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Branches & Byways Cornwall by John Vaughan w/ dust jacket
Branches & Byways Cornwall by John Vaughan
Hard Cover With Dust Jacket
256 pages
Copyright 2002
Contents
Introduction5
1. Poldice Tramway12
2. Redruth & Chasewater Railway,14
and Basset Mines
3. Pentewan Railway25
4. Bude Branch and Harbour32
5. North Cornwall Railway38
6. Launceston Branch (GWR)45
7. Callington Branch51
8. Looe Branch and Liskeard & Caradon Railway64
9. Bodmin General Branch and85
Boscarne Junction
10. Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway93
11. Fowey Branch108
12. St Blazey to Par Harbour and118
Fowey
13. Newquay Branch127
14. Goonbarrow Branch151
/ 15. Carbis Branch157
16. Retew Branch162
17. Newquay Harbour167
18. Trenance Valley Branch172
- 19. Drinnick Mill Branch176
20. Falmouth Branch and Newham190
Goods
21. Chacewater to Newquay Branch205
including Treamble and Gravel Hill
22. Hayle Railway (Tresavean,216
Portreath, North Crofty, Roskear
and Hayle Wharves Branches)
23. Helston Branch233
24. St Ives Branch243
Bibliography254
Acknowledgements255
Index256
Introduction
This book incorporates every standard gauge Cornish branch line and byway that was connected to the erstwhile British Railways (GWR/SR) network as well as three historically important narrow gauge lines. It was agreed with the publisher that without detracting in any way from dedicated and definitive histories of certain Cornish branches, many of which are included in the Bibliography, to have an all-in-one illustrated reference book would be novel and serve a really useful purpose. Of the branches featured, three quarters have closed while the others have either partly closed or, at the time of writing, remain open. Although all branches and byways, as defined above, have been included, it must be remembered that in industrial areas of Cornwall just about every works, quarry and mine had some form of rail or wagonway for the transportation of materials and minerals. In fact it was reported that the Happy Union mine near Pentewan had a complete underground tramroad back in 1783! There were hundreds of lines ranging in length from a few dozen yards to a couple of miles or more. The layout of these normally narrow gauge lines changed daily and it would not therefore be possible to include them, even in a book of this size.
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