MY LIFE IN TRAINS
Lineside and Station Sequences
Part Twenty One
Newton Abbot -29 August 1960
Exeter – 30 August 1960
In the afternoon I used my Devon Rover ticket to take a train up the Teign Valley to Newton Abbot, the one shed I hadn’t managed to get a permit for. I spent an hour on the western end of the platform, mainly photographing engines in the shed yard, which was pretty busy. I wasn’t sure whether to include these in my Engine Portraits, but as I took the photos from the platform, I’ll include them here.
The next morning, I left my parents enjoying the delights of Teignmouth, and headed off to Exeter for an hour before lunch for some views from the platform. Rover tickets were great for spontaneous journeys.
Again, you may have seen some of these before.
All Photographs by Alan Lewis Chambers ©
GWR 2-6-2T No 4165 is ready for Newton Abbot pilot duty at 15:35 on 29 August 1960.
15:40 GWR Manor 4-6-0 No 7808 'Cookham Manor' waits for its next turn over the South Devon banks in the shed yard at Newton Abbot
on 29 August 1960.
15:47 GWR Manor 4-6-0 No 7808 'Cookham Manor' in a line of engines ready to pilot holiday expresses from Newton Abbot over the South Devon banks to Plymouth on 29 August 1960.
15:50 GWR Hall 4-6-0 No 4955 'Plaspower Hall' is ready for duty in the shed yard at Newton Abbot on 29 August 1960.
15:52 GWR 0-6-0PT No 9440 comes on to Newton Abbot shed on 29 August 1960.
15:56 Coming off shed at Newton Abbot on 29 August 1960 was this line up of three GWR 4-6-0s - Hall No 4955 'Plaspower Hall',
Manor No 7808 'Cookham Manor' and Castle No 7029 'Clun Castle'.
16:16 GWR Hall 4-6-0 No 4955 'Plaspower HalI' leaves Newton Abbot on a westbound train on 29 August 1960.
16:27 GWR 2-6-2T No 5164 and GWR Castle 4-6-0 No 5003 ‘Lulworth Castle’ at Newton Abbot shed on 29 August 1960.
11:13 GWR 5400 Class 0-6-0PT No 5412 shunts at Exeter St David’s station on 30 August 1960.
11:14 GWR 5400 Class 0-6-0PT No 5412 shunts at Exeter St David’s station on 30 August 1960.
11:16 GWR 2-6-0 No 6348 at Exeter shed on 30 August 1960.
11:35 Standing in front of the coaling stage at Exeter shed on 30 August 1960 are GWR 2-6-2T No 4145 and 0-4-2T No 1462.
11:41 The only photo of a GWR 4700 2-8-0 that I ever took - and the driver opened the cylinder cocks and enveloped me in steam! No 4703
at Exeter St David's station on 30 August 1960.
11:44 GWR 0-6-0PT No 1608 shunts at Exeter St David's station on 30 August 1960.
