The Bodmin & Wenford Railway:
Bodmin Parkway - Bodmin General - Boscarne Junction
The Southern returns to North Cornwall gala:
2nd - 5th September 2010
Bodmin Road connection
LSWR Beattie 2-4-0WT 'well tanks' 30587 & 30585 leave Bodmin Parkway, formerly Bodmin Road, working the 1210 Bodmin Parkway - Bodmin General on the 2nd September 2010.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews
/ CLASSIC TRACTION.
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Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews
/ CLASSIC TRACTION.
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Climbing to Bodmin Road Viaduct
LSWR Beattie 2-4-0WT well tanks 30587 & 30585 leave Bodmin Parkway and climb towards Bodmin Road Viaduct working the 1210 Bodmin Parkway - Bodmin General on the 2nd September 2010.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews
/ CLASSIC TRACTION.
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Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews
/ CLASSIC TRACTION.
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Boscarne departure
LSWR Beattie 2-4-0WT well tank (banked by LSWR M7 No. 53) leave Boscarne Junction working the 1100 Boscarne Junction - Bodmin General on the 2nd September 2010.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews
/ CLASSIC TRACTION.
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Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews
/ CLASSIC TRACTION.
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The return of the T9: The VIP Special
LSWR T9 'Greyhound' 4-4-0 30120 climbs passed Westheath working the 1520 Boscarne Junction - Bodmin General rededication VIP special on the 2nd September 2010.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews
/ CLASSIC TRACTION.
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Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews
/ CLASSIC TRACTION.
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T9 30120 at Charlie's Gate
LSWR T9 'Greyhound' 4-4-0 30120 (banked by LSWR Beattie 'well tanks' 2-4-0WTs 30585 & 30587) pass Charlie's Gate working the 1610 Bodmin Parkway - Bodmin General on the 2nd September 2010.
Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews
/ CLASSIC TRACTION.
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Photograph: Copyright Steve Andrews
/ CLASSIC TRACTION.
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ABOVE: GWR 55xx 2-6-2T Prairie 5552 climbs past Charlie's Gate with a Bodmin Parkway - Bodmin Road working on 2nd January 2010. Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC52282.
ABOVE: In a highly evocative image and one that is only possible on a few selected days of the year, GWR 46xx 0-6-0PT 4612 climbs past Charlie's Gate with a Bodmin Parkway - Bodmin General working on 2nd January 2010.
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Copyright Steve Andrews / CLASSIC TRACTION. Ref: DSC52380.
Many more images being uploaded soon!
Classic Traction DVDs on the Bodmin & Wenford:
The Southern returns to North Cornwall
THE SOUTHERN RETURNS TO NORTH CORNWALL is a tribute DVD to the ground-breaking gala that was held on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway during September 2010, which witnessed the greatest gathering of former Southern locomotives in Cornwall for nearly half a century! Included in this programme are former LSWR Beattie 2-4-0WT 'well tanks' 30585 & 30587, LSWR M7 0-4-4T No. 53 in Southern wartime black (visiting from the Swanage Railway), and the long awaited debut into passenger traffic of the iconic LSWR T9 'Greyhound' 4-4-0 30120, working for the first time in Cornwall in almost 50 years! In addition to this, this DVD also reviews two photographic charters which recreated such trains as the 3.13pm Padstow - Exeter Central perishables of the late 1950s. We conclude by briefly reviewing the repainting into BR black of resident GWR pannier tank 4612 as former Wadebridge allocated pannier tank 4666. This DVD also includes on-train footage of the T9 as she tackles the severe 1 in 37 gradients of the Bodmin & Wenford! So, if you want to remember a Padstow working from the 1950s, when T9s worked to the Far West, then this is the ideal programme for you! RUNNING TIME: 65 mins. PRICE: £19.99 + £3 P&P.