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43002 ‘SIR KENNETH GRANGE’ on the 1A94 15:50 Penzance to London Paddington arriving at Par.

40 years of High Speed Trains – 43002 ‘SIR KENNETH GRANGE’ on the 1A94 15:50 Penzance to London Paddington at Par.

Class 43 No. 43062 ‘John Armitt’ heads Network Rail’s New Measurement High Speed Train towards St Germans with the 1Q18 05:25 Old Oak Common H.S.T.D. to Paignton via Penzance. 43013 was on the rear of the train. Photo credit – Mark Simpson

Colas Rail Class 70 No. 70805 at Liskeard with the 6C36 1138 Moorswater to Aberthaw empty cement working. Photo credit – Mark Simpson

Colas Rail Class 70 No. 70810 approaches St Germans with the 6C36 11:38 Moorswater to Aberthaw Tarmac empty cement working. Photo credit – Mark Simpson

It’s 1:11am as 1962 vintage English Electric Type 3 Class 37 D6757 (37057) of Colas Rail in BR green rolls through St Germans with the 3Q53 22:43 Penzance to Exeter Riverside N.Y. test train. Photo credit – Mark Simpson

Peppercorn A1 recreation No. 60163 ‘Tornado’ passes Menheniot with the 1Z63 08:03 London Paddington to Penzance ‘The Cornishman’. Photo credit – Mark Simpson

DB Cargo Class 59/2 No. 59202 ‘Alan Meddows Taylor MD, Mendip Rail Limited’ approaches Menheniot with the Pride of Britain support coach working the 5Z60 11:50 Exeter Riverside N.Y. to Penzance. This former National Power locomotive will work ‘The Cornishman’ back to Paddington from Penzance as ‘Tornado’ visits the Bodmin and Wenford Railway for a few days. Photo credit – Mark Simpson

Arriva CrossCountry HSTs Nos 43285 and 43384 head over the River Tiddy on St Germans Viaduct with the 1V48 07:45 York to Penzance. Photo credit – Mark Simpson

Cross Country HST No 43384 crosses Coldrenick Viaduct leading the 1E75 16:25 Penzance to Leeds. Photo credit – Mark Simpson

GWR Class 57/6 No. 57603 ‘Tintagel Castle’ coasts downhill towards its next stop at St Germans with the summer Saturdays only 2P70 10:28 St Erth to Plymouth. This train uses the loco and some of the coaching stock from the previous evening’s Paddington to Penzance sleeper. Photo credit – Mark Simpson

Colas Rail Class 70 70801 passes Respryn with the 6C97 13:29 Westbury Down T.C. to St Austell via Penzance long welded rail train. 70801 is the former 70099 demonstrator locomotive built in Turkey. Photo credit – Mark Simpson