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Items added on 5th January 2018                                                                                          Those added most recently come first

5/1/2018

 
Railgrinder en route
to Crediton
Andrew Triggs
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50008 'Thunderer' approaching Cowley Bridge Junction. 5th January Copyright Andrew Triggs
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St David's, 50008 running light away to the East, having deposited the Railgrinder at platform 6. 5th January 2018. Copyright Andrew Triggs
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St Davids. 50008 running back into platform 6, having passed the listed former Goods shed. Copyright Andrew Triggs
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St Davids. The rear 2 sections of the immaculate Railgrinder at platform 6. 5th January 2018. Copyright Andrew Triggs.
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50008 awaiting the road for Okehampton on platform 6. 5th January 2018 Copyright Andrew Triggs.
Minutes later todays entertainment at 
Credition
David Tozer
​50 008 ' Thunderer' with the 0800 4Z03 0800 Derby (RTC) - Okehampton with the latest and possibly the longest of the new Loram Rail Grinders. Some interesting adornments on the sides of the vehicles.
                                                                          Many thanks David 
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50008 'Thunderer' pauses at Crediton today 5th January 2018 Copyright David Tozer
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A very large machine - the latest Rail Grinder leaves Crediton and heads for Okehampton. Crediton 5th January 2018 Copyright David Tozer

Colas Rail Freight 66850 'David Maidment OBE' at St Blazey.
By Alan Peters.
 

Colas Rail Freight 66850 'David Maidment OBE' pictured in a brief moment of sunshine at St Blazey on 4th January 2018 after working 6T27 from Westbury for out stabling in connection with engineering work at South Brent over the forthcoming weekend - Many thanks Alan.
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66850 in the sunshine at St Blazey. Copyright Alan Peters.
Penzance
Mike Hitchens

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45137 once D56 The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment stands in the loading banks at Penzance Station. Early 70's - both locomotive and the covered loading bank all long gone. From the Mike Hitchens collection. Copyright.
Exeter Central
David Tozer

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A Christmas card scene captured by David Tozer. 25224 passes through Exeter Central with coal wagons on the 17th February 1978. Note the up goods yard is in use and also, by the covered footbridge the signal is at off for an up train. Copyright David Tozer
Buckfastleigh
Andrew Jones

In July 1969, my friend and I decided to buy a cheap day return from St Austell to Totnes, with the aim of visiting the then, embryonic South Devon Railway.
   Most trains at this time stopped at Totnes, the journey was fairly uneventful with the typical acceleration past Laira and Marsh Mills, however all was not well with our ‘Western’, things started to deteriorate halfway up Hemerdon Bank and it was touch and go if we were going to reach the summit, which was reached at walking pace with more exhaust than a steam engine! We continued at much reduced speed to Wrangaton and Marley tunnels, with great relief descending Rattery Bank at a fine pace. The days of reliable HST’s were still a long way off.
I recently took the train to London and Hemerdon just doesn’t appear to exist with no drop in speed whatsoever!
  The HST design proves that over engineering on the railways pays off, with an installed power output of 4,500 hp (both power cars) on a nine coach formation, they are conservatively rated and this has proven over their lifetime, to be possibly, one of BR’s most successful designs.
To put this in perspective, the ‘Indian Pacific’ passenger train which runs over 4,000 kilometres across Australia, and is approx half a mile long only has one locomotive with a power output of 4,000hp.
Back to my photograph….
  In 1969 Staverton Bridge was the nearest station to Totnes and we had underestimated the long walk from Totnes Station along, even in those days, a fairly dangerous road. We made it eventually and were rewarded with the enchanting Staverton Bridge Station and GWR 6435 awaiting our outward trip to Buckfastleigh.
On the return trip I took this photograph.
 Here we have GWR 0-6-0PT  64XX number 6435 awaiting return departure in July 1969 from Buckfastleigh, towards Staverton .  This locomotive was built in Swindon in 1934, one of a batch of 40, fitted for push/pull designed by Collett, used on generally light passenger work, weighing in at 45tons 12cwt.
She was purchased in working order from BR in October 1965, being utilised on many of the early SDR diagrams.
6435 now resides at the Bodmin and Wadebridge railway.
Ron Kosys photographs have been excellent and we are very fortunate that he documented this long lost period, hopefully that my photograph will complement the collection.   Many thanks Andrew.
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6435 ready to depart Buckfastleigh in 1969 Copyright Andrew Jones
Churston
​John Cornelius
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Copyright John Cornelius

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