St Blazey Turntable Closure

That's good news as at least it makes it more likely that steam could continue to occasionally reach Penzance and Newquay.

That said, if you are being realistic about it all there remains a limited need for regular steam travel beyond Plymouth. The Royal Duchy to Plymouth remains a decent trip with a continuation by diesel to Par if necessary although in my view truncating at Plymouth is no great hardship. If you then count the number of times that steam heads further west than Plymouth it's a very limited market because of the distance and time involved. I can only think of GB trips where it has been workable and that hardly justifies having the turntable operational all year.

If this were to become the start of something more regular/seasonal commencing in the south west in the future then so much the better but I doubt it. Look at the far better location of Weymouth for a turntable that has never come to anything but irrespective of all this, it's another turning location retained.