RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2020 1 hour ago, great northern said: Morning all. Raining hard here, but its on its way out, so golf may not be too bad, despite the lack of kangaroos and koalas. One more shot of Quicksilver from up on Cresecent Bridge. then to Spital Bridge, and a shot of the Little Barford goods heading for New England. Another attempt at a new angle, but there is very little light in this corner now, so I won't try it again. Are we going to get a closer view of the met cam lurking as the second vehicle behind Quicksilver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2020 1 minute ago, thegreenhowards said: Are we going to get a closer view of the met cam lurking as the second vehicle behind Quicksilver? Is it a Cravens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2020 8 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Is it a Cravens? That’s what I meant - it’s too early to engage my brain! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2020 The problem with the Bude branch in this category is that most of it was in Devon. Did anyone mention Callington? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2020 Moretonhampstead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Only one choice for me - the Kingsbridge branch along the Avon valley (the "Primrose Line"). I have walked parts of it many times and have always thought it more deserving of preservation than certain other more fortunate lines. Very picturesque in parts, very modellable as seen on this forum and with potential for "might have been" extensions to Salcombe and Bigbury/Bantham. But I have never understood how anyone thought stations like Gara Bridge could be profitable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2020 Kingsbridge for me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: The problem with the Bude branch in this category is that most of it was in Devon. Did anyone mention Callington? Part of the Callington branch was too, of course Ian. The "main" line to Padstow was also partly in Devon, so perhaps only the branch from Wadebridge to Bodmin was eligible - except that, originally, that was the main (only) line. So what's left? The Ruthern Bridge and Wenford Bridge branches. I think that Gilbert steered a good path with the spirit of the poll, as did the respondents, and either Padstow or Wadebridge would have been a worthy winner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 The Hemyock branch for today's poll. Don't know a great deal about it but it looks lovely in the pictures and well-known I believe for the diary traffic from the creamery at Hemyock. Quintessential GWR branchline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jollysmart Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2020 Brixham branch today for me please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2020 58 minutes ago, LNER4479 said: The Hemyock branch for today's poll. Don't know a great deal about it but it looks lovely in the pictures and well-known I believe for the diary traffic from the creamery at Hemyock. Quintessential GWR branchline. Lett's have another try, shall we? 1 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2020 Totnes to Ashburton Branch gets my vote - as it was when it ran all the way to Ashburton! Regards Chris H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2020 Kingswear. Not completely convinced by the ambiance these days - even in the observation car we were irritated by some airhead girl on the phone, and we concluded she must have been on a freebie - but love the views, and the challenging terrain gives locos a workout not every such route offers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Fox 34F Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Princetown. Wonderfully remote Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 2 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Lett's have another try, shall we? One of my favourite misspellings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2020 Heathfield to Exeter on the Teign Valley Line for me... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2020 Ashburton. I once visited it - but it was just after the line had closed. David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUTLER2579 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Kingswear for me please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TrevorP1 Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2020 Difficult choices for today’s poll and I’m still undecided even as I type this... However, I’ll go for Kingswear. It is the only one I’ve visited both in my youth and later life, with good memories at all times. Not really good looking in itself but it is ‘Kingswear for Dartmouth’ after all. A bit like the ‘Plain Jane’ who looks entirely different when she smiles as flashes her eyes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2020 Well you can’t get better than the typical GWR branch line terminal at Ashburton, so that is my candidate for today’s poll. Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2020 Several deserving candidates, but Hemyock always looks good when modelled, so Hemyock it is. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarrMan Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I'll go for Hemyock as well, but it is hardly representative of the typical GWR branchline. Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzer Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Kingswear for me. I would love to have seen it in the late 195O’s , early sixties. Where else in the country could you see an island platform terminus at the end of a single track branch with class 7 and class 8 locos arriving and leaving with named trains, or a big 2-6-2 tank piloting a class 5 4-6-0 ? Or if the driver was brave enough, a Hall having negotiated those steep banks with 13 on. Trains arriving from all over the country, in chocolate and cream, maroon , blood and custard, and if you were lucky, green in connections with River Dart Excursions. Add to that the jetty with coal being unloaded by rail crane and taken up to Torquay power station behind any thing from a pannier to a Hall. I agree it’s lost a lot of its atmosphere now though. I think in part it’s due to it being a commercial tourist attraction rather than a preserved line as such. It doesn’t seem to exude enthusiasm in the way that the Bluebell, for example does. I was down there at the end of September, and went on it one day, basically to get out of the rain but it wasn’t a lot of fun. It still gets my vote on account of its heyday when trains still had character, before the days of mass car ownership. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 8, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2020 A very wet morning on the golf course, so no repeat of Tuesday's scoring. Nothing much else done either. Experimental photographs again tonight, as Quicksilver passes under the bridge and heads south. I'm not convinced. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted October 8, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2020 14 hours ago, Flying Fox 34F said: Gilbert, its possible 60061 had a defect within the boiler or firebox that was too big for the Boliersmith at her depot to deal with or she may have been declared a failure whilst in service. Hence the short visit and a boiler change. Anyway, based on previous known practices at the Plant, the opportunity to replace the crest with the new Heraldic version would probably have been taken to please HQ. After all the tender is sitting around in the yard waiting for the loco to be sorted out. Paul Good point Paul, but at the moment no concrete evidence either way. The appropriate photograph will no doubt turn up just after I have made the wrong decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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