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Back Along North Devon’s Lines – FULL VIDEO



The two main journeys across north Devon, from Exeter to Barnstaple (1978) and Ilfracombe to Braunton (1970), were produced after a meeting with six steam ‘veterans’, drivers all, who poured out memories and anecdotes.

Back Along North Devon’s Lines tells the story of the beautiful Devon lines, narrated by by Victor Thompson, who taught film-making and cine history through the lecture panel of the BFI in the 1960s.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
2:48 Exeter to Barnstaple
6:57 Memories of the line
28:44 Steam at Barnstaple
32:21 Barnstaple to Ilfracombe
42:48 Ilfracombe Station Remembered
54:07 Brauton, Devon

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6 Comments

  1. Tom Maude

    What a treat this was to watch and learn about this beautifull line and all the now closed branch lines off it. Thank you so much for sharing it.

  3. Chris Thompson

    Great job Roger, I like the combining of my dads old footage with the other material. I well remember helping him film this and I make the odd appearance here and there. By the way the footplate shots were filmed on the West Somerset Railway shortly after opening.

  5. Bob Moseley

    Thank you so much for this. Holidays, for my family, were taken in Croyde Bay and we used the Waterloo to Ilfracombe trains to get to and from there. I rode the ACE (11am from Waterloo) in its last years. I also remember one of the last through trains to Waterloo, after the Western Region had taken over and singled the line from Barnstaple to Ilfracombe, being hauled by a Warship class diesel hydraulic – so sad. Yes, the crossing gates at Braunton held up the traffic. I know, because I was caught out many times! I may be wrong, but I seem to recall that rebuilt WC/BB locomotives were not permitted on the line to Barnstaple because they were too heavy. Great memories for me and thank you for uploading this.

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