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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Contents: The Pentewan Railway 1829-1918 by Robert E. Evan, p. 3; A French Farce in West Northamptonshire; New light on an early East & West Junction Railway locomotive by Barry Taylor, p. 25; Richborough Military Port: The Locomotives by Bill Aves, p. 31; The Hopwood Collection Part 11: The Great Central Railway by The RevÃÃ
Article Snippets
From 'The Pentewan Railway' : The first of three photographs of the coastal steamer Foy of Fowey (for those not aware, both names are pronounced the same!) unloading coal at Pentewan around 1905. Foy was part of the small fleet of steamers operated by Toyne, Carter & Co. of Fowey, started in 1897 by Charles Toyne with the purchase of the secondhand vessel Stockton, built in 1856. As with most small ship companies, the vessel was owned and financed by a separate company set up by Toyne, the Fowey Steam Ship Co. Ltd. These satellite ownership companies protected the main business in the event of the vesselÃÃ
