours in and around Cornwall and Devon, Cornish Riviera Guides organise and lead all the highly successful themed walks for the annual Du Maurier Festival in Fowey.
		Diving In Cornwall the centre was established over 18 years ago by Gary Fox, one of the country’s leading instructors and instructor trainers with many years experience in both the commercial and recreational diving industries.
		One of the countryside's best-loved and noisiest birds is being tempted to Cornwall.
	www.rosemarylinks.co.uk /travel.htm (2292 words)

	Penrose Light Railway - A private miniature railway in Cornwall
		The railway appears to have given rides to guests at the hotel, and there were features such as a level crossing and signals.
		The railway (except the Royal Scot!) was purchased by Mr Roy Harvey, who took it to his own site near Bristol, where he had planned to lay it out for something to do, and to amuse his grandchildren.
		However, after two years Roy Harvey had not got around to laying the railway, and decided it would be best for the railway to be sold onto a new owner who would have the time and enthusiasm to lay the railway.
	www.freewebs.com /minirail/history.htm (492 words)

	Marazion railway station and Pullman coaches, Great Western Railway, Marazion, Cornwall, UK
		One of the major towns in Cornwall in medieval times, Marazion was granted its first charter of incorporation by Henry III in 1257 and was reaffirmed on 13th June 1595 by Queen Elizabeth.
		Following the West Cornwall Act of 1865, the line was worked by GWR, SDR and BCandER, with a third rail for Brunel's broad gauge being added 1 March 1867.
		On a happier note, two of the coaches at Marazion were rescued in the late 1990s and have subsequently been fully restored to their former glory at Petworth railway station, where they now serve as luxury hotel rooms.
	www.urban75.org /railway/marazion.html (661 words)

	Lesley Aitchison - Maps and Plans a selection from stock.
		The plans show the route of the railway from just before Redruth Station to Penzance Station, showing the shore line where the Railway is near the sea, and good details of the mines near the track, such as Straypark Mine at Camborne, where shafts, engine houses, mine refuse, overhead tramway, elevator, drying shed.
		The map is the slightly later issue of the first edition, with railways, coloured in red and shaded in yellow, pink, blue, some lines marked with dotted lines, some small branch lines shown with thin blue line with no shading.
		Railways shown in different colours, with small branch lines to the various collieries, with the collieries named in very small red print, ends of the branch lines of the Clarence Railway marked with the distances from Port Clarence.
	www.localhistory.co.uk /la/la-gem.htm (11450 words)

	The Illustrated London News - Viaducts
		The Cornwall Railway was formally opened on the following day throughout its entire length to Truro...
		The North British Railway Company lost no time in applying to Parliament for powers to construct a new bridge, on the old foundations, for which plans were prepared by Mr.
		In 1838 he became assistant-engineer of the Manchester and Birmingham (London and North-Western) Railway, and was subsequently engineer to the Midland Railway in the construction of several branch lines, and in designing the St.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /courses/rschwart/ind_rev/iln/viaduct.htm (2787 words)

	Preserved Railways Cornwall - Bodmin and Wenford Railway Cornwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		There are two plans of the railway line, each showing 1 mile of track, on each Sheet.
		The plans show the route of the railway from Bodmin Road Station to Bodmin Station, and include fine detailed plans of each station, and a small separate plan of Boscarne Junction.
		They include the adjacent buildings, houses, signal boxes, goods sheds, cranes, taps, troughs, smithies, oil tanks, etc. The plans also show viaducts, bridges and their span, tunnels, parish boundaries, woodland, wells, quarries etc. The names of the landowners adjacent are shown with details of leases or conveyances.
	www.railfest2004.co.uk /preservedrailwayscornwall.php (700 words)

	Cornwall Street Railway Light & Power Co.
		Thomas Alva Edison arrived in Cornwall in 1884 to conduct experiments with electric illumination in the Canada Mills weaving sheds of Canadian Coloured Cottons, power being furnished by a steam driven generator.
		In spite of what appeared to be a prosperous situation, the railway was somewhat ahead of its time for a town the size of Cornwall.
		This first appeared in 1945 and contained news of railway and public transit, primarily in and around the Toronto and Southern Ontario area.
	www.trainweb.org /elso/csr-elec.htm (1979 words)

	Lostwithiel Photo Gallery
		It is served by the main line of the former Cornwall Railway, now part of the Great Western main line to Penzance.
		The Class 37s have dominated the local freight workings in Cornwall for almost 20 years now; a fleet of nine of these 1960s-built locomotives are outbased to St Blazey shed for this work.
		The old Cornwall Railway workshops, now used by various small businesses, are visible on the right-hand side.
	www.kalyr.com /railways/lwphotos.htm (933 words)

	Lesley Aitchison - Cornwall Acts of Parliament a selection from stock.
		AN ACT for the abandonment of the Cornwall Mineral and Bodmin & Wadebridge Junction Railway.....
		AN ACT giving Power to sell and dispose of Lands, Parcel of the Possessions of the Duchy of Cornwall, and to purchase other Lands to be anexed thereto, and to regulate future Grants of Leases of the Possessions of the said Duchy....
		AN ACT to exclude the Borough of Grampound, in the County of Cornwall, from sending Burgesses to serve in Parliament; and to enable the County of York, to send Two additional Knights to serve in Parliament, in lieu thereof.
	www.localhistory.co.uk /la/la-coa.htm (472 words)

	Bodmin: December 2005
		Bodmin town lies in the centre of Cornwall and was once the county town.
		On the outskirst of the town is the Bodmin steam railway, military museum and a highly equipped modern leisure centre.
		The Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway was a pioneer railway.
	www.cornwallonlineholidays.co.uk /bodmin-blog/2005_12_01_archive.html (5609 words)

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