ENG_109 LILLIAN runs around at Hunt's Crossing

By 1987 the Launceston Steam Railway had been extended to Hunt's Crossing where LILLIAN is seen running around the train which comprises the replica Manx Electric Railway toastrack and the Torrington and Marland Railway carriage.

August 15, 1987

Camera: Contax 137 + Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.7 Planar lens

More 35mm Archive images of the Launceston Steam Railway can be found here: www.jhluxton.com/The-35mm-Film-Archive/Railways/Launcesto...

The Launceston Steam Railway is a 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge railway which operates from the town of Launceston to Newmills, it is 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) long. The railway is built on the trackbed of the former standard gauge North Cornwall Railway which was part of the Southern Railway after the 1923 Grouping and British Railways Southern Region after nationalisation.

In 1965, Nigel Bowman, a trainee teacher, rescued the steam locomotive Lilian from the Penrhyn Slate Quarry in North Wales, and restored her to working order at his home in Surrey. He then set about looking for a site to build a railway for Lilian to run on, and settled on Launceston in 1971.

Purchase of the trackbed took several years, and the first 1⁄2
mile (0.8 km) of track opened on Boxing Day 1983. The railway was extended progressively, the latest opening to Newmills in 1995 bringing the line to its current 2+1⁄2-mile (4 km) length.
The LSR starts at a new station just west of the original LSWR station, which is now an industrial estate. Launceston station is the main station on the railway, and the sheds and engineering facilities are located here.

The line runs from the station through a cutting, passing under a road bridge and aqueduct carrying a mill leat, before crossing the River Kensey on a two-arch viaduct. The line is now on an embankment and crosses a bridge over a farm track before arriving at Hunt's Crossing, where it is planned to lay a passing loop. After Hunt's Crossing the line crosses two farm crossings and then reaches Canna Park which was the temporary terminus before the extension to Newmills. From Canna Park there is a fairly short run to Newmills, the terminus. Adjacent to the Newmills station was the Newmills Farm Park which has now closed.

(Notes from Wikipedia)

Taken in: UK / England / St. Thomas the Apostle Rural (show map)

Taken on: August 15, 1987

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