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1877 | Angarrack Viaduct | Between 12 and 1 o'clock yesterday man named Allen was killed on the Angarrack viaduct

Fatal Railway Accident near Hayle.— Between 12 and 1 o'clock yesterday a man named Allen was killed on the Angarrack viaduct of the West Cornwall Railway. A gang of men were engaged repairing the viaduct, and a luggage train passed, the break van struck Allen, knocking him under the wheels, which passed over his head, killing turn instantly. Deceased was a native of Penpoads, Camborne, and leaves wife and four children.

[Possibly Thomas Allen  read more »

200219 | £5m Rail Upgrade Underway

£5m Rail Upgrade Underway

£5m Rail Upgrade Underway

Published by the Pirate FM News Team at 11:47am 19th February 2020. (Updated at 3:43pm 19th February 2020)

Cornwall is being promised more reliable railways - and fewer flood cancellations.

It is as repair work starts between Penzance and Truro - and St Ives and St Erth.

Bus replacement services are being brought in while the five million pound project is completed.  read more »

200220 | Network Rail will be carrying out waterproofing work to Hayle Viaduct between Saturday 15 and Sunday 23 February 2020

Date disruption to train services in Cornwall is due to end

GWR announced measures in place while work is carried out by Network Rail through the half term  read more »

1839 | Mrs Mary Courts crossing rail road line near Angarrack incline knocked down by descending train and fatally injured

16th May 1839, an elderly person, Mrs Mary Courts, nee Tremayne, when crossing the rail road line near the Angarrack incline, was knocked down by a descending train and fatally injured

Page 28 : # 67 constantinecornwall.com [1]

 

A booklet entitled, "Angarrack, The Singular History of a Cornish Village", by John Higgans, dated 1986 at Newton Abbot

 

 

57602 Angarrack 17 June 2017 | The setting sun just about clings on long enough to illuminate 57602 as it rolls across Angarrack

57602 Angarrack 17 June 2017

The setting sun just about clings on long enough to illuminate 57602 as it rolls across Angarrack viaduct with 2C51, the 17.50 Exeter St Davids - Penzance on 17 June 2017. Photographing the GWR loco-hauled this far west is only really doable in high summer with a clear sky to the west - with the train running late it was after 9pm and the light was really fading fast.  read more »

57602 Angarrack 17 June 2017 | The setting sun just about clings on long enough to illuminate 57602 as it rolls across Angarrack

1852 | Angarrack 29 July 1852 Brunel ENGINEER’S REPORT West Cornwall Railway Company

29 July 1852 Brunel ENGINEER’S REPORT West Cornwall Railway Company

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Engineer's Report

The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser (Truro, England), Friday, August 27, 1852; pg. 6; Issue 2566. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.  read more »

1851 | Angarrack Viaduct - Timber Brunel

Page 189 | The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer  By Isambard Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel built the original Angarrack viaduct from timberin 1851

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The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7kbGklaeTQQC&vq=angarrack&dq=brunel+v...  read more »

1852 | Completion of the Cornwall Railway | West Briton 5 March 1852

The West Briton from 5 March 1852 has a thrilling account of the completion of the Cornwall Railway

via http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wbritonad/cornwall/185...  read more »

1883 | Angarrack Viaduct | Richard WHIDDON 15 22-Oct 1883 | Fell from a crane at Angarrack Viaduct

According to http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~phillack/burials/bur1880_1884.htm :  read more »

Angarrack viaduct

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1884 | Angarrack Viaduct | Thomas BORE and Thomas WAKEHAM | 4-Jul 1884 | Killed at Angarrack Viaduct by a falling derrick

According to http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~phillack/burials/bur1880_1884.htm :  read more »

King Edward 1st and 5029 Nunney Castle on Angarrack Viaduct heading east - close up

Close up of King Edward 1st and 5029 Nunney Castle on Angarrack Viaduct heading east just after 9am on Monday 28th June 2010 on the homeward leg of the Steam Dreams - Cornish Riviera tour 26-June-10 to 28-Jun-10King Edward 1st and 5029 Nunney Castle on Angarrack Viaduct heading east - close up
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