In the long hot sumer of 1976, 1067 crosses the Harbour with an Up Local. No sprinters then.

Bang up to date as a pair of Class 142 Pacer Units head by with the 1520 Exmouth-Paignton on 22 May 2008. Has that fence really got in the way?

1013 on the Friary to Exeter afternoon Goods February 1977.

1019 with 1505 Penzance-Paddington 01 May 1969. My first Cockwood Picture and one from my book "The 74 Westerns - a Personal Reflection".

37 671 + 37 229 roar past with the Up Cliff Vale 13-04-95. Those were the days!!.

43148+43136 Head East with 1400 Penzance-Paddington 22-05-08. It is still a reasonable location - but oh for those days of the Westerns.

1072 is on full power as she heads a Penzance-Paddington express in the Summer of 1976.

The beast. 1001 with the Up St.Austell-Kensington Motorail in that long hot summer of 1976. This shot has gone due to growth and the fence close up just spoils it all for this angle.

That perfect pass with a couple of Exeter-Paignton locals on 11 Aug 2007. Now Clas 158' s have no regular work in Devon and Cornwall. The Wessex livery 150 will soon be a thing of the past.

The liveries come and go and they are all very colourful. 1653 Exeter St. davids-Paignton 22-05-08. I dont think for the down shot the fence has made much difference. Some may not agree.

47 799 leads the Royal Train conveying HM The Queen from St. Austell to Exeter as part of the Golden Jubilee Tour of 2002. Shot taken 01-05-02.

Compare with the Golden Oldies, the fence is visible but does it really spoil the picture? 221 132 1525 Plymouth-Manchester 22-05-08.

6024 makes a magnificent sight on the return leg of the modern day "Torbay Express" on 11-08-07. Was I really in the North West 39 years earlier covering the end of steam on BR?

The return Newquay-Manchester passes by on 11 Aug 2007, we can look forward to more of these in 2008.