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Great footage! Grange's HST front ends are an enduring masterpiece of design and were unlike anything else on the rails when they first appeared in the 1970s. I like the more recent reference to GWR steam locomotives in naming the HST power cars after Welsh and West Country castles.

I believe even rc aircraft are banned now. There are nightjars nesting in the area.

This was so interesting thank you from New Zealand

Interesting video. Beautifully painted Cross Country IC125 @ 10:14

Very interesting video thank you from New Zealand

Reinstate it.

What an excellent record of working semaphore in Cornwall, sadly now being replaced with Leds! Well done, no annoying commentary. 😊

The new terminus looks quite impressive!

I remember that we went on a family holiday to Lyme Regis, probably in Summer 1965 as the station closed in November of that year so it couldn't have been later. I was very young and it was a long time ago but can remember when boarding the train at Waterloo us being told to change at Yeovil and Axminster and waiting for the connection on Yeovil station.

I went to school in Uffculme (1959-1963), was a scout with the troop in the hut behind Hobb's garage at the station, and later an army cadet. Later spent two years at the East Devon Tech in Tiverton, so was very familiar with the railways in the region.

I used to train-spot at Tiverton Junction in my schooldays, and remember the Tivvy Bumper, and the local train to Hemyock - travelled on both, too. Another good spotting place was Sampford Peverell halt. It was demolished, and has become the site of Tiverton Parkway. (Parkway, in my view, has always been an uninspiring name for a railway station). Happy days of Halls, Kings, Castles, Warships, Westerns and Hymeks. Alas, other than the preserved locos, all sadly gone.

Good vid,more please.

Is it possible to walk over that viaduct?

Very impressive it must have been very labour intensive tò build. But I don't believe the history, it looks a lot older than that

This line needs to be reopened now...

Travelled from Halwill Junction to Salisbury, and back, back in the sixties - by DMU, unfortunately, but there were still tank locos about.

Awesome 👏

Really awesome 👏

Short and sweet, no interminable opening shot, great sight and sound details inside and out👍👍👍 Good to see the old girl out and about. Thank you.

Ah, Honiton where I was born just up the road from the station 75 years ago. We lived close by and I could watch the Merchant Navy, WC and BB-hauled expresses pass through the station from my bedroom window. Hence was born my love of trains.

I remember a little place called Shop

Excellent video, only one glaring error. The Derriton viaduct at Holsworthy was not constructed of shuttered concrete but almost uniquely of on site cast concrete blocks. It was felt at the time that a large pour of concrete could have resulted in areas of off ratio and hence sub-standard curing which would have been catastrophic to the serviceability of the viaduct. We have many actual construction images and published articles in Holsworthy Museum which evidence this building method. I believe that only one other viaduct was thus constructed in the UK and its appearance today resembles a bridge built with stone blocks. Closer examination reveals said blocks are indeed individual concrete castings. Peter Drinkwater, volunteer Holsworthy Museum.

Enjoyed your video thanks 😊

In 1961 i came to Cornwall on holiday with my parents...i was only 10.... wr stayed in a bed and breakfast house near Dunstone station...in the evening we walked along the road near the single track railway line...a light engine came along and the driver anf fireman both saw us and waved out of the engine... i think it was a T9 Southern engine....im 73 now.....

Great to see you were given access to Whitstone & Bridgerule station. Still a fine looking canopy.

Interesting historical documentary with a great commentary.

Superb video and particularly your narration - thanks!

I grew up in Bude and have been facinated by the railway. A huge loss to the town and must have had a big impact on it economicaly over the years.

Great video !

Great video. Shame that it is a railway no more but the Southern's 'Withered Arm' provides some excellent walking and cycling opportunities.

Wonderful video!

Very good, just needs more information as to where exactly it is.

Great video, really interesting history!

Very interesting. Thanks a lot for the video.

Have the Friends of Ashburton Station made any headway with their plans for the station and its environs ?As a heritage site it would be a gem. Perhaps this video will inpire some renewed interest.

Great way to run up the national debt to 14xthousand billion pounds, 1 get rid of your infulstruct 2 elect politicians that continue doing the same, 3 learn to walk long distances as no transport exists.

Just part of a line that should never have been destroyed. But of course, it was, and don't just blame Beeching. Take a look at who the transport minister was when all these destruction plans were being drawn up. Check out his real interests and agenda. This route was destroyed after these two, but Labour were no bloody help either!!!

Good catch 👏

Oil is to run out, and railways will probably be the only option for heavy transportation.

Something Very Solid and Reassuring about the Sound created by Lower Quadrant Semaphore Signals..

Excellent quality of commentary.

Lovely thanks.i was born in Ottery st mary 1957 and before line closed i used to catch the train with my parents to Sidmouth to visit my grandma.My parents were mad when line closed thanks to Beeching but then we got a car😮

How ironic, Beeching Close !

Thank you for a well-photographed and narrated film. I used to know Totnes quite well, through visiting a friend there in the 1970s. But my strongest memory is of the Totnes Quay branch, which I first encountered in 1963 during a cycling holiday around Cornwall and Devon. I have a photograph of an 0-6-0PT locomotive shunting there, crossing the road I was on via the level crossing. I also remember it because of my idiotic decision to make a 180-degree turn on my heavily loaded bike while I was in the middle of the crossing. Thud!! Both wheels dropped into the gap between the running rail and the check rail. It was pretty hard getting the bike out, and my efforts attracted some attention. I felt such a fool. It was a lovely town then; but it looks so different now; and as you say, there's no trace of the Quay Branch. Thanks again!

Another very interesting exploration! It's a great shame that the A38 reconstruction was allowed to block the line north of Buskfastleigh cutting Ashburton off from a useful link and limiting the scope of the Dart Valley Railway

Being a local, this is fascinating to me. Many thanks and please can we have more?

A very interesting explore. Any idea if Sustrans might be looking at this old line as a possible recreational trail? I’ve got a couple of old lines in my patch that may well become Greenways in the future. Subscribed!🙂👍

Enjoyed this very much

Excellent overview of the branch line 👏

The good thing about You tube is finding gems like this. thank you.