Newquay branch
Goonbarrow Junction is now the only passing loop between St. Blazey and Newquay.
In this view, a class 101 DMU is passing the signal box while 37 673 shunts wagons in the nearby clay works.
Picture taken 4 September 1991.
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A view of Luxulyan station on 4 September 1991.
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A class 101 DMU is seen approaching Bugle from Newquay on 4 September 1991. The fixed distant signal
for Goonbarrow signal box can be seen in the background. On the left is the disused
track of the short Carbis Wharf branch which had closed two years earlier.
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Later the same evening, the same DMU is seen at Roche station with a
Par to Newquay train.
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50 041 is seen running-round at Newquay on Saturday 3 October 1987. This was the last weekend of
regular locomotive hauled passenger trains on the branch.
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This is another picture taken at Newquay station on 3 October 1987. 50 026 is seen waiting near the signal box which
was closed later that weekend. Today, Newquay station has no signalling at no pointwork at all.
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