Dartmoor Railway

gblandford · Post by **gblandford** » Sat May 22, 2004 7:32 pm

HX04GNK · Post by **HX04GNK** » Sun May 23, 2004 10:52 am

Nice to see 1589 still going, going down for a visit in the summer.
Shame about the graffiti on the route indicator blinds

Do they still have the 4 TC?
1589's trailor coaches are going for scrap soon, maybe the Dartmoor railway could save them?

gblandford · Post by **gblandford** » Sun May 23, 2004 11:06 am

Yes it is worth a visit the have some other rolling stock at meldon,

Mixture of Class 31

One 47 and another two 73.

there may be other plenty of coach.

johny · Post by **johny** » Thu May 27, 2004 8:23 am

My avatar, on the left, is a photograph of 34011 Tavistock on the up Devon Belle (Plymouth portion) coasting down the 1 in 77 gradient between Okehampton station and Fatherford viaduct, circa July/August 1948.

John

johny · Post by **johny** » Thu May 27, 2004 7:21 pm

Here is the full photograph from which the avatar was constructed, plus some others which may be of interest.

The three b/w photographs are circa July/August 1948.

The colour photographs are circa August 1976.

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Up Devon Belle.

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Up Devon Belle approaching Fatherford viaduct, unidentified WC Class.

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Down Devon Belle tackling the 1 in 77 gradient adjacent to the military sidings.
Four Pullmans are not much of a load, hence little exhaust and the safety valves lifting.

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Main approach to Okehampton station.

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Deserted station, almost.

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Looking west at the signal box, military sidings still intact to the right.

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Military sidings looking towards Okehampton station, note the 1 in 77 gradient of the mainline above the brick-faced embankment.

John