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Landmark Attractions In Halwill

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Winsford Walled Garden

The Milky Way Adventure Park

Eden Project

National Trust - Lizard Point and Kynance Cove

Rhossili Bay

St. Michael's Mount

Perranporth Beach

Halwill Junction Railway Station was a railway station near the villages of Halwill and Beaworthy in Devon, England. It opened in 1879 and formed an important junction between the now-closed Bude Branch and North Cornwall line. It closed in 1966 along with the lines which it served, a casualty of the Beeching Report.
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Landmark Attractions In Halwill

1. National Trust - Lizard Point and Kynance Cove Lizard

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35028 Clan Line storms up Honiton Bank with The Atlantic Coast Express - 23/09/2017

The ”North Cornwall & Bude Express” ran from 1907, until, as part of a publicity drive by Southern Railways, the 11 o’clock from Waterloo to the West Country was named the “Atlantic Coast Express” in July 1926. The “Atlantic Coast Express’ very soon became affectionately known to many travellers and enthusiasts as the “ACE”, the shortened version of its full title. Over its long history the Atlantic Coast Express was made up of many combinations of carriage and length of train in order to accommodate the seasonal change in passenger requirements and its multiple West Country destinations. Once in the West Country, the train was split at Exeter, Okehampton and Halwill Junction to cover its final destinations of Padstow, Bude, Ilfracombe and Plymouth.

The Last Atlantic Coast Express left Padstow on the 5th September 1964, this famous train that had for so long linked London with the invigorating holiday environment of North Cornwall’s Atlantic Coast ceased to exist. Lines south of Okehampton were closed some two years later and the era of steam and rail travel in much of rural Devon and Cornwall came to an end.

Merchant Navy Pacific 35028 ‘Clan Line’ was to haul ‘The Atlantic Coast Express’ ran by UK Railtours from London Victoria to Exeter via Staines, Salisbury and Honiton on the outward leg and returning via The Berks and Hants Line. I managed to film three shots on the outward leg with a morning shot at Grateley going like the clappers, then I went on the outskirts of Tisbury to see the engine going along nicely towards Yeovil and then the grand finale as Clan Line tackles the long 1 in 80 climb up to Honiton Tunnel in some style with sunshine and brilliant exhaust basking on the engine.

The reason behind the wreath on the front of the locomotive as well as the ‘Atlantic Coast Express’ headboard was in honour of the late great wildlife artist, conservationist and steam enthusiast David Shepherd who sadly passed away on Tuesday. He was famous for his paintings of wildlife animals and steam locomotives, but for railway preservation he’s most famous for buying engines like 92203 named ‘Black Prince and BR Standard 4MT 75029 named as ‘The Green Knight’. Also, he helped to reinstate the East Somerset Railway as a heritage railway and also he was the president of the MNLPS (Merchant Navy Locomotive Preservation Society) which was formed to maintain and run (yep you guessed it) ‘Clan Line’. He’ll be very sadly missed and huge condolences go to his family and friends.

R.I.P. ‘David Shepherd’ - 25th April 1931 - 19th September 2017

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