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30th November 2018

30/11/2018

 
1983
Newton Abbot
Clive Smith

It is now over 30 years since the remodelling of Newton Abbot station. 
The first picture shows 45048 The Royal Marines arriving at platform 4 with the summer Saturday 16.00 Penzance - Liverpool on 9th July 1983. The platform is busy and note the row of postal trolleys to the left. The highly visible unattended baggage would nowadays result in instant tannoy warnings or a station evacuation although terrorism was just as prevalent back then. The wonderful semaphores to the west of platform 4 and the through road can be seen along with a selection of now vintage cars in the smaller car park of the day. The two Morris Minors were already vintage by this time. 
Switching eastwards in the second picture, the 'road' is set on the semaphore gantry  as 45150 heads towards the magnificent east box with the 13.45 Penzance - Bristol TM on the 16th April 1983. Some peak enthusiasts in the front mark 1 coach show their enthusiasm for the class.  
          Regards, Clive Smith          
Many thanks indeed Clive.
Picture
Newton Abbot Plat 4 16.00 Penzance - Liverpool on Sat 9th July 1983.Copyright Clive Smith
Picture
Newton Abbot Plat 4 13.45 Penzance - Bristol TM on Sat 16th April 1983 Copyright Clive Smith
Back in the late 50's it was a common practice for the train from Penzance to be strengthened by the addition of extra coaches at the back. The extra coaches were from a train originating at Kingswear or Paignton.  On arrival at Newton Abbot the Penzance portion would stop well up on platform 4 and the additional coaches already full of passengers would be propelled onto the back. It was all quite slick I recall. On one occasion, the operation was perhaps too slick as the 'thump' when the Paignton portion met the Penzance portion was considerable and the coaches 'rode up'.  On connection of the brake pipes normal position was achieved!  KJ
Winnen's Westerns
Respryn
Roger Winnen

Picture
D1015 Western Champion at Respryn. 18th September 1976 Copyright Roger Winnen . N.B. Western Champion still exists so it just might be possible to repeat this picture in the future - lets hope so!

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