Devon Diesel Era Photo Record

[Captain Kernow]

No I didn't get chance. Would like to next time I'm there, if for no other reason than to have lunch in a signalbox sounds like a cool thing.

I really like the fact the signalbox has been kept and repurposed. Shame it doesn't happen more often.

Bodmin Parkway has one as well, which is actually operated by the steam railway.

[Garry Morris]

Managed to find what must be the most inaccessible and badly signposted station in Devon to capture the Down Cornishman railtour (17/09/16). I'll let you guess the location as I don't remember ever seeing a picture taken at this place! Nice to see Maroon Full Yellow End making a comeback.

[Garry Morris]

Subsequent picture to the one posted above at Ivybridge.

One side of D1015 Western Champion carried the number and name D1071 Western Renown. Having previously got photos of this loco as Western Warrior and Western Invader I am wondering how far in the future one can expect to complete the set! No doubt I have missed some already.

[Garry Morris]

Laira (8.3.69) in the days when one could just walk in, politely ask the depot manager if you could look around and off you went! it helped to have your dad with you! A trio of Swindon Warships D866 Zebra, D807 Caradoc and D867 Zenith form a backdrop to D6333 which is doing a sprint from one end of the depot to the other propelling 5 plank open, and a flat wagon of some description used to move engine parts around the site.(Denflate?).It does in fact appear to have a substantial piece of equipment on it though it is a struggle to see from this Brownie 127 offering. 

[Garry Morris]

D1916 of Cardiff  beside D1058 Western Nobleman at the East end of Laira depot (8.3.69). 

[Garry Morris]

On the same visit as above I was delighted to see a rare Hymek in the shed, so positioned the picture to capture the number through the doorway, D7056. D2178 was one of the few 03's left at Laira by this time. They were used for the Cattedown/Turnchapel trips

[bubbles2]

Did you sample the menu in the Signalbox Cafe?

 On the theme of The Totnes Signal Box Cafe here are a few pictures from last year with Mrs bubbles staring in the first one.

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[Garry Morris]

D862 Viking (31/5.69) in Goodrington Yard looking very shabby.

[Garry Morris]

D6583 at Exeter St David's (Circa May 1967) - I was on the way to the Devon County Show. Probably on the Brighton arrival. I remember being amazed as a nine year old that these machines could turn up in Exeter! The only picture I have of a loco with no yellow warning panel.

[Rivercider]

D6583 at Exeter St David's (Circa May 1967) - I was on the way to the Devon County Show. Probably on the Brighton arrival. I remember being amazed as a nine year old that these machines could turn up in Exeter! The only picture I have of a loco with no yellow warning panel.

The playing field near our house in Exeter was bounded on one side by the Salisbury - Exeter line so when I started taking numbers in 1970 I quickly became familiar with the D800 Warships, and then the class 33s before we moved house in late 1971.

The playing field was also used as a car park for the Devon County Show so I also remember long traffic jams as a mixture of tractors, cattle lorries horse boxes and cars crawled up, and down the lane outside our house in the way to and from the show.

 

I did not start taking photos until the late 1970s but often returned to Exeter, here are some 33s captured on my first camera,

 

A poor shot of 33117 passing through St Davids with an unidentified train, possibly bitumen tanks, 15/5/79

 

33019 at Exeter Central working the 12.28 Exeter St Davids to Waterloo, 15/5/79

 

And another view from a little further up the line

An unidentified class 33 heads towards Blackboy Tunnel/Mountpleasant Tunnel with the 15.55 Exeter St Davids to Waterloo 15/5/79

 

cheers 

[Rivercider]

Here are some more views from Exeter Central in the 1970s, a couple have been posted previously elsewhere.

 

 

33022 stands at Exeter Central with the 09.00 from Waterloo, waiting to descend to Exeter St Davids where the train will terminate, 15/5/79

 

 

One of the local freight trip locos, Lairas 25057, passes through Exeter Central with empty airbraked vans for Whiteways Cider at Whimple, this loco is now preserved on the North Norfolk Railway, 15/5/79

 

Also on local freight trip duty is 08479, having shunted empty presflos out of the Blue Circle cement depot at Exeter Central it now waits on the Down Through line at Exeter Central before heading back down to Exeter Riverside. The signal will not be cleared until there is a through route set at St Davids. 15/5/79

 

cheers

[gateman49]

Garry, In don't think that I've seen a response to your location question on 17th September.  If, indeed,  no one has replied, can I suggest Devonport? 

[pb_devon]

Garry, In don't think that I've seen a response to your location question on 17th September.  If, indeed,  no one has replied, can I suggest Devonport?

 

Have a look at the next post...where Garry gave the answer!

[gateman49]

I hope that I don't forget to collect my pension this week, now why did I come upstairs?

[KingJohn]

 

I found this in an old box of paperwork. I am fairly sure it is D800 Sir Brian Robertson, in the sidings at Goodrington c 1960/1. I think it came off a special. Note that the Turntable is still present, taken on an Instamatic 

[Ray M]

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I found this in an old box of paperwork. I am fairly sure it is D800 Sir Brian Robertson, in the sidings at Goodrington c 1960/1. I think it came off a special. Note that the Turntable is still present, taken on an Instamatic 

Brill photo.

i have walked up that road behind the loco, a good few times.

To the now gone Louville holiday camp.

[Garry Morris]

An extremely rare picture. Stock recessed into the turntable line must have been a hazardous manoeuvre. I don't recall this ever happening. The yard must have been full.

[KingJohn]

An extremely rare picture. Stock recessed into the turntable line must have been a hazardous manoeuvre. I don't recall this ever happening. The yard must have been full.

As far as I can remember, it was during the main holidays end of July beginning of August, so would have been full of empty stock waiting t take people back home later that day. In the goods yard between here and Paignton station, (Where they now park the HST's) was also full of empty stock. They used to put stock as far away as Kingswear on Summer weekends.

[Ray M]

As far as I can remember, it was during the main holidays end of July beginning of August, so would have been full of empty stock waiting t take people back home later that day. In the goods yard between here and Paignton station, (Where they now park the HST's) was also full of empty stock. They used to put stock as far away as Kingswear on Summer weekends.

And they could be there for a full week or so.

[Captain Kernow]

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I found this in an old box of paperwork. I am fairly sure it is D800 Sir Brian Robertson, in the sidings at Goodrington c 1960/1. I think it came off a special. Note that the Turntable is still present, taken on an Instamatic 

Excellent view!

 

I wish it all still looked like that!

[Trackrat]

Not a vintage diesel, but a diesel anyway, this turned up at st davids whilst I was scurrying around in work

Edited November 2, 2016 by Trackrat

[Garry Morris]

The SDR Diesel Gala star this year is a hired in Class 24 (5081) from the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire railway. Possibly only the second such machine to visit Devon if one counts the carriage heating unit stationed at Newton Abbot for a few years. Did one ever work into Riverside Yard?

[Garry Morris]

Plenty of activity at Buckfastleigh and some sunshine as a bonusb. D6501 beautifully restored running round The Drewry and another 0-6-0 shunter maneuvering out on the mainline.The pair of 25's; only the left hand one is operational, waiting to pull into the station from what is normally storage sidings. Buckfastleigh in the fall adds to the colour! 6975 pulls out of Staverton. 5081 leaving Buckfastleigh.

Edited November 6, 2016 by Garry Morris

[Garry Morris]

Not a vintage diesel, but a diesel anyway, this turned up at st davids whilst I was scurrying around in work

Never mind the quality this picture has a touch of mystery about it! This is the AT300 series Hitachi train replacement for the HST. I am currently raising awareness along with the Facebook Group :'Save The Buffet' to highlight the fact that these trains have no catering vehicles in the formation. This is a downgrade to the quality of service to the Westcountry both in terms of food provision and variety. An airline style trolley that can't get down the gangway because of standing passengers just doesn't match with the other mainline services out of London. MPs have been alerted (they like Buffet cars!) and at least one is meeting with the Minister of Transport about how this downgrade got through. Local radio stations should be on the case soon! Sorry to hijack the thread but it is topical!   

[The Stationmaster]

Never mind the quality this picture has a touch of mystery about it! This is the AT300 series Hitachi train replacement for the HST. I am currently raising awareness along with the Facebook Group :'Save The Buffet' to highlight the fact that these trains have no catering vehicles in the formation. This is a downgrade to the quality of service to the Westcountry both in terms of food provision and variety. An airline style trolley that can't get down the gangway because of standing passengers just doesn't match with the other mainline services out of London. MPs have been alerted (they like Buffet cars!) and at least one is meeting with the Minister of Transport about how this downgrade got through. Local radio stations should be on the case soon! Sorry to hijack the thread but it is topical!   

 

When I asked Mark Hopwood about this (at a local commuter group meeting some time back) he said the new trains will offer the same level of catering as GWR's existing services.  Quite how they are going to do Pullman catering he did not explain.