Campaigners wanted Cornwall Council to pursue alternative plans, known as Option C, which would see a new passenger terminal in Penzance with a separate freightdepot outside the town.
Among the most dramatic images of the day were from a freight truck depot on the south side of Dallas, where one twister flung semitrailers high in the air and hundreds of feet from their parking spots.
Wednesday's operation was made more complicated because there was a depot for freight trains on one side of the site and houses on the other, Berger said.