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Bodmin & Wenford Railway by John Stretton
The Bodmin & Wenford Railway by John Stretton
A past and present companion.
Soft Cover
96 pages
Copyright 1999
CONTENTS
Introduction7
Bodmin Road9
Colesloggett and Bodmin General13
Bodmin North and Dunmere24
Wenford branch30
Boscarne to Grogley47
Wadebridge56
On to Padstow80
Timetables, 1909-199894
Index of locations96
INTRODUCTION
If the Bodmin & Wenford Railway was a cat, it would have already used several of its lives! The railways operating to the two destinations have `diced with death' on a number of occasions, and it is through no small slice of luck that the present happy sight of the preservation movement in the area has been enjoyed by many thousands.
In at the birth of railways in this country, the Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway was one of a small coterie of operations that showed the way ahead and set the seal on the `railway mania' that was to follow. It was the brainchild of Sir William Molesworth of Pencarrow, a local landowner and, later, member of Palmerston's Government. Just a handful of lines had been built when the B&W opened its first route, including the Stockton & Darlington, Liverpool & Manchester, Canterbury & Whitstable and Leicester & Swannington, the latter opening just two years earlier in 1832. Note that none had yet surfaced in London!
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