We are most grateful to Nathan who is a conductor/guard on FGW trains covering the branches in Cornwall and Devon. Through his eyes and camera we get a privileged view of the trackwork at Ernesettle which serves the MOD depot located there. Nathan says I do believe the last traffic to the MOD establishment was a short train of VGA four wheeled vans arriving on 13th Feb 2013 but I have no record of when they were collected. For more details of the trackwork inside the depot take a look at Google Earth at this location - on the east bank of the Tamar just north of the Royal Albert Bridge. Many thanks to you Nathan.
1) Ernesettle South Ground Frame - Ernesettle Headshunt on right has a buffer stop just out of view Copyright Nathan Stockman
2) Only slightly further on from photo 1 - Show remains of spur off to the right, this went to an oil terminal Copyright Nathan Stockman
3 Ernesettle North Ground Frame. Copyright Nathan Stockman
4 Ernesettle Gate to Ernesettle M.O.D. - notice how neat the track work is here, lines that are used daily are in much worse states than this! Copyright Nathan Stockman
5 This is the only photo taken looking towards Plymouth (rest are towards Bere Alston), just shows north end of loop.Copyright Nathan Stockman