Steam, diesel and electric on show at Long Rock open day Uncategorized by railsistem@gmail.com - May 1, 20190 An immaculate No. 47306 The Sapper at the head of several of the exhibits. DARREN FORD AN OPEN day at Long Rock depot, Penzance, was attended by several thousand visitors, who witnessed a wide array of motive power celebrating Cornwall’s railways. Crowds queue for cab access to GB’s Class 66 No. 66714. JACK BOSKETT Proceeds from the event – held on April 13 and organised by GWR – will be donated to the RNLI Penlee lifeboat station, in nearby Newlyn. Class 47 No. 47602 is displayed on jacks – it is usually found on the ‘Night Riviera’. DARREN FORD The lifeboat theme was at the forefront, with GWR naming one end of Class 802 IET No. 802008 RNLB Solomon Brown, in commemoration of the crew of the Penlee lifeboat who lost their lives on December 19, 1981 following a distress call from the cargo ship MV Union Star, which was on its maiden voyage. Susan Rescorla reveals the name of her late husband Rick on the side of IET No. 802008. JACK BOSKETT Both vessels were lost at sea along with all eight crew of the lifeboat and eight crew and passengers from MV Union Star. Read more and view more images in the May 2019 issue of The RM – on sale now! Captions 1: 2: Enjoy more of The Railway Magazine reading every month. Click here to subscribe. Share this: Comments comments Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Related Share on Facebook Share Share on TwitterTweet Share on Google Plus Share Share on Pinterest Share Share on LinkedIn Share Share on Digg Share Send email Mail