The Railway Inn on the A3047 in Illogan Highway, a nomenclatural reminder of the branch. The line ran across the road imediately to the right of the pub, through the present day conservatory extension.

The route of the line, looking south towards Portreath Junction; the hedge line indicates the southern boundary of the trackbed.

On the southern reaches of the low embankment stretching from Paynter's Lane End, looking across the breach at Spar Lane.

Bridge 3, seemingly complete and in use as a makeshift shelter in one of the few remaining paddocks in the area.

Bridge 4 on the low hedged embankment between Broad Lane & Trevelyan Road. The abutments remain, but the arch has gone: a garage occupies the passage. Both the underbridges along this stretch formerly led between fields on farms bisected by the building of the line, although this area, formerly straggling hamlets and smallholdings, has been much filled in by small estates in the past thirty years, drawing Illogan Churchtown and Paynter's Lane End into the wider Camborne/Redruth conurbation.

Just past Railway Terrace, the embankment runs out into remaining green space and is crossed by an obscure footpath. Looking south here along the gorsey belt of the embankment as it strikes out towards the main line, with Carn Brea looming in the background. It was here that it struck me how unrecognisable much of the lineside would be today to the shades of the guards and drivers who operated this line; just for a brief second I glimpsed a GWR tank rolling slowly along this stretch in the final years.

The trackbed resumes for a short, walkable distance as a frowsy, rough track behind Kennedy Close in Paynter's Lane End. Looking back here towards the level crossing by Railway Terrace, 7th January 2007.

A clue in the sign - beside the erstwhile crossing of Trevelyan Road, 17th January 2007.

Past Illogan Churchtown, the line crossed a brace of roads in quick succession on the level. This short section back to Alexandra Road has been adopted as a right of way, January 3rd 2007.

Another view of the short section converted to a footpath just past the evocative Lovely Cottage level crossing.

Across the road from the previous shot, the trackbed runs straight and level for the head of the valley above Portreath, and once more has been adapted for modern haulage - now a service track to Feadon Farm. January 3rd, 2006.

Looking along the same section. Fairfield Timber Siding occupied at least some of the formation here on the left, but its actual location is uncertain. Note the telltale telegraph posts.

Looking back to Alexandra Road under bleak winter skies.

On the trackbed after Fairfield Farm, looking towards the head of the incline, with the nrew build chalets at Feadon visible.

The trackbed between Feadon Farm and Fairfield runs away on the level, picked out by the telegraph poles converted to electricity lines. The trackbed here is quite choked with gorse and nettles, though not as choked as perhaps could be expected of a line into its eighth decade since closure - suggesting perhaps a convenient link track itself now fallen into desuetude. 17th January 2007.

The top of the incline, with a cluster of postwar bungalows where the winding house stood. The trackbed continued ahead and then curved left and east through the bungalow visible in the middle distance. The winding house stood immediately to the right.

From the top of the incline looking down towards Portreath harbour. The incline is today in use again as a rough driveway.

From about halfway down the incline looking up through the cutting. The incline runs down ata gradient of 1 in 7. 17th January 2007.

From near the bottom of the incline, a view over the western side at the impressive revetments.

Another view of the impressive abutment work on the lower reaches of the incline.

Looking at bridge 6 from the east.

The overbridge beneath the steep 1 in 7 incline in Portreath village. srJuly 1987.

Under bridge 6 - the overbridge across Glenfeadon Terrace, Portreath, 17th January 2007. The mileage referred to is from Paddington via Bristol and the former reversal at Plymouth (Millbay).