Well is'nt that a wonderfull branchline if ever there was one. Are we going to get a run round loop and Heritage trains on it ever again? How about Bodmin and Wenfords fleet and even Diesels running on it in the tourist season. The bottom line is it will make money and bring many people into Looe, even at Easter. The turntable at St Blazey is working and if NR lenghtened the platform at Looe we could see trains from Just about anywhere.5* Let this line come back to life. And even freight, Fish?
@Isidore98 I would like nothing more than to see a "real" railway running to looe instead of little breadvans masquerading as trains! Of course the government wont pay for any such thing so we all have to squash in to one carriage on a first great western unit. If you want to go to Plymouth wouldnt you rather have a service that goes direct? Perhaps your local MP and councillors can help or do they use cars?
Posted you a vid of my old model of the line - now dismantled sadly. Thanks for posting this - great footage!
An interesting slice of history.
but I heard that Ilfracombe was too, but that went, as did the Minehead branch, and Padstow and Fowey, Bude etc
Well is'nt that a wonderfull branchline if ever there was one. Are we going to get a run round loop and Heritage trains on it ever again? How about Bodmin and Wenfords fleet and even Diesels running on it in the tourist season. The bottom line is it will make money and bring many people into Looe, even at Easter. The turntable at St Blazey is working and if NR lenghtened the platform at Looe we could see trains from Just about anywhere.5* Let this line come back to life. And even freight, Fish?
How did Beeching miss this one?!
Yes how did it stay open ?
Tourism I guess, that and Looe is a sizeable town.
@@alberta45562 same applied to Kingsbridge Brixham Sidmouth etc.... must have been the poor road access...
@Isidore98 I would like nothing more than to see a "real" railway running to looe instead of little breadvans masquerading as trains! Of course the government wont pay for any such thing so we all have to squash in to one carriage on a first great western unit.
If you want to go to Plymouth wouldnt you rather have a service that goes direct? Perhaps your local MP and councillors can help or do they use cars?