The Bodmin Bubble - 23rd March 2024

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Boscarne Junction - a junction no more - looking towards Bodmin General, an official photo opportunity with nothing moving.<br>[&copy; Mark Fishlock 2024]	Boscarne Junction end of line (once on to Wadebridge and Padstow).<br>[&copy; Mark Fishlock 2024]	Bodmin General signal box interior, the diagram does not show the new P2 alongside what is shown as 'loop' here.<br>[&copy; Alan Sheppard 2024]	Extracted locos from the Running Shed at Bodmin General P1; left Beattie well tank 30587 (OOU), then 5552 (in service) & Par Docks 'Alfred' (OOU).<br>[&copy; Jimmy James 2024]	A group of participants in a recently refurbished wooden china clay wagon, now fitted with wooden bench seats The chap standing up in the wagon is the Bodmin Railway Operating Manager - aren't the Operating Managers young these days?<br>[© Mark Fishlock 2024]	A different group is propelled from Bodmin General P1 right to the end of line of Running Shed Road 3.<br>[© Jimmy James 2024]	'Judy' and the china clay wagon (hidden by steam/smoke)doing the Bodmin General end of line loco release crossover; new P2 is behind <br>[© Mark Fishlock 2024]
This shuttle ran between P1 and P2, even though it says on the side of the wagon: 'China clay only' and 'Not to be moved with hood down'!<br>[© Mark Fishlock 2024]	With Bodmin in the background, the Class 08 propels us into the new ballast siding. For maximum track, 'Judy' waits on the running line <br>[© Jimmy James 2024]	Bodmin Parkway, the IET is for Penzance (off left), the Class 08 is about to clear the middle shed road (left) for our tour. 'Judy' and the autocoach wait on the running line from Bodmin General (left). The two tracks between the 08 and the IET join to form the exchange siding headshunt, left<br>[© Jimmy James 2024]	Road 6, the middle shed road, is cleared out completely; our spotters just had to sit comfortably in the coach and watch it all slowly trundle by...<br>[© Mark Fishlock 2024]	'Judy' leads to the end of the now clear Carriage Shed middle road (Road 6); right is the 1887 GWR Special Saloon<br>[© Jimmy James 2024]	'Judy' and autocoach at Road 6 buffer stops with GWR 0-6-0 PT 4612 (out of use) behind on Road 5.<br>[© Jimmy James 2024]	Bodmin Parkway Down P1 looking west towards Penzance; the Bodmin Railway/NR connection trails into the Up line right; the sharp curve upper far right goes up the gradient to Bodmin General. The 3-road Bodmin Railway shed is prominent, ahead right.23 Jul 2023.<br>[© Andy Overton 2023]
The ground frame controlling the connection between the Bodmin Railway and the headshunt after de-buddleia-ing and re-sleepering. 23 Jul 2023,<br>[© Andy Overton 2023]	Ex-Par Harbour 'Judy' is doing all the work up the bank from Bodmin Parkway (right) to Bodmin General.<br>[© Jimmy James 2024]	Approaching Bodmin General (station through the bridge left) an ex-Chiltern Railways bubble car is in Barracks Siding.<br>[© Mark Fishlock 2024]	With the volunteers on 'overtime' a considerable amount of rolling stock was cleared from the Up Refuge Siding so we could then do it.<br>[&copy; Mark Fishlock 2024]