2024

SW4831 : Concrete pour for new sidings

taken 5 months ago, near to Gulval, Cornwall, England

Concrete pour for new sidings
Concrete pour for new sidings
Looking across the Cornish Mainline towards new stabling sidings being constructed at Long Rock (Penzance) depot.
Cornish Main Line

The Cornish Main Line is a railway line in Cornwall. It runs from Penzance to Plymouth, crossing from Cornwall into Devon over the famous Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash.
It directly serves Truro, St Austell, Bodmin (by a Parkway station), and Liskeard, and it forms the backbone for rail services in Cornwall, as well as providing a direct line to London, Birmingham, Leeds and Edinburgh. There are branches off the main line serving St Ives, Falmouth, Newquay, and Looe.
It is the southernmost railway line in the United Kingdom, and the westernmost in England. The line was fully completed in 1867.

Penzance TMD :: SW4931

Penzance TMD, is located in the village of Long Rock east of Penzance, it is the most westerly and southerly rail depot in the country. The depot operator is Great Western Railway. The depot code is PZ. The depot opened in 1914.
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Geographical Context: Railways Construction, Development Primary Subject: Construction
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Long Rock [13] · Cornish [12] · New Sidings [7] ·
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SW4831, 157 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
DS Pugh   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 3 September, 2024   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 4855 3114 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:7.6162N 5:31.1694W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 48539 31113
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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