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  • Archive: Cornwall’s industrial steam survivors in 1975

    Archive: Cornwall’s industrial steam survivors in 1975

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    From the March 1975 issue of The Railway Magazine, this archive extract looks at industrial steam locomotives still present in Cornwall after the main-line railways of the county were fully dieselised in 1964. The article covers locations including Par Harbour, Falmouth Docks and Penlee Quarries. Cornwall after dieselisation WHEN the main-line railways of Cornwall were…


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