It's the shortest day of the year!!
Exeter 71
Steve Carter
Steve Carter
D809 CHAMPION looking past its best at Exeter September 1971 Copyright Steve Carter
Dawlish
David Pool
David Pool
Good afternoon
I came across your Website when searching for information on the Motorail trains to and from Newton Abbot. I am planning to assemble an OO gauge model of one of these trains, and having photographed one at Dawlish in 1975 I thought you might be interested in the image (scanned from a Kodachrome slide). I am happy for you to use the image, provided that my name is shown as the photographer. The locomotive was 47 202, the train was the 2300 from Stirling, and the photo was taken on 23.10.1975.
I should be most grateful if any of your contacts would be able to give me some information on the coaching stock of this train in 1975. I assume there would be some Sleepers and probably FK stock and a BSK or BCK, but I'm not sure about the Buffet or Restaurant cars. I also assume they would all have M prefixes rather than W or SC.
Best wishes for the Christmas season, and I look forward to hearing from you.
David Pool. Can anyone help? Many thanks for your picture David.
I came across your Website when searching for information on the Motorail trains to and from Newton Abbot. I am planning to assemble an OO gauge model of one of these trains, and having photographed one at Dawlish in 1975 I thought you might be interested in the image (scanned from a Kodachrome slide). I am happy for you to use the image, provided that my name is shown as the photographer. The locomotive was 47 202, the train was the 2300 from Stirling, and the photo was taken on 23.10.1975.
I should be most grateful if any of your contacts would be able to give me some information on the coaching stock of this train in 1975. I assume there would be some Sleepers and probably FK stock and a BSK or BCK, but I'm not sure about the Buffet or Restaurant cars. I also assume they would all have M prefixes rather than W or SC.
Best wishes for the Christmas season, and I look forward to hearing from you.
David Pool. Can anyone help? Many thanks for your picture David.
Truthall
Mark Lynam
Mark Lynam
Taken three days ago during that period of superb sunshine, now we're back to gloom. We see Shunter 97649 approaching Truthall Halt on the 18th December 2017 Copyright Mark Lynam
Pridhamsleigh
Dart Valley Railway - South Devon Railway
Ron Kosys
Dart Valley Railway - South Devon Railway
Ron Kosys
Ron Writes :- I’d already studied the OS maps before embarking on this Railrover and a discussion with the DVR staff at Ashburton confirmed that the over bridge at Pridhamsleigh was the one to head for. It was thought that this location was to disappear totally under the A38 improvement scheme (whether or not that was actually the case I’m not sure). Although I had allowed plenty of time, being on foot, I thought I had better get a bit of a move on.
As was typically the case whilst I was on my Railrovers, the weather never was the best. It was extremely hazy despite a reasonable forecast for the day as a whole...
Anyway, off I went to Pridhamsleigh, spurred on by the knowledge that the driver was going to give me a bit of smoke to liven my shot(s) up a little.
Not long after I got into position I saw 1420 appear. When is the smoke going to appear? When do I fire the shutter ? It was click and wind on in those days, none of this auto drive stuff that we are spoiled with these days.
Well, the answer is, it didn’t. It just trundled under the bridge on which I was standing and away out of sight to the right as it coasted on its way to Buckfastleigh.
Good job I fired the shutter (and wound on) when I did, otherwise I would not have had the two shots that are attached.
Not the best. But as always the case with a lot of my early shots, they’ll do.
They most certainly will do Ron , many many thanks indeed.
As was typically the case whilst I was on my Railrovers, the weather never was the best. It was extremely hazy despite a reasonable forecast for the day as a whole...
Anyway, off I went to Pridhamsleigh, spurred on by the knowledge that the driver was going to give me a bit of smoke to liven my shot(s) up a little.
Not long after I got into position I saw 1420 appear. When is the smoke going to appear? When do I fire the shutter ? It was click and wind on in those days, none of this auto drive stuff that we are spoiled with these days.
Well, the answer is, it didn’t. It just trundled under the bridge on which I was standing and away out of sight to the right as it coasted on its way to Buckfastleigh.
Good job I fired the shutter (and wound on) when I did, otherwise I would not have had the two shots that are attached.
Not the best. But as always the case with a lot of my early shots, they’ll do.
They most certainly will do Ron , many many thanks indeed.
Pridhamsleigh with 1420 approaching on the 21st July 1971 Copyright Ron Kosys
A going away shot at Pridhamsleigh of 1420 heading for Buckfastleigh. A delightful,never to be repeated scene - savour these memories. 21st July 1971 Copyright Ron Kosys
Where is Pridhamsleigh? A delightful bridge once served Pridhamsleigh Farm in this one time quiet valley. You can still get to this spot - well within a few yards, a replacement bridge spans the A38 at this spot. Try Google Earth. This map, an enlargement for the OS 25 inch map with permission of the National Library of Scotland. N.B. Ashburton at the top and Buckfastleigh at the bottom.
There is a plan to re-open the railway to Ashburton - quite how this might be done would be very interesting to know as the majority of the original route is buried beneath the A38.
Xmas at the Yeovil Railway Centre
John Cornelius
John Cornelius
A novel train stop! Copyright John Cornelius