Month: March 2018

IN late October 2017 for the last day of the season, volunteers from the Helston Railway painted one of its iconic diesel locomotives pink to raise money for local charity St Julia’s Hospice ran by Cornwall Hospice Care. (above: Jane Appleton from Cornwall Hospice Care collects the cheque from Helston Railway Chairman James Packman. The diesel locomotive was turned pink virtually overnight by the hard working volunteers at the Helston Railway for the last day of the 2017 season. Fast…

Another successful Juniors Day despite the biting cold! We set to work in the cutting just out of Prospidnick Station cutting back some of the trees that were encroaching.  The youngsters, under supervision had to work safely and together to get a lot of work done, and achieved a lot! They also walked the line, looking at future jobs to do and to see what’s happening (lots!) and the great progress at Truthall – some of which they have been involved…