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Cornish Riviera Express

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The Cornish Riviera Express is a British express passenger train that has run between London Paddington and Penzance in Cornwall since 1904. [1]

81 relations: Bodmin Parkway railway station, BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia, Bristol Temple Meads railway station, Bristol–Exeter line, British Rail, British Rail Class 41 (Warship Class), British Rail Class 42, British Rail Class 47, British Rail Class 50, British Rail Class 52, British Rail Class 802, British Railways Mark 2, Cornish Main Line, Cornishman (train), Cornwall, Dartmoor, Devonport railway station, Disused railway stations on the Cornish Main Line, Exeter St Davids railway station, Exeter–Plymouth line, Falmouth Docks railway station, Flying Dutchman (train), Great Western main line, Great Western Railway, Great Western Railway (train operating company), GWR 102 La France, GWR 2900 Class, GWR 3252 Class, GWR 3700 Class, GWR 4000 Class, GWR 4073 Class, GWR 4300 Class, GWR 4900 Class, GWR 6000 Class, Helston Railway, History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994, Ilfracombe, InterCity (British Rail), InterCity 125, Italy, Jigsaw puzzle, Kingswear railway station, Langport and Castle Cary Railway, LMS Coronation Class, LMS Princess Royal Class, LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3, London and North Eastern Railway, London and South Western Railway, London Paddington station, Louis Burleigh Bruhl, ..., Minehead, Newquay, Newton Abbot railway station, Paignton railway station, Penzance railway station, Petre Mais, Pilot (locomotive), Plymouth, Plymouth railway station, Postcard, Poster, Privatisation of British Rail, Railway Gazette International, Reading–Taunton line, Royal Albert Bridge, Slip coach, South Devon Banks, Southern Railway (UK), SR Lord Nelson class, St Erth railway station, St Ives Bay Line, Taunton railway station, The Railway Magazine, Truro railway station, West Country, Weymouth, Dorset, World War I, World War II, 4-4-0, 4-6-0, 4-6-2. Expand index (31 more) »

Bodmin Parkway railway station

Bodmin Parkway railway station (Fordh Bosvena) is on the Cornish Main Line that serves the nearby town of Bodmin and other parts of mid-Cornwall, England.

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BR Standard Class 7 70000 Britannia

British Railways (BR) Standard Class 7 (also known as Britannia class), number 70000 Britannia is a preserved steam locomotive, owned by the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust.

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Bristol Temple Meads railway station

Bristol Temple Meads is the oldest and largest railway station in Bristol, England.

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Bristol–Exeter line

The Bristol to Exeter line is a major branch of the Great Western Main Line in the southern United Kingdom and runs from Bristol, to Exeter, from where it continues as the Exeter to Plymouth line.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.

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British Rail Class 41 (Warship Class)

The British Railways Class 41 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow during 1957 and 1958.

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British Rail Class 42

British Railways' (BR) Type 4 Warship class diesel-hydraulic locomotives were introduced in 1958.

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British Rail Class 47

The British Rail Class 47 is a class of British railway diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction.

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British Rail Class 50

The British Rail Class 50 was a class of 50 diesel locomotives designed to haul express passenger trains at 100mph.

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British Rail Class 52

British Rail (BR) assigned Class 52 to the class of 74 large Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964.

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British Rail Class 802

The British Rail Class 802 is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train being built by Hitachi Rail Europe for Great Western Railway (GWR), TransPennine Express and Hull Trains, based on the Hitachi A-train design.

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British Railways Mark 2

The Mark 2 family of railway carriages were British Rail's second design of carriages.

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Cornish Main Line

The Cornish Main Line is a railway line in Cornwall in the United Kingdom.

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Cornishman (train)

The Cornishman was a British express passenger train to Penzance in Cornwall.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.

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Dartmoor

Dartmoor is a moor in southern Devon, England.

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Devonport railway station

Devonport railway station serves the Devonport area of Plymouth in Devon, England.

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Disused railway stations on the Cornish Main Line

There are seventeen disused railway stations on the Cornish Main Line between Plymouth in Devon and Penzance in Cornwall, England.

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Exeter St Davids railway station

Exeter St Davids is the principal railway station serving the city of Exeter in Devon, England.

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Exeter–Plymouth line

The Exeter–Plymouth line, also called the South Devon Main Line, is a central part of the trunk railway line between and in the southern United Kingdom.

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Falmouth Docks railway station

Falmouth Docks railway station (Porthklos Aberfala) is situated in Falmouth, Cornwall, England.

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Flying Dutchman (train)

The Flying Dutchman was a named passenger train service from London Paddington to.

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Great Western main line

The Great Western main line is a main line railway in England, that runs westwards from London Paddington to.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.

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Great Western Railway (train operating company)

First Greater Western Limited, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the Greater Western railway franchise.

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GWR 102 La France

La France, number 102, was a locomotive of the Great Western Railway.

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GWR 2900 Class

The Great Western Railway 2900 or Saint Class incorporated several series of 2-cylinder passenger steam locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward and built between 1902 and 1913 with differences in the dimensions.

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GWR 3252 Class

The Great Western Railway 3252 or Duke Class were 4-4-0 steam locomotives with outside frames and parallel domed boilers.

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GWR 3700 Class

The Great Western Railway 3700 Class, or City Class, locomotives were a series of twenty 4-4-0 steam locomotives, designed for hauling express passenger trains.

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GWR 4000 Class

The Great Western Railway 4000 or Star were a class of 4-cylinder 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler passenger steam locomotives designed by George Jackson Churchward for the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1906.

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GWR 4073 Class

The 4073 Class or Castle class were 4-6-0 steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway design built between 1923 and 1950.

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GWR 4300 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4300 Class is a class of 2-6-0 (mogul) steam locomotives, designed by G.J. Churchward for mixed traffic duties.

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GWR 4900 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett.

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GWR 6000 Class

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class or King is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for express passenger work and introduced in 1927.

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Helston Railway

| The Helston Railway is a heritage railway in Cornwall which aims to rebuild and preserve as much as possible of the former GWR Helston Railway between Nancegollen and Water-Ma-Trout on the outskirts of Helston.

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History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994

The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994 covers the period when the British railway system was nationalised under the name of British Rail (initially known as British Railways), until its eventual privatisation in 1994.

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Ilfracombe

Ilfracombe is a seaside resort and civil parish on the North Devon coast, England, with a small harbour surrounded by cliffs.

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InterCity (British Rail)

InterCity (or, in the earliest days, the hyphenated Inter-City) was introduced by British Rail in 1966 as a brand-name for its long-haul express passenger services (see British Rail brand names for a full history).

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InterCity 125

InterCity 125 was the brand name of British Rail's diesel-powered High Speed Train (HST) fleet, which was built from 1975 to 1982 and was introduced in 1976.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Jigsaw puzzle

A jigsaw puzzle is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of often oddly shaped interlocking and tessellating pieces.

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Kingswear railway station

Kingswear railway station is the terminus of the Dartmouth Steam Railway, a heritage railway in Devon, England.

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Langport and Castle Cary Railway

The Langport and Castle Cary Railway is a railway line from Castle Cary railway station to Cogload Junction near Taunton, Somerset, England, which reduced the length of the journey from London to Penzance by.

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LMS Coronation Class

The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Coronation Class is a class of express passenger steam locomotives designed by William Stanier.

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LMS Princess Royal Class

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Princess Royal Class is a class of express passenger steam locomotive designed by William Stanier.

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LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3

The London and North Eastern Railway LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3 locomotives represented two distinct stages in the history of the British "Pacific" steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley.

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London and North Eastern Railway

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain.

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London and South Western Railway

The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922.

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London Paddington station

Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a Central London railway terminus and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area.

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Louis Burleigh Bruhl

Louis Burleigh Bruhl (20 July 1861 – 1942) was an English landscape artist.

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Minehead

Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England.

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Newquay

Newquay (Tewynblustri) is a town in the south west of England, in the United Kingdom.

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Newton Abbot railway station

Newton Abbot railway station serves the town of Newton Abbot in Devon, England.

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Paignton railway station

Paignton railway station serves the town and seaside resort of Paignton in Devon, England.

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Penzance railway station

Penzance railway station serves the town of Penzance in west Cornwall, England.

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Petre Mais

Stuart Petre Brodie Mais (4 July 1885 – 21 April 1975) was a British author, journalist and broadcaster.

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Pilot (locomotive)

In railroading, the pilot (also known as a cowcatcher or cattle catcher) is the device mounted at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles on the track that might otherwise derail the train.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London.

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Plymouth railway station

Plymouth railway station serves the city of Plymouth, Devon, England.

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Postcard

A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope.

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Poster

A poster is any piece of printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface.

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Privatisation of British Rail

The Privatisation of British Rail was the process by which ownership and operation of the railways of Great Britain passed from government control into private hands.

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Railway Gazette International

Railway Gazette International is a monthly business journal covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide.

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Reading–Taunton line

The Reading–Taunton line is a major branch of the Great Western Main Line from which it diverges at Reading railway station.

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Royal Albert Bridge

The Royal Albert Bridge is a railway bridge which spans the River Tamar in England between Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall.

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Slip coach

A slip coach or slip carriage is a British and Irish railway term for passenger rolling stock that is uncoupled from an express train while the train is in motion, then slowed by a guard in the coach using the brakes, bringing it to a stop at the next station.

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South Devon Banks

The South Devon Banks are a series of steep inclines on the ex-GWR railway line linking Exeter and Plymouth in Devon, England.

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Southern Railway (UK)

The Southern Railway (SR), sometimes shortened to 'Southern', was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping.

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SR Lord Nelson class

The SR class LN or Lord Nelson class is a type of 4-cylinder 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for the Southern Railway by Richard Maunsell in 1926.

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St Erth railway station

St Erth railway station is a Grade II listed station situated at Rose-an-Grouse in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

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St Ives Bay Line

The St Ives Bay Line is a railway line from to in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Taunton railway station

Taunton railway station is a junction station on the route from London to Penzance, west of London Paddington station.

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The Railway Magazine

The Railway Magazine is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897.

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Truro railway station

Truro railway station serves the city of Truro, Cornwall, England.

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West Country

The West Country is a loosely defined area of south western England.

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Weymouth, Dorset

Weymouth is a seaside town in Dorset, England, situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey on the English Channel coast.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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4-4-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, represents the arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading bogie, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels.

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4-6-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, represents the configuration of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading bogie, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels.

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4-6-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and two trailing wheels on one axle.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_Riviera_Express

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