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Railway Bridge & Chain Ferries Chains made Copperhouse Foundry for Brunel

Penzance Diesel Depot. Mr Arthur Eplett, British Rail's Area Manager for Cornwall, hands a spade to Mr Donald Trewern, then Chairman of Penwith District Council, for the ceremonial cutting of the first turf of the £2.5 million high speed train…

Penzance Diesel Depot. Mr Arthur Eplett, British Rail's Area Manager for Cornwall, Mr Donald Trewern, then Chairman of Penwith District Council and others at the ceremonial cutting of the first turf of the £2.5 million high speed train maintenance…

Mr Donald Trewern, Chairman of Penwith District Council, the local authority responsible for the Penzance Area, cutting the first turf on the site of the new Diesel Maintenance Depot at Penzance. Looking on are Mr Arthur Eplett, British Rail's Area…

Railway Crossing
Beyond the fence Plymouth can be seen on one of the trucks

Penzance Viaduct the lowest built by Brunel being 15ft above High Water. Suffered storm damage many times & was replaced by Granite Embankment in 1920s

Rail Duke of Cornwall Class G W R 4-4-0- " Trevithick"

Situated on Mount Street, near the Railway Station now known as the Lamp and Whistle Public House

Built by Sharp Stewart & Co acquired by South Devon Railway in 1872 transferred to GWR 1876 withdrawn 1889