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Where are you going to base yourself id? First check out the following site...http://www.carfreedaysout.com/ - an excellent guide to the railways of Devon and Cornwall. If driving remember that the roads in and out of the county (all three of them!) are uniformly rubbish and subject to severe congestion, especially the A30 across Indian Queens so build in extra time. Anyway if you are basing yourslef in the West of the County then the railway attractions are limited; I suggest St Ives Branch. Lovely ride on a summers day with St Ives being a popular tourist destination. There is a park n ride service from Lelant Saltings with trains every 30 mins to to the Town. St Ives itself has an outpost of the Tate Modern to visit, there are pletny of beaches in the area (Carbis Bay) which are accessible by train. Another option is to go from St Erth if the traffic is bad. Incidentally, my advice is do not attempt to eat ice cream or your pasty on the sea front at St Ives. You will be attacked by the local birdlife. To photograph trains then I suggest St Michaels Mount/ Marazion. The railway runs alongside the beach from there into Penzance. And you maybe able to get a good shot of the Castle in the bay in the background. Other would be to take a trip along the Fowey estuary and Golant, set your camera uo and wait long for a china clay trip out of the dries from Burngullow. Be warned. This traffic is drying up (groan) and is now down to one or two trains per day. That estuary is very well photographed and very scenic. Other branches in the area are the Falmouth and Newquay branches. Falmouth is the largest town in Cornwall and home of a maritime museum, it also sadly houses Penryn whoch is a hole. There is a service of 14 trains per day along a single track to the docks with a disused connection into the docks. The trip is quite scenic and there are connections at Truro off the mainline services. Newquay, the big Atlantic surf resort is served by 5 trains a day on saturday in high summer and 7 all stations during the weekdays. I suggest a ride along there...like going back in time. There are some heritage railways in the "west" - the Bodmin and Wenford is one, the Lappa Valley (Narrow Gauge) is another and there is a group at Helston although they havent really got anything to see yet. More to the centre of the county there are heritage railways in the Launceston area, from memory one is NG one SG If I can remember..... The tourist board is here...http://www.cornwalltouristboard.co.uk/... am on quick reply so missing out on all those lovely links.
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