The Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway opened in 1869 as a broad gauge railway linking the port of Fowey in Cornwall with the Cornish Main Line at Lostwithiel. Its main traffic was china clay. The company
A steel underline bridge believed to be built circa 1892. It carries the Lostwithiel and Fowey branch line across a stream on Shirehall Moor at Lostwithiel
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The Cornish Main Line is a railway line in Cornwall and the south-west corner of Devon, in England. It runs from Penzance to Plymouth, crossing the county boundary on the Royal Albert Bridge over the
Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway
…The Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway opened in 1869 as a broad gauge railway linking the port of Fowey in Cornwall with the Cornish Main Line at Lostwithiel. Its main traffic was china clay. The company ran into financial difficulties and closed in 1880, but the line was purchased by the…
The Royal Albert Bridge crossing the River Tamar
The Royal Albert Bridge under construction in 1858
An InterCity 125 train travelling toward Penzance over the Moorswater Viaduct