Shepherds to Perranporth “Token”
Staffs and Tokens without these one could not travel the line – so here they are. The sections Chacewater to St Agnes and St Agnes to Perranporth were protected by the Webb – Thompson train staff system. These staffs are 23″ long, the former painted blue, the latter painted red. Note that the staffs differ in the position of the left hand ring, this would prevent their insertion in the wrong section of the machine at St Agnes.
The Perranporth to Shepherds and Shepherds to Tolcarne sections were were protected using aluminium tokens. These tokens are 7 7/8″ long and were painted green and yellow respectively. To prevent their insertion in the wrong section of the machine at Shepherds these originally had different keys on the sawn off part of the token.
Courtesy of the Cornwall Railway Society