[modeleng] Re: City of Truro
- From: Roger Mason <roger.g3tdm@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:07:35 +0100
Hi All,
Well as promised I went into Truro yesterday and saw the "City of
Truro" on display in the centre of town.
She looked really splendid. She is arranged together with her
tender and a chocolate and cream coach on a length of track. There was
also a 'signal box' which had all the publicity material and more
importantly was issuing the tickets giving access to the footplate -
GBP2 for an adult. Also one could visit the coach, sit and be served
with refreshments - genuine Cornish cream tea?
Many of the younger visitors to the footplate were given the
opportunity to sound the whistle - she was in steam!
Unfortunately there was so much scaffolding around her - providing
sloping walkways to the footplate, as well as fencing all around her
and the coach - that it was not possible to get any decent photos. I
am sure there must be some good pictures of the event on the Internet
somewhere. I will leave someone who has more time in front of their
computer to find the sites!
I looked carefully at the ground all around her and as far as I
could tell there was no subsidence into the river. I guess the
builders of the underground structure must have realised that the city
would do something like put two hundred tons of railway on their
structure one day!!
Cheers,
Roger Mason, in St. Agnes.
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