A (Silent) HD Drivers Eye view from Penzance to Truro. Classic journey through Cornwall. (3 Yrs old)

This film is 3+ years old and was filmed as part of a project. Unfortunately due to restrictions imposed by Managers at the Time in cab sound was not permitted to be recorded. This is filmed in 1080HD on board a stopping service from Penzance to Exeter St Davids. We set off from Penzance past Long Rock depot and on into the beautiful Cornish countryside. Passing through St Erth with the branch down to St Ives, (See a previous video) Hayle, Camborne and Redruth, nefore the Branch from Falmouth joins (Right) as we then run into Truro. Sit back and Enjoy. Once again sorry for the lack of sound, not my decision.
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[christopherbraiden]

Thanks for the cab ride and information about old stations etc. Part of the route is very scenic love seeing some of the old mines!!😎🚃🚃🚃🚃

[Purplemist]

Thank you. It was great to see it from the driver's perspective

[phillwainewright]

This wasn't filmed on a Wednesday, because as the comedian 'Jethro' told us, "The train doesn't stop at Camborne on a Wednesday".

[mikerandall]

Well done. I don’t really know the area but it’s great to see things from a different perspective. Appreciate the points of history too, keeps the past alive. First time I saw something like this was a canal trip along the west Kennet and Avon canal, they also dropped in historical notes as the narrowboat chugged along. Then a little after that a bus journey over the Yorkshire moors if I remember rightly. Great to see.

[helenday]

By far the best way to visit Camborne.

[nlemecfc]

Another great video, you see so much more than if you are just getting a passenger's view. and the snippets of information keep you interested and informed. keep up the good work. Cheers, Neil

[Cinemadamenic]

You are spoiling us! A thoroughly enjoyable ride and informative captions. Thank you.

[billpugh]

Pre 1976 the Longrock shed had a tall wooden slatted fence the became almost transparent when our dad drove past at the right speed so we could see what was inside! I once had a cab ride (with my older brother) from a friendly driver from PZ station to Longrock in a Warship and back in a Western. What I remember most was how squirrely the Warship was on the footplate compared to how steady the Western was. I also remember being at Gwinear Road (long closed) at the end of the Helston branch having travelled out behind a 45XX a 600 Warship in BR Green. Our grandad got us onto the footplate of a 45XX in Helston when I was 4, still remember it though.

[jeremysmith]

I live near Truro so know this line very well great to see it from the cab

[rubyait]

I’m here for the scenery and history, not for the sounds. Really good quality. You do a superb job. I’ll be back later with my questions...

[corvusscottwilliams]

Wow, Thanks. I can see the house and garden I grew up in..

[stnicholas]

I travelled from Exeter St David's to Penzance in 2001. On the journey to Penzance the train passed through a little station where someone had set up home in an old railway carriage. It was picturesque and quaint seeing a TV aerial on top of an older railway carriage.

[robertcoleman]

Nice scenic vid, Theirs a lot of closed stations on this line, Thank you cheer's bob.

[drdoolittle]

Bril - thanks v much, much enjoyed and nice having the snippets!

[garyhawkins-pianoteacherpi]

I love this route, Can’t wait for them to be coming with sounds after covid

[chrisfranklin]

Gawd, i never knew trains were this quiet now 😄

[davidbishop]

A few small points. The Perranporth branch left the main line about a mile west of Chacewater Station by way of the triangular Blackwater junction before heading northwards over the rhododendron covered embankment over the A30 and then wending its way through Mount Hawke and St Agnes to Perranporth. Decades ago British Rail also misspelt Camborne station when they replaced the station name board - it was hastily replaced.

[johnspeller]

I used to live in the West of England forty years ago, but never got west of Bodmin Road (Parkway) on the railway, so appreciate seeing what it is like.

[Martin_Adams]

Thank you for a nice piece of filming.
At 28:24 it says "127 yard Blackwater Viaduct where the line from Perranporth to Newquay passed under prior to its closure." I don't think that last bit about the Perranporth line can be right.
The junction between that line and the main line was triangular, with spurs facing both west and east; and it was about three quarters of a mile west of the Blackwater Viaduct, where nowadays the A30 runs adjacent to the railway. I'm not aware that any line ran under the viaduct; though it's always possible that some kind of tramroad or branch connected with a mine was there for a while.
But thanks again.

[SimonGlanvilleOrganist]

Your information regarding the line to Perranporth is incorrect. It didn't go under the Blackwater viaduct at all. Approximately 1/2 mile west of Chacewater Station was a triangular junction called Blackwater Junction. Originally, there were two chords here, east and west and 3 signal boxes, north, east and west. All three had closed by 1924 along with the west chord. The branch line from Perranporth ran next to the GWR main line from here for the last half a mile into Chacewater Station. The branch closed in February 1963 and Chacewater Station closed in October 1964.