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West of Exeter and east of Penzance

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Coombe Barton - The Operating Timetable

The Timetable   The branch loco has been a 517 and then a 48xx/14xx. The branch is operated using a staff and ticket system.   5:15am: Early turn fireman books on, fires up and moves loco from shed to water and coal up. He then cleans the shed pit of ash.   6:00am Early turn driver books on and oils up, before moving to platform where the first auto coach is stabled.   8:07am First auto to the junction mainly with pupils to the Grammar School. (staff)   8:47am Return of auto. A

Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton - The Signalling

Full Signalling   In a small Great Western branch line terminus full signalling is something of a rarity. Moretonhampstead is one example where there's a full signal box Princetown's another. Other branches operated with porters acting as signalmen using various ground frames, local to or remote from the turnouts.   So I've decided to make things difficult for myself and specify full signalling with working ground signals. The diagram indicates what's proposed.     There's the home an

Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton - The Plan

So here's the plan.   It's 14 ft x 2 ft. There is a 2ft x 2 ft town extension at the right hand end, but this is purely scenic. Four 3ft 6 in by 2ft boards, but the end of the fiddle yard will have a short single track extension to enable a run round there without excessive handling. However for cattle fairs the extension may be as long as 3ft. I'll be detailing this later.   The track is completely flat, but the illusion of the third dimension comes from the track crossing the river valley

Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton - The Progess

Progress?   Loads of decisions, not much action except buying tools.   We have a plan - Ashburton with signals but without the train shed. And with a river. An xtrkcad plot will be posted soon   We have a timetable - based Ashburton Working Timetable 1948.   We have some experiments in track - they work.   We have some exhibition visits under our belt - only two, Expo Em and ExpoEM North.   We've spent some money - bits, kits, tools and gauges.   We've still got a lot to do.  

Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton   Coombe Barton is a small town west of Exeter and east of Penzance. It lies on the southern slopes of the granite moorlands and thus is sheltered from the worst of the weather. The town takes its name from its deep valley location, or coombe which is possibly of the same derivation as the Welsh cwm, and the parish's most important farm, or barton. This latter may have been derived from the Old English (Anglo Saxon) beretun, meaning enclosure or barley-yard.   The town owes

Coombe Barton

Coombe Barton

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