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12/4/2017

 
Luxulyan Valley
Roger Winnen
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A very unusual location for a picture as a Class 45 leaves the 50 yard Luxulyan Tunnel and heads down the valley on the 10.05 service from Newquay to Newcastle. The date is the 14th June 1976. Copyright Roger Winnen
Site of new Tavistock Station
Colin Burges

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The Callington Road underbridge is proposed as the extent of the rebuilt line from Bere Alston. The cycle path which may one day serve the new Tavistock Station has been started. Copyright Colin Burges
Map location of  Callington Road bridge – proposed site of new Tavistock.station. This view courtesy National Library of Scotland can be zoomed to see the location of both former stations at Tavistock. Hint - try changing the transparency of the overlay (bottom left on screen) to see the modern development of housing towards this station site. 
 http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=50.5430&lon=-4.1602&layers=168&b=1
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Prestleigh Viaduct
John Cornelius

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One can almost imagine 'The Pines Express' sweeping over this fine structure. Copyright John Cornelius
For a map of the location of Prestleigh viaduct courtesy National Library of Scotland click below
​http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=51.1648&lon=-2.5243&layers=168&b=1
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For a video of the demolition of Prestleigh viaduct click below
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VRuPDVz964

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