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Items added on 14th August 2017                                                                                               Those added most recently come first

14/8/2017

 
The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway
A Visit planned for
Saturday 2nd September, 2017.


This visit was planned for last year, but owing to weather conditions it was postponed into the 2017 programme.
The line opened partly on 2nd September, 1903 now 114years to the day and extended to Appledore in 1908 and closed on 28th March, 1917 being requisitioned by the government
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Train times for this visit can be found on the outdoor events page
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170812e Appledore Station had a very short existance opening on 1908 and closing on 28th March 1917. Copyright Roger Winnen
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170812f The carriage shed still stands at Bideford use now for other means of motive power. Copyright Roger Winnen
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170812ff Still in existance 100 years after closure is these bridge abutments near to the site of Westward Ho1 Station. Copyright Roger Winnen
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170812g The coastal footpath from Westward Ho! follows the formation of The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway to Cornborough Cliffs where spectacular views of the coastal landscape can be viewed. These two great houses in this photograph appear in pictures of the Railway during its short operational life Seafield House and Morley House. Copyright Roger Winnen
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160723c This was the site of The Company Office of the Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway on the Quay at Bideford.. Copyright Roger Winnen
Cowley Bridge &
Norton Fitzwarren
David Tozer
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With budlea growing from the bridge parapit photography is getting difficult. Still is the old First Group livery 143617/619 head towards Barnstaple with the 0954 Exeter (St David's) - Barnstaple. Copyright David Tozer
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43086/198 approach the site of Norton Fitzwarren station with the 1C77 1006 Paddington - Penzance on the 12th August 2017. Copyright David Tozer. The bi-directional single line on the left leads on to the West Somerset Railway.
Padstow
Roy Hart

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Maunsell N class mogul no 31841 stands in the sidings at Padstow at the head of a train. She was shedded at Exmouth Junction at the time. These engines were known to crews as 'Woolworths' - probably a corruption of Woolwich, because 50 of them were built as kits of parts at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich in order to maintain employment after the end of the first world war. The newly-constituted Southern Railway bought the kits and put the engines in service as class 'N'. 31841 remained in the west. She was withdrawn in March 1964. Copyright Roy Hart
Paignton
John Cornelius

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Copyright John Cornelius
Southampton
Mike Morant

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An undated view of sparking clean former LBSC Marsh H2 Class 4--4-2 no. 32425 Trevose Head in charge of a Bournemouth - Brighton service at Southampton Central. [Mike Morant collection]

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