Princetown Branch

[D854_Tiger]

Stumbled across this today.

 

http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/mmor_training.htm

 

Ingra Tor Halt boasted a rather unique sign, a photo of which I remember appearing in Backtrack a few years back.

 

As  I remember, an enamelled British Railways style sign imploring the following - DOG WALKERS BEWARE OF SNAKES.

 

As it's Dartmoor, presumably adders.

 

The update states the four runners did win the race.

[bgman]

As an aside, I've used Dartmoor per se for some excellent mountain biking and my first end of a long days fun was along this route.

Ironically, my first, yes first, main puncture over many years of dodgy rides was around Ingra Tor Halt! Whilst my cycling buddy and I fixed the puncture a lairy group of "cyclists" passed us and gave some sort of sarcastic comment. So, tyre fixed we carried on and took a short cut just before Kings Tor and waited for them to round the corner. Their faces were a picture when they saw us in front of them not realising where we'd come from ! Finished our ride at the Plume of Feathers in Princetown and as we downed our beer they walked in with a slightly sheepish look. All good fun

[brianusa]

In some old pictures of the Princetown branch, there is a siding of the curving shed lead and crosses the T/T line.  On some its gone so how far did it go and why?  Probably to some quarry or something but it didn't last very long.

 

Brian.

[Tim V]

I was amused to see a "beware of snakes" on a halt on the York Moors railway!

[D854_Tiger]

I was amused to see a "beware of snakes" on a halt on the York Moors railway!

 

There was a picture, a while back, either in Rail or Steam Railway, can't remember which, of a NYMR volunteer using a small branch to extract an adder from one of the inspection pits at Grosmont shed, very much alive and seemingly none the worse for wear (the snake that is).