Brunels Place & GWR Museum Newton Abbot - 29/11/23

[@robcaddick]

Great video Bill, the museum seemed interesting, but I thought that they should have made a bit more of Brunel's Atmospheric Railway, seeing as though it was the basis of GWR in South Devon. Brunel had a great design for it, but his downfall came through a combination of fat, leather and rats. Brunel had to connect the pipes with leather connectors, which had to be greased to keep them pliable. Unfortunately, the combination of the grease and the leather was more desirable to the rats than a chicken hotpot 😂😂😂 The engineers couldn't keep up with rats, and the railway literally ground to a halt. The pumping station building is still in Starcross, but it is the home of a restaurant, so I believe.

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Hi Rob - Yes, a little more railway stuff in general wouldn't have gone amiss. Cheeky Hotpot Reference! 🤣 - I'll pin you comment as its informative 👍👍👍

[@Pooky-Cat]

Glad the dentist appointment went well Bill. And thank you for taking us to the museum. It looked to be a nicely set up exhibition, the GWR items were displayed tidily and the interactive bits are always fun. The Lotto Fund money seems to have been well spent 👍.

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍 Yes, not a bad little museum at all - Very clean & well presented 👍

[@ianbolton9309]

Interesting museum visit enjoyed that Bill and nice walk round town too cheers 🙂

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Many thanks Ian. Yes, museum made a nice change, despite there being less railway stuff there than I had hoped might be 👍

[@barrymillar2143]

Great video bill. Enjoyed the look round museum. Interesting. One for the holiday to come things to remember 👍👍

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Thanks Barry, glad you enjoyed my ;different' video - They change out the exhibits apparently, so when you go, it could well be mostly different stuff 👍

[@scottybeeuk]

❤❤❤👍👍👍

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Thanks mate 👍

[@pamelawhite3709]

Pleased all went well at the dentist Bill . I enjoyed our visit to the museum and our walk through Newton Abbot . Enjoy the rest of your day stay warm see you tomorrow Bill ❤😊xx

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Thanks - Yes a nice 'different' day - Teeth were fine - Cant wait to collect them next week 👍👍👍

[@davidforrest4942]

The museum looked great. I think the phone call was from the trains on the sea wall .They wondered where you were today 🤔

[@Pooky-Cat]

😂

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Yes, quite possibly it! lol 😂😂😂

[@davidforrest4942]

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[@traceydavis1912]

Glad to see the dentist went well the museum was great enjoyed that lucky you the whole train coach to yoùr self 😂😂👍👍👍👍

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Thanks Tracey - Yes, and enjoyable 'Diversion' from my usual content :) I know what you mean about the train ! On the way back, I was practically sitting on some guys lap! 👍👍👍

[@bobcholawo6787]

Your photo of Willis jeep!. Not that it matters to anyone else but I had a ride in a Willis army jeep some years ago, I had stopped my van to help a car out of a ditch. This jeep came along and between us we pulled it out using the jeep. I then got a ride back up the hill on a single track road to my van.... It made my day😂.

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Ahh yes, in the 'Americans In Newton Abbot' section - They certainly look 'Well Built' 👍

[@derisleybrittain]

Good

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Thankyou - Something a bit 'Different'... :)

[@mrbigbadtrev]

Thanks for that Bill, looking forward to a visit there, quite a few nice pieces. The atmospheric method of propulsion was an interesting one that lasted less than a year and even pre dated the GWR. It surprises me that Brunel, who engendered it, even then couldn't see how impractical it was going to be. An interesting period to read about nonetheless.😯😯

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Glad you enjoyed it - Thanks mate 👍

[@davidbassett4577]

Weeee ! Train ! Museum … nice Bill. Starcross is the place to go to see the only surviving one of Brunel’s Pumping Stations for his atmospheric railway .. it’s part of the local sailing club. Still impressive to look at from the outside.. and of course during the season you can catch the small ferry across to Exmouth from nearby pontoon.

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Yes mate - That's actually on my 'To Do' list for next year 👍👍👍

[@Eddy2730]

4:40 - the red arm would either be the home or starting signal (so called because it would be the first signal the driver sees when he enters a new section or in the case of a home signal, the last signal the driver sees when leaving the section), and the yellow arm is the distant signal. When the distant arm (the yellow one) is in the horizontal position, that doesn't tell the driver to stop but to slow down. When both arms are in the horizontal position, they tell the driver to stop and vice-versa.

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Thanks Eddy. It was fun playing with them, but to be honest, I felt really guilty about making such a loud noise! lol 👍

[@davidsheriff8989]

Great to see this old museum....without patronage they surely wouldn't exist......how's ya teeth Bill?

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Yes, nice little museum for sure - Made a change! Teeth? Still waiting to collect them next Wednesday. I tried them in without the connectors to hold them in place - Thats the last part of the implants that they are doing next week, during a 2 hour appointment 👍

[@Eddy2730]

I was a volunteer at that museum before it moved to its current base.

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Hi Eddy. Cool - I had never really heard of the place until recently - Had no idea it was a new location... 👍

[@SionsTrainVideos]

lol good ending with the toots, i loved the GWR place i would love to go there lol and play with the signals, the river does look calm, did you enjoy your chips?, nice filming in newton abbot, you didn't want to film your train or 166 turbo as they are called leaving teignmouth?

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Thanks - Yes, it was a good place to visit - Chips were great as well thanks. I think I may have filmed the train leaving, but its one of the things that got left out as I didn't want the video to be too long 👍

[@SionsTrainVideos]

@@BillsPhoneTeignmouth i bet, good, well probs min longer thats all

[@barryhargreaves3311]

Next time in newton look in museum bill Look good

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Yes, it was pretty good - Especially as it was free as well 👍

[@bobcholawo6787]

A whole carriage just for you..... That's what I call service.😂

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Yes that was nice actually - Unlike the train home where I was almost sitting on a another mans' lap!