The Cornwall (UK) Minerals Railway

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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. ...

The Cornwall Minerals Railway – Part 1

The Cornwall Minerals Railway is mentioned in an article in the journal “Railway Archive.” about the first locomotives purchased for the Cornwall Minerals Railway. [1] The Cornwall Mine…

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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. ...

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