The Cornwall Minerals Railway owned and operated a network of 45 miles (72 km) of standard gauge railway lines in central Cornwall, England, United Kingdom...
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interworking became possible. Treffry's tramway was taken over by the Cornwall Minerals Railway (CMR). It was upgraded for locomotive operation and extended to...
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terminology is not exact. The Cornwall Minerals Railway opened in 1874, connecting harbours at Fowey and Newquay and sites of mineral extraction in the area...
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Par railway station (Cornish: Porth) serves the villages of Par, Tywardreath and St Blazey, Cornwall, England. The station is 281 miles 66 chains (281...
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day. 1862 Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. lxix) 1869 Line opened 1874 Cornwall Minerals Railway opens from Par to Fowey 1880 Service...
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Cornwall Minerals Railway who took over the company in 1874. Its main traffic has always been china clay. 1864 Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway Act...
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503°N 4.316°W / 50.503; -4.316 The East Cornwall Mineral Railway was a 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge railway line, opened in 1872 to connect mines and...
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June 1876. The Great Western Railway operated all the trains from 1 October 1877 and bought out the Cornwall Minerals Railway on 1 July 1896. The original...
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a curve of almost 180 degrees before joining the route of the Cornwall Minerals Railway (CMR), near the former St Blazey station. Parts of the line were...
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Calstock (redirect from Calstock, Cornwall)
Centre Calstock Parish Archives The Shamrock Cornwall portal Calstock railway station East Cornwall Mineral Railway Tamar Valley Line Harewood House and Estate...
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number of branches. It had been working the nominally independent Cornwall Minerals Railway lines, in particular the passenger route from Par to Newquay,...
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by the Cornwall Minerals Railway, who introduced steam locomotives to the line. The Great Western Railway took over the Cornish Minerals Railway in 1896...
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June 1876 when the Cornwall Minerals Railway started a passenger service from Fowey to Newquay. It was adjacent to the railway's workshops. Although...
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St Blazey engine shed (category Rail transport in Cornwall)
dates from the opening of the Cornwall Minerals Railway on 1 June 1874. This line linked Fowey and Newquay via Par in Cornwall. The engineer was Sir Morton...
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GWR 1361 Class (category Great Western Railway locomotives)
an update of the 1392 Class, originally built in 1874 for the Cornwall Minerals Railway. As such they combined unusual and outdated elements, such as...
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New York City. June 20 – Passenger train service begins on the Cornwall Minerals Railway between Fowey and Newquay. July 3 – The first railroad in China...
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lines was met by the 1361 class, a new design based on the old Cornwall Minerals Railway 0-6-0ST design but using as many of Churchward's standard parts...
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The Cornwall Railway was a 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge railway from Plymouth in Devon to Falmouth in Cornwall, England, built in the second half...
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Cornwall Railway (NCR) also known as the North Cornwall Line, was a standard gauge railway line running from Halwill in Devon, to Padstow in Cornwall...
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opened on 18 May 1847. On 1 June 1874 a new line was opened by the Cornwall Minerals Railway. Running beyond Par to Fowey, and continuing past Molinnis to...
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Newquay (redirect from Newquay, Cornwall)
by Great Western Railway, whose owner is FirstGroup. The goods line which would be acquired later by the Cornwall Minerals Railway was opened in 1846...
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Junction Railway (1 July 1892) East Usk Railway (1 July 1892) § Oldbury Railway (1894) Tiverton and North Devon Railway (1894) Cornwall Minerals Railway (1...
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Cornwall, and takes a more direct inland route from Polmear to Fowey. The trackbed of the former Par to Fowey branch of the Cornwall Minerals Railway...
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Exeter Railway opened to Bridgwater 14 June 1841, completed in stages to Exeter 1 May 1844, amalgamated with GWR 1 January 1876 Cornwall Minerals Railway opened...
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Combination Cornwall Council 2009 Cornwall Council election Cornwall County Cricket Club Cornwall Minerals Railway Cornwall Railway Cornwall Railway viaducts...
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on the Newquay and Cornwall Junction Railway where it was named Newquay. In 1874 the line passed to the Cornwall Minerals Railway, being withdrawn by...
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Toldish Tunnel (category Tunnels in Cornwall)
1874 the line was taken over by the Cornwall Minerals Railway and the line from Newquay was extended to Par railway station. At this time the line from...
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Luxulyan Valley (category Valleys of Cornwall)
Castle. Cornwall portal The original waterwheel here powered an incline on Treffry’s railway to Pontsmill. The rerouted Cornwall Minerals Railway made this...
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Fowey Railway (L&FR) had opened as far as Carne Point in 1869 but was never completed to the intended terminus at Fowey. The Cornwall Minerals Railway (CMR)...
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There are seventeen disused railway stations on the Cornish Main Line between Plymouth in Devon and Penzance in Cornwall, England. The remains of nine...
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