Craig's Railway Photos
2009
 
The first proper sessions on the layout have been taking place with the layout taking a real hammering. Three people are required, two for driving and one for “setting up” off stage. The positions are passenger & freight. The Passenger man drives the main line passengers and shunts the terminus. The freight man is the shed foreman, yard master & freight driver. Great fun too. Thu 20th Aug 2009
Layout running evenings
Random pictures of the boys enjoying the layout. Usually about 3 hours where a few beers are consumed along the way.

Here are some links to you tube with video footage of the proceedings!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQS91tpPAFM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upkmrutwP2w&NR=1

Andy's layout Lydford Rd on display at Carn Brea Sat 14th Mar 2009
Making an Exhibition of ourselves
March 2009 saw Andy show his layout “Lydford Road” off at Carn Brea West of England exhibition for the first time. It’s a DCC layout based around the early 90’s in Dorset. 3rd rail may appear in the future.

The plan is to have more layouts as time permits. People welcome to get involved..

Jan 22nd 2009 66161 at Lostwithiel with 6G09 clay trip Thu 22nd Jan 2009
General 2009 - Cornwall & beyond
A new gallery featuring trains taken during 2009.

Well as 2009 draws to a close and we weep about the state of Cornwalls railway - interest wise, it's been an interesting year with visits by class 31, 37, 40, 47, 52, 57/6, 57/3. 60, 67 143 (!)and of course 66's. Not quite 1986, but lots of variety never the less.

The new layout at Truro once the new loop at Penryn commissioned Sat 10th Jan 2009
Penryn project
There's been so much interest in the Penryn loop project, I've started a gallery for it.

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2008
 
25225 creeps over Hayle Barriers 20th Apl 1979 Fri 20th Jun 2008
Roger Winnen collection
Roger Winnen from Penzance has very kindly allowed me to scan & upload some of his excellent pictures. I'm sure you'll love them as much as I do.

BNSF stack train passes through Fullerton in CA Fri 18th Apr 2008 to Thu 1st May 2008
California 2008
A gallery of photos taken across California on our hols. Shows BNSF / Union Pacific & passenger trains in various locations. Check out the sun, livery & train length even if you're a Brit only enthusiast.

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2007
 
Well here goes. The new layout starts here! Mon 3rd Dec 2007
New Layout - Mount Charles
At last - we've moved in and attention can concentrate on my new layout! It's set in the garage this time 17ft x 9ft and will feature a terminus, extensive freight yard, loco depot and loads more. It may take time to construct, a new door is needed into the garage. But the fun starts here folks!

66162 runs through Par with a Crugwallins - Lostwithiel train 20th July Tue 1st May 2007
New beginning 2007 / 2008
Started the new job, here's some photos so far.

Where do this lot go? Wilf Edwards shunts 47486/101 & 50040 & 50045 at Sea Sidings 6th may 1985 Wed 7th Mar 2007
Railway characters & mates
Heres a new gallery featuring the railway people who've shared the fun over the years. It includes mates & Railway folk.

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2006
 
50031 at Fishguard 27/07/06 Sat 3rd Jun 2006
Mainline action 2006 - 2007
Had a great summer photing trains so started a fresh gallery from this Summer.

This gallery is for UK Mainline photos. Preserved stuff remains in 2005/2006.

loco 669 leads a Westbound Freight past Sylvia's Creek Thu 27th Apr 2006
Dad's layout
Here are some pictures of my dad's layout in Cornwall. Set in a garage and purpose built room its roughly 30 feet square!

08775 at Ipswich during the 1999 railfair Fri 6th Jan 2006
Shunters & Type 1's
A new gallery containing classes 02 to 20.

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2005
 
Junction signal for Rudgeway Thu 15th Sep 2005
Modelling workbench
Heres a gallery which shows various modelling projects on going. It'll contain tips and components used.

50007 on Blackbridge by the decking Mon 27th Jun 2005
Brian's Garden Layout
Welcome to Brian's garden railway. What better way to spend the Summer than drinking Pimms, getting sunburnt and watching the trains!

37408 on arrival at Rymney on 2F26 Ex Cardiff Central 21 May Sat 21st May 2005
2005 & France
Contains shots from my occasional jaunt out.

Some mainline stuff from 2005 & a trip to France

31202 stood with two sisters at Exeter FP 1985 Thu 12th May 2005
Devon Diesels
Various shots taken in Devon from 1980 to the present day.

50012 passes Goonbarrow box 1985 Tue 12th Apr 2005
Hoovers in the Duchy
Decided to place all the 50 shots in a new album. Cornish Cream was getting too full.

Warships 869 & 870 at  Hayle 1967 Fri 1st Apr 2005
Golden oldies
Some of the 1960 & 1970 images, colours slightly out unfortunately, but worth a look for the vintage traction.

Penzance illuminated diagram. Unique to Cornwall as it shows actual signal aspects on the diagram. Thu 31st Mar 2005
Cornish Signalboxes
Pictures from the Signalboxes of Cornwall. I was a Signalman from 1989 to 1994 and had the priviledge of visiting boxes from the early early 80's with friends I had made.

Bizarrely - I am qualified as a Signaller again from 2007 as part of my MOM duties. New photos included - digital this time so far improved.

class 142 passes the GF at St Dennis in 1987 Thu 31st Mar 2005
DMU Feature
I have split some the Cornish gallery into mini sections. This is the DMU section.

37024 at St Erth 1985 Sun 27th Feb 2005
Cornish Cream
Here is the Cornish Cream Gallery. It spans 1980 to the present day of life on Cornwall's railways predominantly in the 1980's. The class 50 and DMU pictures have been moved to a separate gallery within the site.

Many people have left kind comments about this gallery, and the amazing range of locomotives that have made it into the Duchy spanning class 20s to the mighty Deltics.

I have recently written some articles for magazines - The Hayle Wharves branch article is in the May 2007 Traction Magazine.

47515 passes the sea wall with a down express Tue 22nd Feb 2005
Layout photos - Elm Park & Hambrook
Welcome to the layout gallery. By far the most popular one on the site. My friends and I aspire to join the heady ranks of the "Professional Guild" of Model makers. That musty old masonic like organisation that few are privileged to enter.

Highlight of the year was the footage of me & my loft layout in BBC2's Home programme. Hope you had a chance to see it.

This layout has now been dismantled and we have we returned to Cornwall to live. This gallery will always be here to remind us of it though. And a new layout will start soon. Hope you'll follow its progress with me!

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1994
 
56113 passes Ableton Lane with an Aberthaw bound loaded MGR Wed 18th May 1994
Bristol years
have uploaded lots of locomotive shots taken in and around Bristol during our years living there. All scans of prints before the digi camera arrived in 2003

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1980
 
20905 at Buckfastleigh: G. Richards Sun 27th Jan 1980
Preserved Diesels
A new gallery formed of images of preserved diesels around the UK.

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