A Trip to South Devon (June 2018)
A few days in lovely South Devon with my girls after they finished first year of university.
Walk Around Totnes in Devon 05
The Virtual Tourist walks around Totnes in Devon
Exploring Totnes High St Aug 2015
Last day still overcast and raining off and on.
Starts with the garden belonging to our B&B.
then walking/exploring Totnes High St. Lots of unusual
small shops, i dived into one called Revival a 2nd hand quality period clothing shop were you can buy red Top hats, Fez's, bowler hats, Pith helmets etc.
The weather put a big dampener on the day but still interesting enough we ended up in a prison just off the High St, a small local Totnes museum about the place then back down the High St.
Trains in Devon & Cornwall South West England
Scenes from various locations around Devon & Cornwall in Sep 2013, including St Erth, St Ives, Truro, Falmouth Town, Par, Bodmin Parkway, Liskeard, Plymouth, Totnes, Newton Abbot & Dawlish Warren.
South Devon Railway
The South Devon Railway is one of Devon’s and the West Country’s best loved tourist attractions and is the longest established steam railway in the south west.
The South Devon Railway, or SDR, is a seven mile former Great Western Railway branch line, built in 1872, which runs along the stunning valley of the River Dart between Buckfastleigh and Totnes. We run steam trains with heritage rolling stock and offer a wonderful all day, all weather attraction for families and people of all ages.
Ride the South Devon Railway and, while you are with us, you can visit the Totnes Rare Breeds Farm and Dartmoor Otters & Buckfast Butterflies: 3 Great Attractions, 1 Amazing Day. Find us just off the A38 at Buckfastleigh, very close to the famous Buckfast Abbey, or by train to Totnes on the Great Western main line.
Buckfastleigh is around 22 miles from Exeter, 21 miles from Plymouth, 19 miles from Dartmouth and 13 miles from Paignton.
Train journey between Exeter and Newtown Abbott Aug 2015
We took the train from Taunton to Totnes.
Between Exeter and Newtown Abbott the train went alongside the River Exe estuary to the South coast passing thru Dawlish to Teignmouth then up the River Teign estuary to Newton Abbott mid Aug 2015.
Tommi age 11 ~ Steam on the Severn Valley & West Somerset Railways Autumn 2015.x264
These are clips taken bt my 11 year old Grandson Tommi, who was helping his Grandad out during the two recent Steam Galas, we've attended at the Severn Valley And West Somerset Railways. Shaky in places as there was no tripod to help, and some scary supports of various kinds used, but he was so pleased to be able to help me out...just in case mine weren't that good!
Steam train in Devon
Steam train entering Totnes station Devon
UK: South Devon Railway, Class 37 D6737 (37037) departs Staverton towards Totnes
South Devon Railway, Class 37 D6737 (37037) departs Staverton towards Totnes. Clip recorded Friday 7th November 2008 during the railways diesel gala.
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The South Devon Railway is a 6.64 miles (10.69 km) heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon. Mostly running alongside the River Dart, it was initially known as the Dart Valley Railway. The railway is now operated by the South Devon Railway Trust, a registered charity.
The Railway's headquarters and museum are located at Buckfastleigh railway station.
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The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive. Also known as the English Electric Type 3, the Class was ordered as part of the British Rail modernisation plan.
The Class 37 became a familiar sight on many parts of the British Rail network, in particular forming the main motive power for Inter-City services in East Anglia and within Scotland. They also performed well on secondary and inter-regional services for many years. The Class 37s are known to some railway enthusiasts as Tractors, a nickname due to the agricultural sound of the diesel engine of the locomotive.
As part of the large scale dieselisation brought about by the British Rail modernisation plan a need was identified for a number of type 3 locomotives of power output 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) to 1,999 hp (1,491 kW). The design was for a general purpose locomotive and initially found service in British Rail's Eastern Region.
The class was designed for both passenger and freight work and was as much at home hauling heavy goods trains as it was on passenger services. Some were fitted with electrical train heating (ETH) equipment in the 1980s to become the 37/4 sub-class, initially for use on the West Highland Line and Far North lines but later seeing use in north/mid Wales and occasionally the West Country.
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The line was built by the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway and first opened on 1 May 1872. It was worked by the larger South Devon Railway Company until 1 February 1876 when this was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway.[2]
The Buckfastleigh line was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1897.
The railway was nationalised on 1 January 1948.
The line closed to all traffic on 7 September 1962 and was re-opened as the Dart Valley Railway, a preserved steam line, on 5 April 1969.
The South Devon Railway Trust took over the running of the line on 1 January 1991.
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The line is 6 miles and 51 chains long (10.7 km). It stretches from Totnes (Littlehempston) station to Buckfastleigh station. Staverton station is the only intermediate station on the line. Just north of Staverton is a signal box known as Bishops Bridge where there is the only passing loop on the line. For most of its route, the line runs along the left bank of the River Dart. This means that the river, and the best views, can be seen to the left of the train when facing Buckfastleigh, and the right of the train when facing Totnes.
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Staverton is a village and civil parish in the South Hams of Devon, England consisting of 297 households and a population of 717 (total parish).
There is one pub, The Sea Trout, which is in the centre of the village. The village also has a public phone box, multiple notice boards and two post boxes.
There are two stops of the South Devon Railway Trust within the village boundary: Staverton railway station and Nappers Halt. Staverton railway station is next to Staverton Bridge, which crosses the River Dart and was probably built around 1413. It is considered to be one of the best examples of medieval bridges surviving in Devon. Seven obtusely pointed arches; one of the oldest Devon bridges. The bridge's name was adopted for the folk group formed in the 1970s by Sam Richards, Tish Stubbs and Paul Wilson.
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Buckfastleigh to Totnes Steam Train
This was better when it had Coronation Scott playing as the soundtrack, but EMI won't allow me to use it. Never mind.