66165 on the empty China Clay at Golant

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66165 on the empty China Clay at Golant
66165 on the empty China Clay at Golant

This is one that has been on my 'bucket list' for a long while, and I'm sure many other photographers would have it on theirs too.

Gone are the days of class 37's with 'clay hood' wagons in China Clay workings on Cornwall, however several times a week a long train of 4-wheeled CDA hoppers, themselves now 40 years old, make their way from the mines in the interior of Cornwall to the export dock at Fowey.

Undoubtedly the most famous spot to catch these workings is the village of Golant looking over the Fowey estuary with the single freight-only line carried across its harbour on a shallow causeway.

This was our second attempt at photographing the train this day, the working to the docks earlier having suffered from some unhelpful cloud and looking very 'grey' with banks of sand uncovered by the low tide. This forced a return several hours later to capture the empty train returning to Goonbarrow. This time the tide had filled the harbour, and despite the best efforts of another spurious cloud there was just enough light to capture the idyllic view as 66165 powered 6G05 20:14 Fowey Docks Carne Point - Goonbarrow running just over two hours early from the docks.

This view was taken from the garden of a local homeowner with permission and who left us with the poignant statement that while he may own the house, he did not own the view!

More pictures from this trip to Devon and Cornwall are on my blog here.

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Taken on: June 15, 2022
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