Then and Now - West Cornwall Railways and Branchlines

[@watch-Dominion-2018]

It's so sad how most of the train stations we used to have are long gone 😢

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Progress is taking 2 steps backward, 2 steps forward, then reminiscing about what we use to have!

[@MayaRochelleandFamily]

Very interesting then and now history. Cornwall is beautiful and has a rich history. Big like from us!

[@SpoonyMcSpoonface]

Some nice pictures of signal boxes. Nice to see the original Gwinear Road West and also East in the distance. Redruth Junction has baffled a lot of staff at work when I’ve shown them it without the caption,many of them work over the line daily!!!

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Thanks for the info!

[@kennethjones4578]

I used to play as a young boy in the ruins of Helston station back in the early 70s. What fun we had.

[@brianwillson9567]

Congratulations on an absolutely brilliant video.

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Thanks

[@pradipkarmakar6391]

Excellent 👍

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Thanks

[@pradipkarmakar6391]

@@steamtothewest-trecanrail welcome sir

[@grahamnancledra7036]

Being from Lelant, I am open mouthed at the first photo you showed in this excellent video. It must be broad gauge, and if memory serves me correct, it was the last broad gauge line ever built? WOW on that photo alone!

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Thank you

[@havingalook2]

I don't know Cornwall at all, but really enjoyed seeing this. Thank you for doing this video, I am sure it took hours and days to find the locations and all the research. Well done. Cheers

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Thank you

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

1:31 today 7812 Erlestoke manor is preserved and can be seen on heritage lines especially the Severn valley railway where the engine resides along with 7802 Bradley manor

[@modelrailroader5619]

Different times for sure…Really enjoyable retrospective and comparison. Thanks for sharing! Cheers, 🇨🇦

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Thanks, more soon.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

7:46 I’ve been to Penzance a few times during my holiday in Cornwall

[@20PhantoM07]

Really enjoyed that thanks

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Many thanks

[@stephenchappell7512]

All of your Cornish 'Then & Now's' feature Grange's It'll be interesting to see if VT's rebuild makes a return to the classes spiritual home?

[@andyc3088]

The photograph at the start of the video at Redruth Station looks like it was taken at the start of World War One with the troops lined up on the platform.

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Looks like it, but the photo was actually taken 6 years earlier.

[@andyc3088]

@@steamtothewest-trecanrail Could be they were going on their summer camp?

[@grahambrown5013]

Lovely, nostalgic video, thank you. Brings back so many very early memories of childhood holidays in West Cornwall before Beeching wielded his axe. I can imagine those lines with trains full of happy holidaymakers. I remember seeing three or four Pullman carriages at Long Rock as you dropped down on the A30 towards Penzance, I wonder what became of them?

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Thanks

[@david5845]

Great! No commentary. Superb. Pics and vids speak for themselves. Cheers

[@Volksplane1]

Great you took the effort to get into the same spot. Very enjoyable video, nice pace music etc. Very reflective.

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Thanks

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

3:32 I’ve been to st Ives 4 times before

[@patedwards8439]

Fabulous film,so well done,imagine the cost of all those changes!

[@spacellama7917]

Another great video!It's really interesting to see how much things have changed.We're looking forward to seeing how they are getting on with the Ponsandane Sidings project when we come down to Cornwall next month.

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Thanks

[@davetrugeon]

Excellent video are you doing the rest of Cornwall

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

I have

[@francismewton7345]

You missed the beautiful station of Gwenear just south of Camborne which acted as a junction for Helston

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Or maybe you didn’t watch till the end?

[@JohnSmith-sl1my]

Nice video 👍. Were I live and have lived so many old lines gone but some parts still live on to this day . Just got to look . My friend lives in a old railway house and still has the old loading platform with a wagon.

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Thanks

[@andrewnewby6923]

I was at Bodmin moor steam railway on Tuesday it was a good day out . i am going to go back some time 😊😊

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Excellent

[@trevorhale8192]

Thank you for the wonderful video. So sad to see so many locations obliterated. Railways these days have no character, they are sterile and functional. Travelling by train is no longer a joy.

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Thank you

[@oldgoat5589]

How sad and desolate some of these places appear now. The railways brought life. The more that die, the sadder, and more boring the countryside becomes.

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

True

[@Jimyjames73]

Hiya - I like you 'Then & Now' vids 🙂Very clever of you to find the very same locations thou - Some boring new Station what replaces the old stations!!! 🤔🚂🚂🚂

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Cool, thanks

[@djburland]

Lines all over the country were lost with the stroke of a pen!!

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

Very sad

[@bimmeroo0906]

@ 8-27...what is that diesel loco?

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

I would’ve though a Warship class, but unsure on wether it is a class 41, 42 or 43.

[@bimmeroo0906]

@@steamtothewest-trecanrail The windows suggest a Warship but this one does not have that distinctive dome frontage. Maybe it was an earlier or prototype version.

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

It could’ve been a Class 29, they look similar

[@musicgarryj]

It's a British Rail Class 41 "Warship". (D600-D604) All withdrawn by 1967: pre-TOPS. Later on the HSTs were given the "41" classification. The Class 42s and 43s were the ones with the dome frontage. Looks similar to the Class 29 because both were built by North British.

[@steamtothewest-trecanrail]

@@musicgarryj thanks for that, I thought it was, but I couldn’t be sure

[@dodgydruid]

Man that signal treadle seemed way way out of time, a following train seeing the line apparently clear could have entered onto that block if the circumstances were against the odds, should be set to first axles passing not train a mile down the track O.o

[@dulls8475]

Seems to me everything got uglier.