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Cornwall Minerals Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![The route from the china clay pits to St Blazey and Par was originally a tramway which crossed this valley on the Treffry Viaduct before descending an incline to Ponts Mill. The line now climbs steeply up to Luxulyan and is even used by HSTs on summer Saturdays en route to Newquay. This picture taken from the viaduct looking NE in September 1962. <br><br>[John Thorn /09/1962]](/images/26000/26156.jpg "Luxulyan")
![Looking over Bugle station on the Newquay branch in the 1970s. View is south east towards Par from the A391 road bridge. [Ref query 12924]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford Collection 14/09/1976]](/images/48000/48493.jpg "Bugle")
![A <I>Peak</I> takes a trainload of clayhoods away from Bugle, Cornwall in 1977.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1977]](/images/17000/17811.jpg "Bugle")
![Passing Goonbarrrow Junction signal box on the Newquay branch in May 1977.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /05/1977]](/images/34000/34766.jpg "Goonbarrow Junction")
![A diesel railcar on the Newquay line seen from Treffry Viaduct in August 1989.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /08/1989]](/images/41000/41112.jpg "Luxulyan")
![Looking along the rock cutting towards Luxulyan Tunnel on the Newquay line, photographed in August 1989 [with thanks to all who responded to this query].<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /08/1989]](/images/45000/45159.jpg "Luxulyan")
![Platform view at Bugle station on the Newquay branch in July 1991. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore /07/1991]](/images/33000/33397.jpg "Bugle")
![Homeward bound holidaymakers have time to pause and reflect at Newquay station in July 1992. They are waiting to board the HST service to Paddington and, in a wider sense, also waiting to fill interludes such as this with mobile phones and the internet.<br><br>[Mark Dufton /07/1992]](/images/63000/63599.jpg "Newquay")
![An HST bound for Newquay photographed at Goonbarrow Junction signal box in October 1992. In the background are the works and exchange sidings of the Rocks china clay complex.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /10/1992]](/images/37000/37078.jpg "Goonbarrow Junction")
![<I>'Welcome to Newquay - Happy Holidays from Newquay Town Council'</I> reads the banner at the buffer stops at Newquay station on 12 October 1992 as an InterCity 125 HST stands at the platform.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 12/10/1992]](/images/33000/33712.jpg "Newquay")
![A Newquay - London HST nears Bugle station in 1993.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1993]](/images/34000/34334.jpg "Bugle")
![An InterCity HST calls at Bugle on Cornwall's Atlantic Coast Line to Newquay in the summer of 1994.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /08/1994]](/images/39000/39062.jpg "Bugle")
![A DMU at Roche on the Newquay branch in August 1995<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /08/1995]](/images/38000/38765.jpg "Roche")
![Platform scene at Roche, Cornwall, looking west towards Newquay in the summer of 1995.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /08/1995]](/images/39000/39442.jpg "Roche")
![Old clay chutes near Bugle, photographed from a window of <I>The Royal Duchy</I> DMU Railtour in April 1997, during a visit to some of the remote clay branches in Cornwall. [See image 36516]<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 30/04/1997]](/images/45000/45726.jpg "Bugle")
![Waiting to board 150246 at Newquay terminus on 1 June 2002 with an early afternoon service to Par.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 01/06/2002]](/images/60000/60491.jpg "Newquay")
![The China Clay <i>Rock Dries Siding</i> site at Goonbarrow Junction. The route to Par/St Blazey is off to the right and beyond the buildings the line continues on to Newquay. In this shot, but very distant, are a 66 with a china clay train, two 08s and Goonbarrow Junction signalbox.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 18/11/2009]](/images/26000/26480.jpg "Goonbarrow Junction")
![The morning Goonbarrow Junction to Fowey loaded China Clay train heads south from Luxulyan. The view is from Treffy's viaduct and the train is on a 'new' section of line which replaced a nearby incline and, sadly, Treffy's Viaduct.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 18/11/2009]](/images/26000/26740.jpg "Luxulyan")
![Grab shot of a China Clay train from the Rocks complex, taken from a passing Newquay branch train that it followed when the single line to Par cleared. 66093 was taking the loaded clay wagons to the port at Fowey via reversal at Lostwithiel. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 15/06/2010]](/images/29000/29396.jpg "Goonbarrow Junction")
![The Newquay branch is now a single line siding beyond Goonbarrow, which restricts operations. 150248 is on a two minute turnaround after arriving from Par on 15 June at a terminus that is kept tidy but is a shadow of what it once was.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 15/06/2010]](/images/29000/29413.jpg "Newquay")
![Goonbarrow Junction signal box, as seen from the window of a Newquay to Par service on 15 June 2010. The train has just called to surrender the staff for the long single line section from Newquay and pick up the token for the next section to St. Blazey. [See image 26480] for a panoramic view of the China Clay works just visible in the background of this picture.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 15/06/2010]](/images/30000/30176.jpg "Goonbarrow Junction")
![The old Newquay Harbour branch, part of which has now been converted to a cycle/walkway. Photographed in July 2014, some 88 years after closure.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney 08/07/2014]](/images/47000/47927.jpg "Newquay")
![Going by the planks removed from the pit, the ladder below, the 'Not to be Moved' sign, and the Land Rover on the right, this 0-6-0DH will need some attention before it moves any more china clay. Photo taken during guided tour with kind permission of Imerys. [See image 26480]<br><br>[Ken Strachan 28/11/2014]](/images/49000/49735.jpg "Goonbarrow Junction")
![One of those often overlooked details. The trolley carries a 110V AC-driven air compressor, which is hooked up to each wagon in turn to power the pneumatic rams which drive the covers over the china clay before departure. Seems a bit labour intensive, but I'm sure they know what they are doing. (Photo taken on a guided tour, courtesy of Imerys) [see image 26480] [Ref query 6565]<br><br>[Ken Strachan 28/11/2014]](/images/49000/49759.jpg "Goonbarrow Junction")
![I think we can safely describe this as a disused buffer stop. Scene at Meledor Mill in November 2014. Notice the small deposit of processed china clay on the left. [See image 36516]<br><br>[Ken Strachan 28/11/2014]](/images/49000/49775.jpg "Meledor Mill")
![View north towards the headshunt sidings at Goonbarrow Junction with the passenger line to Newquay on the right. The 'phone box is clearly disused [see image 29396]. The signal box is off picture to the right.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 28/11/2014]](/images/49000/49794.jpg "Goonbarrow Junction")
![Scene at the Imerys Rocks china clay works at Goonbarrow Junction on 28th November 2014, as 0-6-0DH '<I>Isaac</I>' waits patiently for each wagon to be filled and covered [see image 49759]. <br><br>[Ken Strachan 28/11/2014]](/images/49000/49808.jpg "Goonbarrow Junction")
![<I>'I think we'll strike that one out as a through line...' </I> Disused siding at Goonbarrow in November 2014 - view towards the Newquay branch.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 28/11/2014]](/images/50000/50113.jpg "Goonbarrow Junction")
![Bring me sunshine - exceptional weather for the time of year, but at Newquay, not Morecambe. The single car diesel unit, no. 153318, will soon travel back to Par on 29 November. The palm trees on the right certainly add 'That Riviera Touch'.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 29/11/2014]](/images/49000/49638.jpg "Newquay")
![The wonderful Treffry tramway viaduct and aqueduct near Luxulyan station in April 2017.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 11/04/2017]](/images/59000/59309.jpg "Luxulyan")
![The 16.21 to Newquay arrives at Luxulyan on 11th April 2017. At least one of the coaches was about to be filled by a large party of ramblers. [Ref query 1079]<br><br>[Ken Strachan 11/04/2017]](/images/59000/59767.jpg "Luxulyan")
![A young passenger asks the 09.38 to Newquay to stop at Roche on 12th April.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 12/04/2017]](/images/59000/59057.jpg "Roche")
![A remarkable find - five twenty foot iron rails on the Treffry Upper tramroad. There were another five rails on the opposite side a bit further on.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 13/04/2017]](/images/59000/59460.jpg "Luxulyan")
