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Encyclopedia > Dartmoor Railway
Dartmoor Railway
Legend
miles
Tarka Line to Exeter
0.00 Crediton through services on summer Sundays
3.75 Yeoford served by Tarka Line trains
Coleford Junction Tarka Line to Barnstaple
8.50 Bow closed
11.75 North Tawton closed
14.50 Sampford Courtenay
18.25 Okehampton
Meldon Quarry
Meldon Viaduct
Closed LSWR route to Padstow and Bude
Closed LSWR route to Plymouth via Bere Alston

The Dartmoor Railway is a heritage railway based at Okehampton in Devon. The line is currently 15 miles long, and has running powers from Meldon through to Coleford Junction, on the 'Tarka' (Exeter to Barnstaple) line. Trains are operated by heritage diesel locomotives in push-pull, usually 'top and tail', mode with former Southern Region electrical multiple units. A steam service also operates on certain days with non-electric stock, currently (02/07) BR Mk1 'Rosemary' and a Directors' Saloon as the driving trailer. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Tarka Line is a railway line from Exeter to Barnstaple in Devon, UK. There is also a branch to Okehampton, which has recently reopened to passenger trains. ... Exeter St Davids station is the most important of seven National Rail stations in the city of Exeter in southwest England. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Crediton Station is a Station in the town of Crediton - It is the current junction of the Tarka and Dartmoor lines, though the two lines run parallel until Coleford (west of Yeoford) ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Yeoford railway station is a rural station on the Tarka Line in Devon serving the village of Yeoford. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Tarka Line is a railway line from Exeter to Barnstaple in Devon, UK. There is also a branch to Okehampton, which has recently reopened to passenger trains. ... Barnstaple railway station is a station on the Tarka Line in Devon serving the town of Barnstaple. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Okehampton railway station is a railway station serving the town of Okehampton in Devon, England. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Waterloo Station The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1840 to 1923. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Waterloo Station The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1840 to 1923. ... Plymouth station Plymouth railway station serves the city of Plymouth, Devon, UK. It is the largest of the six railway stations in the city, and the only one served by Intercity trains. ... Looking west towards the junction Bere Alston railway station is situated near the village of Bere Alston in Devon, England, on the Tamar Valley Line, which connects Plymouth to Gunnislake. ... A scene on a heritage railway. ... Okehampton is a town in Devon, England, at the northern edge of Dartmoor, on the River Okement. ... “Devonshire” redirects here. ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in the southwest of England, also known as the Westcountry. ... Statistics Population: 34,000 (April 2006 Est. ... A single GWR autocoach capable of push-pull operation. ... A multiple unit is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive. ...


The route was originally part of the London and South Western Railway line from Exeter to Plymouth, which opened in stages from 1865-79. The line beyond Meldon was closed by British Rail in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts. Waterloo Station The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1840 to 1923. ... Plymouth is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the world... This article is about the defunct entity British Railways, which later traded as British Rail. The History of rail transport in Great Britain is covered in its own article. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Governments attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running the British railway system. ...


The railway is unusual amongst heritage lines, as a public service is operated from Exeter to Okehampton during the Summer, by First Great Western. The line also has an 'as required' freight service that carries ballast from the quarry at Meldon. First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd,[1] a British train operating company owned by First Group, which operates services in the west and south west of England and South Wales. ...


Stations

Okehampton railway station is a railway station serving the town of Okehampton in Devon, England. ...

Locomotives

  • Steam Locomotives
    • Hunslet 0-6-0ST no. 3738 "Darfield No 1". Operational and used on steam operating days, on hire from the Llangollen Railway.
  • Diesel Locomotives
    • BR 0-6-0 Class 08 no. 08937. Operational.
    • BR A1A-A1A Class 31 no. 31465. Operational.
    • BR Co-Co Class 37 no. 37198. operational
    • BR Co-Co Class 37 no. 37905 - undergoing a repaint.
    • BR Co-Co Class 47 no. 47716 - on loan from FM Rail. Operational, soon to have a repaint.
    • BR Bo-Bo Class 73 nos. 73117 and 73134 - on loan from FM Rail. Operational.
    • NS 0-6-0 600 Class no. 663. Operational.
  • Diesel Multiple Units

Irish Mail is typical of many small engines builf for use in quarries Much rebuilt Hunslet Blanche is always popular on the Ffestiniog Railway Hunslet build several hundred 0-6-0STs for the War Department and National Coal Board A typical Hunslet diesel mechanical shunter from the 1950s A typical... 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... Llangollen railways station alongside the River Dee The Llangollen Railway is a preserved railway in Denbighshire, Wales, which runs from Llangollen to Carrog. ... This article is about the defunct entity British Railways, which later traded as British Rail. The History of rail transport in Great Britain is covered in its own article. ... D3312 at Kings Cross, 1963 in British Railways green livery 08 910 at Carlisle, 1975 in British Rail blue livery. ... Class 31, no. ... D6712 at Liverpool Street, 1963 in BR green with yellow warning panels. ... D6712 at Liverpool Street, 1963 in BR green with yellow warning panels. ... thank god for class 57s that took the bodies of 47s - NO MORE 47 FREAKS!!! POGO, LIVES IN YORK REAL NAME - PAUL ILLINGSWORTH GED THE TRAMP, BIRMINGHAM REAL NAME - GERALD IZAAC HAPPLE ADDRESS - 378 GILLIOTT ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM PHONE NO - 0121 454 4679 (PLEASE CONTACT ABOVE FOR GEN... Class 31, no. ... Class 73, no. ... Class 31, no. ... Nederlandse Spoorwegen or NS (Dutch railways) is the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands. ... The Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) 600 Class diesel locomotives were built for shunting duties. ... Class 205, no. ... Class 411 4Cep no. ... Class 421/3, no. ... Class 421/3, no. ... The British Rail Class 438 (or 4TC) were unpowered electric multiple unit built by BR at York Works from 1966-1967 and 1974. ...

External links

  • Dartmoor Railway website
  • the Friends of Dartmoor Railway website

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