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    Up the line at the Warren, the BBC states that the Environmental Agency will spend 10M to repair beaches, groynes, etc, by 2017. They certainly were expensive storms!! Brian.
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    Thanks Cap'n. In my day(!), there was a very old GW inspection saloon parked under the bridge and probably rusted to the rails. Never seen it used for any other reason then although the sidings on the up side were frequently used by locos waiting to back onto trains. But you knew that!! Brian
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    Having just checked out these great pictures, I suppose this was a part of the BLS tour. If so and if I may digress, is this the same trip through the sidings at North Road station? If so, are the two sidings east of the station ever covered as well as the short siding under the bridge on the down side. I note the two sidings next to Pl.8 are traversed but are all these sidings ever used for any reason? Brian.
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    After my time! My era was steam, the Turnchapel Express, B4's on the Cattedown branch, the ACE and very early on, the GW Yealmpton branch train which we took on Sunday school excursions for a while after the war. That's how long my interest in trains has been! Brian.
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    You may thank Phil as I had forgotten it also but as there are some around, it stuck. Brian.
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    Ooops! Plymouth Cyber heritage site - it's been done mentioned already; sorry! None the less the rail related topics are interesting. Brian
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    No doubt most Janners have found this site, part of a humongous Plymouth historical epic. But in view of this discussion, there are some excellent views of traffic on the branch more or less in its prime as well as plenty of main line traffic, when there was traffic!! Brian.
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    Although our favourites tend to be regional, there are some great photos and comments here. From the recent discussion on the old Tavistock line, Dawlish and the Cattewater branch, you can tell my interest lies in Devon and Cornwall but sadly no pictures to back it up! Perhaps this discussion could be further enhanced by making it railway or regionally oriented? Brian.
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    It would appear then that we all had the same ideas back then, trains and girls. Train related and somewhat relevant to this thread; the Sutton Harbour line at North Quay. How far along did locos actually travel, assuming that any shunting was by horse or mechanical means also assuming trains were pushed there after runaround. Brian.
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    Hi Phil, this was steam age; late forties, fifties and I left just as the diesels had taken over in the West Country. After seeing 18000 come into North Road, we thought nothing would ever supersede steam but I was just a train spotter at that age and all I knew came from Ian Allan, but these forums sure have stirred memories.
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    Nostalgia time! Thanks for this thread which reminds me of a time long gone when it was one of our haunts. Going to Sutton High, Friary was on our way home from school so a quick look around and on to Laira. Other days it would be off to Cattedown in the hope of trains shunting the industries but without present day on line info, etc, we rarely were lucky! We had better luck on the Embankment road bridge over the tracks overlooking Laira shed and the yard where there was more action. Not much there now!
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    Something is wrong when NR or whomever can't afford to keep their property tidy. BR did a creditable job in comparison. Virtually every photo off the main line has a jungle between the rails and as mentioned above, it is difficult to detect if indeed they are still on situ. In view if the log revenue, its a good job that the branch wasn't cut of at the main line as too many others were.
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