BR(S) Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 I stumbled across these while looking for something else and thought they deserved an airing!: http://freepages.nostalgia.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cyberheritage/plymouth1.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Good find. Cl 140 railbus here: http://freepages.nostalgia.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cyberheritage/plym95.htm and a great short freight here: http://freepages.nostalgia.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cyberheritage/plym118.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 I presume the short freight is headed to Enesettle carrying ammunition.... I think that's what the caption said. Trouble is, the captions are on two pages ( page 1 of which is linked in the OP), and the pictures open in a separate window with no captions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted August 14, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2013 Ah, Steve Johnson's cyberheritage sites - I've scoured the North Devon line images a great deal. He actually says it's "content over style" - the captioning is a little poor, but the content is very interesting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
floss_4 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 What is the car traffic on this outbound train? http://freepages.nostalgia.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cyberheritage/plym82.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 What is the car traffic on this outbound train? http://freepages.nostalgia.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cyberheritage/plym82.htm I do not remember any car traffic in cartics to the Plymouth area. For a wild guess, could this have been a set for unloading at Exeter St Davids, that somehow got reversed en-route and went to Plymouth to be turned on the Laira triangle now seen going back to Exeter for unloading? cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Good find. Cl 140 railbus here: http://freepages.nostalgia.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cyberheritage/plym95.htm and a great short freight here: http://freepages.nostalgia.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cyberheritage/plym118.htm Great pictures.Like the freight, think I could make that except for the blue/grey van at the rear, what is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 Great pictures. Like the freight, think I could make that except for the blue/grey van at the rear, what is it? Looks like a Mk1 BSK: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lereddog/7523900170/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
floss_4 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I do not remember any car traffic in cartics to the Plymouth area. For a wild guess, could this have been a set for unloading at Exeter St Davids, that somehow got reversed en-route and went to Plymouth to be turned on the Laira triangle now seen going back to Exeter for unloading? cheers Yes that's possible. I do remember seeing a track diagram somewhere showing one of the Tavi Jn sidings with a car ramp though. It may have been a quail map? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJ Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 What was the coach for - was it to transport troops gaurding the train (assuming its MOD) or running for some other purpose? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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