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Northern Rail class 323 number 323244 heads over the viaduct at dinting
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
323244 Dinting Viaduct
323235 Hadfield
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Northern rail class 323 number 323235 departs hadfield with a service to Manchester Piccadilly via glossop
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Guide Bridge Signal Box
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Hidden away in not the most scenic of locations at Ashton junction surrounded by gantries now spanning nothing
Glossop Railway Station
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Glossop is actually the third busiest railway station in Derbyshire after derby and chesterfield ... which may be somewhat of a surprise when being greeted with the single terminus platform
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Exminster Railway Station
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The station has long gone but the building is now a private residence
6024 Exminster
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GWR 6000 Class 6024 King Edward I passes exminster with the down torbay express
First Great Western Class 142 Paignton
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One of my first ever uploads to flickr and using my original iphone so not the best shot ever
Station Boat At Topsham
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Nice to see a little greenery on a station ..... the platform moss is a bit too far in my opinion
Topsham Platforms
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Topsham serves as a passing point for most services on the avocet line, the shot here is looking towards exmouth
The Coffee Shack Cafe Plymouth
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Hoe Road, Plymouth PL1 3DE, England
An ex of mine used to work here ... random fact of the day
End Of The Line Bere Alston
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Well almost ... due to the station being on a curve you cant see the buffer stops but they are just around the bend out of sight
Disused Shelter Bere Alston
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The disused shelter on the former down platform at bere alston railway station
Bere Alston Signal Box
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L&SWR Type 3B signal-box unfortunately now without its 17 lever frame
Bere Alston Platform Canopy
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Nice to see the detail painted on this canopy support ... it looks quite recent, the other support is blue more in keeping with the rest of the station ... they ether ran out of paint or got bored :-)
Yes It Is A Door
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A door on the station building at Bere alston railway station
i don't know
door veg
Bere Alston Platform Exit
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The stations on this line are very well kept for unstaffed halts, the only thing missing is a ticket machine ... i would prefer a ticket office, he ho that's progress
Bere Alston Junction
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The line to the left leads to plymouth and the one to the right heads off towards calstock and gunislake, currently service between plymouth and gunnislake have to reverse at bere alston... it is not clear what will happen when tavistock services are reinstated
Digby And Sowton From Above
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Digby and sowton is the second busiest station on the avocet line second to exmouth, despite the high use this station has never had a manned ticket office
47760 Dawlish Sea Wall
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One of my older shots west coast railways class 47 47760 heads towards dawlish warren ... im not sure why,this is what happens when you don't add descriptions for nearly 4 years :-p
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
New Ashburton Junction Signal Box
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This box was originally at Cradley Heath was transported to Devon from Birmingham Railway Museum where it was previously preserved it is now located at totnes little hempston station on the south devon railway
Bere Alston Platforms
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The view towards tavistock from the plymouth end of the in use platform at bere alston railway station, it remains to be seen what will change when the line is extended to tavistock as currently services continue to gunislake by taking the token for the branch doing a reversal ..... see next photo for the junction
Topsham Railway Station
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Looking towards digby and sowton, the line reverts to single track just after the crossing and remains that way until it reaches exmouth junction
Monday, 22 April 2013
Bere Alston Railway Station
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The Main station building now a house and partly owned by the dartmoor railway (not sure how the property is divided if it is)
Looking Towards Exmouth
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The platform at lympstone village railway station looking towards exmouth
Lympstone Village Station Shelter
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One day i will look back threw these photos and say to myself that's all changed now ...
34067 Departs Yeovil Junction
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34067 forms 1Z82 on day one of the great britain vi tour, tangmere was used for the leg between london victoria and exeter st davids
44871 And 45407 Aproach Exminster
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LMS Stanier Class Black 5's 44871 and 45407 with 1Z83 exeter st davids to par The Great Britain vi
44871 And 45407 Exminster
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LMS Stanier Class Black 5's 44871 and 45407 with 1Z83 exeter st davids to par The Great Britain vi
44871 And 45407 The Great Britain vi
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LMS Stanier Class Black 5's 44871 and 45407 with 1Z83 exeter st davids to par The Great Britain vi
44871 And 45407 Forder Viaduct
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LMS Stanier Class Black 5's 44871 and 45407 with 1Z83 exeter st davids to par The Great Britain vi
34067 'Tangmere' Axminster
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34067 forms 1Z82 on day one of the great britain vi tour, tangmere was used for the leg between london victoria and exeter st davids and is seen here passing axminster none stop
143621 Exminster
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First great western class 143621 with a service from Paignton to exeter central 2R90
43196 And 43009 Exminster
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First Great western class 43 powercars 43196 and 43009 form 1C85 London paddington to Penzance
150125 Exminster
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First Great Western Class 150 150125 forms 5C51 Newton Abbot to Exeter st davids passing exminster
221135 Exminster
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Cross country super voyager class 221 221135 forms 1V56 from glasgow central to plymouth
150120 Exminster
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Class 150 150120 on an empty stock move from plymouth to exeter st davids ( 1606 off plymouth)
43152 And 43091 Exminster
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First Great Western Class 43's form 1A91 Penzance to paddington formed of 43152 and 43091
153373 And 143620 Exminster
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First great western class 153 153373 and class 143 number 143620 and approach the site of the former station at exminster with 2T21 Exmouth to Paignton
150124 Forder Viaduct
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First great western sprinter class 150 150124 crossing forder viaduct with 2C50 Plymouth to Penzance
Note: Thanks to the amazing @_oll1e_ for providing the train info.
43053 And 43071 Forder Viaduct
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First great western high speed train set made up of class 43 powercars 43053 And 43071 form 1C86 From london paddington to penzance
Ruston DS1174 River Yeo At Yeovil Junction
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458959 (DS1174) 'River Yeo' Ruston Hornsby 0-4-0DM Yeovil Railway Centre
34067 Tangmere Yeovil Junction
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Tangmere waits for a south west trains service to london waterloo to clear the section of single line between chard junction and yeovil junction before proceeding towards exeter
34067 Tangmere Approaches Yeovil Junction
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34067 Tangmere was used by the Railway Touring Company running London Victoria-Exeter via Yeovil Junction on first leg of Great Britain VI seen here approaching yeovil junction
Sunday, 21 April 2013
Cross Country Class 220 Forder viaduct
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I wish they would make the numbers bigger! an unidentified xc crosses Forder viaduct with a service to plymouth
143620 Exminster
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First great western class 143 number 143620 approaches the site of the former station at exminster
159107 Pinhoe
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South West Trains class 159 159107 passes pinhoe with a service for london waterloo
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