Cornwall Railway

The Cornwall Railway was a British railway company in Cornwall in England.

THe company was founded on August 3, 1846. Largest owner of 1,600,000 pounds equipped with Cornwall Railway was the Great Western Railway ( 75,000 pounds ), the Bristol and Exter Railway ( 112.00 pounds) and the South Devon Railway (150,000 pounds).

The planning of the route was for Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The of 2140 mm built in the broad gauge track from Plymouth to Truro opened on 2 May 1859. Simultaneously, the Royal Albert Bridge was opened in Saltash. Thus, the continuous rail link from London to Penzance was completed. The extension to Falmouth could be put into operation on 24 August 1863. The track was leased at the same time from the other railway companies for 1000 years. However, the company was in the red and in the summer of 1875 took over the National Provincial Bank temporarily forced administration. Following the acquisition of minority interests by the Great Western Railway, this was the sole from January 1, 1877 the operator. As a result, there were several differences between the GWR and the Cornwall Railway. Thus, it was argued, among others at the cost of the renewal of the elaborate wooden bridges. The Cornwall Railway was finally adopted on 24 June 1889. The conversion to standard gauge took place on 21 May 1892.

To keep the costs low for the locomotives, this Evans & Company was provided. 1867 took over the Southern Devon Railway the contract and put the locomotives for the Cornwall Railway available. For use locomotives were the Eagle Class, Dido Class and Class Buffalo and other individual vehicles.

The passenger and freight cars were purchased and serviced in the workshops in Lostwithiel. 1889 were 421 vehicles in stock.