Janner
1947 Penzance Boys' Grammar School Photograph - 2
1947 Penzance Boys' Grammar School Photograph - 2 - Identifications
1947 Penzance Boys' Grammar School Photograph - 3
Janner
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Janner

This was the steam engine which had been used at Penlee Quarry to pull the stone-trucks to the Newlyn South Pier for loading onto ships there. The picture was taken in 1955 on Sandy Cove the shingle beach between the South Pier and the Quarry. I do not know when this engine was replaced by diesels. It was known locally as Janner after the nickname of the driver.
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treeve
In 1964 it was in a much better state, as in Keith Farmer s photograph. Is this really 1955?
See Industrial Railway Record Nr 20 pages 269 et seq.
Those pages also include an operational picture of her in 1928 (W A Lucas).
I have written notes about this line and locomotive here on site - The Archway Penlee - 4.
 
symons55
Sometimes as I get older, I seem to remember more and more from my younger days, but can t remember what I did last week. read# read#
 
treeve
It is because every single experience and sense has been stored; the mind spends so much time filing and organising ( a sort of defrag exercise) that as we get older, the synapse route is remembered easier if we allow ourselves to relax, rather than wildly chasing around.
 
J
Thanks, Treeve, for your comment. I have looked at Keith Farmer s 1964 photograph and agree that it looks like Janner, but in a much better state. I confirm that I took my photograph of Janner in 1955, so can only assume that either it was restored or that Penlee had more than one Janner !
 
treeve
It is not impossible that the picture in the Record is an older one than noted, or as you say a partially restored version. Thank you.
 

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