08644 PONSANDANE at Penzance Station - March 1994

A somewhat shabby looking Class 08 locomotive 08644 PONSANDANE lurks behind the thew new "Penzance Welcomes You" sign, The sign is carved from Cornish Granite and stands at the end of Platform 4 of Penzance Station. The locomotive was at the time the Penzance station pilot. In the 2020s sister locomotive 08645 SAINT PIRAN is based at Longrock Depot for pilot duties. SAINT PIRAN is usually always smartly turned out and is painted to resemble the Cornish flag of St Piran.

Rocket 150 Cavalcade, Rainhill, Merseyside - May 25, 1980

Western Region class 52 WESTERN COURIER 1062

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1991

GWD368

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1991

Class 121 W55029 'bubble car' at Penzance Station on return from St Ives - October 27, 1991

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1991

Class 121 W55029 'bubble car' at St Ives Station - October 27, 1991

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1991

Class 121 W55029 'bubble car' at St Ives Station - October 27, 1991

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1991

Class 121 W55029 'bubble car'at Penzance Station with 08644 - October 27, 1991

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1991

Class 08 08644 PONSANDANE in Inter-City livery at platform 4, Penzance Station, Cornwall - October 27, 1991 08644 was scrapped in early 2012.

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1991

Class 08 08644 PONSANDANE in Inter-City livery at platform 4, Penzance Station, Cornwall - October 27, 1991 08644 was scrapped in early 2012.

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1991

Class 08 08644 PONSANDANE in Inter-City livery at platform 4, Penzance Station, Cornwall - October 27, 1991 08644 was scrapped in early 2012.

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1989

Class 08801 at Penzance Station, Cornwall pilot duties - October 27, 1989

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1989

St Ives bound DMU departs from Penzance Station - October 27, 1989. Note the station roof being rebuilt.

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1989

Class 121 'bubble car'; W55026 seen near Combe Junction on the delightful Looe Branch - April 04, 1989.

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1989

Unidentified class 47 at Long Rock - March 28, 1989.

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1989

47421 lurks in Long Rock Depot, Penzance with the stock of the 'Night Riviera' -March 28, 1989.

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1989

Inter-City 125 HST power car 43026 CITY OF WESTMINSTER heads 10:50 London Paddington to Penzance "Cornish Riviera" past Long Rock carriage sidings - March 28, 1989.

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1988

155012 awaits departure from Aberystwith Station with a late afternoon train for Birmingham - November 05, 1988.

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1988

Unidentified Inter-City 125 HST on Longrock Crossing operating the 15:20 Penzance to London Paddington - August 22, 1988.

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1988

Sprinter 155333 passing Long Rock carriage sidings, Penzance with a Cardiff to Penzance working - August 22, 1988.

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1988

47490 at Littlehempston, Devon with the 14:20 Penzance to Bristol parcels train - August 15, 1988

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1988

GWD276

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1988

A Cardiff to Penzance Sprinter 155302 passes St Budeaux - August 15, 1988 The signal box was now used as a PW base - note staff sat at a table and their minibus parked nearby.

British Railways Western Region Diesel Traction 1988

Class 47 47490 on the 14:20 Penzance to Bristol parcels - August 15, 1988