A young lad never forgets his first steam train ride. This was a day out at Tavistock, Devon, on No 6430.
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0-6-0PT No 6430 and auto train at Tavistock South Station, Devon, during the summer of Sept 1962.
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Tavistock South and No 6400 * W230W forming the 12:35pm train to Plymouth, Devon, taken on the 8th August 1961.
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Starting at Yelverton Station, on Dartmoor, as it heads to Dousland and into Princetown. Here is a brief story of the line and the people that worked on it.
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1408 & W157W forming the 12:33pm autotrain from Tavistock South, Devon, on the 19th Dec 1955.
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Tavistock South, Devon, on the 8th Aug 1961. No 5572 waits to work the 4:30pm train to Plymouth, whilst No 5569 takes on water.
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Tavistock South: Part 2 โ After the closure of the branch https://t.co/oWxFXRozTU We have seen Tavistock South in all it's glory, but this blog post won't be as cheerful. With the closure of the Plymouth to Launceston branch line, t
Remastering Yelverton to Princetown https://t.co/3qP0DMAEXt I will carry on with the blog posts about Plymouth to Launceston, but I have just remastered the branch line that came off at Yelverton. It ran from Y
Tavistock South, Devon, in the summer of Aug 1961. No 5569 pauses with the 5:30pm Launceston to Plymouth train.
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0-6-0 pannier tank No 6410 blows off as it waits to depart Tavistock South for Plymouth, during the summer of 1959.
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GWR 0-6-2T No 4409 leaves Tavistock South with two railmotor coaches. The loco was popular on the Princetown branch.
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Tavistock South, Devon, in 1963. There was a big population in Tavy, but the car was proving more popular and the railway was going to be shut.
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