Cornwall 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 o ver-ordered motivate 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. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/05/17/the-cornwall-minerals-railway-part-1

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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. ...

 

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2025/02/01/the-cornwall-minerals-railway-part-2-par-its-harbour-and-st-blazey-engine-shed/