Drivers Eye View Eggesford - Exeter St D. Part 2 of 2 of the journey Barnstaple to Exeter St Davids.

[@peterhunt5890]

Wonderful view. So relaxing. Thank you

[@RailMart]

Our pleasure!

[@MrSnout5]

I travel this line a few times every year. The journey is much more comfortable now they use Class 158 trains on this route. Beautiful scenery all the way! Thanks for this.

[@RailMart]

Good to know!

[@Philashworth]

Thank you for adding the second part..

[@RailMart]

You are welcome!

[@drdoolittle5724]

There you go, I wrote on the Plymouth to Exeter vid about the boys going west at Plymouth and arriving facing south at St Davids, well thanks to you I now see how they did it with the Okehampton rails joining near Okeford! Thank you!

[@RailMart]

Thanks for the info!

[@johnspeller3666]

I used to travel the southern part of this route in the mid-1950s in the Bude section of the Atlantic Coast Express, but I have never been on the northern part.

[@brucewilliams8714]

A great trip, thank you. This (parts 1 & 2) must be one of the least curving lines in UK.

[@RailMart]

It sure is

[@robertcoleman4861]

Nice ride thank you .

[@RailMart]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@wam2610]

nice work, thank you 👍

[@RailMart]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@rubyait]

They actually had a job to do for their government. They dealt with the numbers and the trends. Numbers tend not to romantic. I was thinking about this and I will bet that many of these lines would have survived if they weren’t served by steam. It’s a lot easier and cheaper to use diesel locos.

[@carlcaulkett3050]

Did anyone notice that the points on leaving Eggesford seemed to be against the train, meaning that it must have forced its way through them? I wonder if this was intentional, and even common practice...

[@RailMart]

Yes probably Spring points.

[@rubyait]

Nice video. Pretty interesting countryside. Looks past it’s prime, maybe. Is it still dairy country? Looking forward to the next video.

[@RailMart]

Yes and yes

[@greatbritishentertainmentl5636]

Very nice video apart from filming into the sun making it quite squinty to view, but keep up the good work especially, if possible, in future with sound when allowed?

[@RailMart]

Not much we could do about that. As I said also in the description the Windscreen condition on the right hand side was poor which didn't help at all.

[@rayconabeer6920]

Great I used live in Crediton and go to Exeter

[@RailMart]

Nice part of the world

[@dhaynes4515]

Have you ever had a "bub splat" right in the central field of view?

[@RailMart]

I assume you mean Bug? Oh yes. Check out: - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2HSnYiioNp-a5o

[@exileinderby51]

It's so much easier to destroy existing infrastructure than to maintain it. It's almost as if Messrs Beeching and Marsh wanted to ensure that the railways never rose to prominence again!

[@RailMart]

yes.