Talk:Maritime Line

Penwithers Junction
The spelling of the junction at Truro has at least three variations. The "Penwithers" version is used in this article as that corresponds with Network Rail's documentation: Geof Sheppard (talk) 12:52, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * “will be united with the West Cornwall Railway, at Penwithers...” – West Briton, May 1859
 * “The Narrow Gauge will have to be laid between Penwithers & Carvedras...” – Cornwall Railway Board Minutes, December 1858
 * “laid down rails on the narrow guage between Penwethers and the Truro Station...” – Cornwall Station Agreement, 1861
 * “Penwithers Junction ... Penweathers Lane ... Penwethers” – Ordnance Survey
 * “Penwithers Jn to Penryn One train working” – Network Rail, Rules of the Route 2009

Questionable facts
There are some questionable facts in this article taken from.

I have removed this sentence as D821 has always carried the name Greyhound in service and in preservation:
 * An unusual working in 2000 was a visit to Falmouth docks by preserved Warship Class locomotive number D821 which was renamed Cornwall alongside the Royal Navy ship HMS Cornwall. (Pages 110-111)

I have heavily edited the following paragraph as (1) other sources say that Truro was the first signal box in 1876, 13 years after the line opened, and (2) the West Cornwall Railway opened before the Maritime Line so the signal box would not have been built after the others.
 * When opened there were 4 Signal boxes on the line, these being Turo West, Perranwell, Penryn and Falmouth. When the connection to the West Cornwall Railway was completed, a further signal box was installed at Penwithers Junction. (Pages 19 and 66-72)


 * Hi Geof Sheppard. Actually D821 did take parrt in a naming ceremony at Falmouth Docks as the photographs in Heginbotham show, and another source also confirms. I have thus reinstated this but have added a footnote indicating that the name did revert to Greyhound two years later.


 * As to the existence of only 4 signal boxes, the lines to Falmouth and Penzance from Truro ran as two parallel single-track lines when opened, so the signal box at Penwithers Junction was only constructed when the junction as constructed in 1893.


 * I always have the intention of using information that is available in reliable sources, so if you suspect information from different sources may be in conflict I would encourage you to follow the Wikipedia advice on conflicting sources rather than just deleting. Romfordian (talk) 10:30, 9 October 2021 (UTC)


 * I think you have misunderstood Penwithers Junction. The junction was created in 1859 to connect the West Cornwall's Penzance to Newham line to the new Cornwall railway. In 1863 the Falmouth extension crossed the Newham branch on the level and signals were provided. The signal box was built before 1879 and then rebuilt when the junctions were changed in 1893. Geof Sheppard (talk) 16:28, 12 October 2021 (UTC)