Trains at Exeter, Newton Abbot and Totnes - 1985

[@OlafProt]

I lived in Dartmouth 1993-2001, and Totnes was my nearest station. I wish I’d gone there more. 0:20. that sound, and then just a bloke directing the traffic across - outstanding.

[@TheSmittenman]

The first video i have found that shows platform 4 and the overtaking line at Newton Abbot, plus all the sheds and sidings, and the 4 lines heading south. Takes me back to my childhood :) Many thanks

[@shidzngigglez]

Same although I would've been very young, not sure when this was but believe the lines adjacent to the station house were relief and plt 4, wasn't there a motorail terminal there too? 🤔

[@ChangesOneTim]

@@shidzngigglez Indeed the Motorail terminal was on the Up side at the Exeter end. At this time there were still Main, Relief and Through lines on Down and Up sides - six tracks in all between East and West signal boxes. All shrunk down to today's layout the year after this video was filmed.

[@gs425]

Thanks for sharing Roy. Memories of how it was

[@MalcolmCrabbe]

Good to see that 50007 still running on the main line in GBRf livery today...

[@justinobrien9164]

Hi it should have been named james bond lol

[@bjoe385]

And 50049.

[@robdingwall03]

Mr Harrison you are a fine man. Thank you for 1. Filming what you have filmed. 2. Keeping what you have filmed. 3. Making it available to all in today’s format. I was a Plymouth lad and all this is so familiar, although in school days (early 70’s), many trips between home and Exeter would have been Class 52 Western powered. I only remember taking a few photos, sad in itself as you thought things wouldn’t change that much then but do I know what happened to those photos, of course not, even sadder. I note the lifted centre road between platform 2 and 3....I have vivid memories of being on P2 one day when a station staff member said to a colleague...” ere’ look at this”. ... as rare non stop Western opened up its power and clagged the station south bound....awesome. Thank you Roy.

[@royharrison4122]

Thank you Rob, pleased it brought back memories for you, this encourages me to edit and upload as much as possible while I can,

[@EErail26]

Excellent footage and memories! Thanks for taking the time and effort to share your videos.

[@cravensdmufan4449]

More great memories of the Western Region. Particularly loved the 50s in action. Good old BR. Miss it all so much. Thanks for sharing your wonderful archive footage with us Roy. You're a star.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Great stuff again 👍🏻 love the old oil lamps on the rear lol 😂 I just remember the milk train at Totnes 🤣

[@timwattison4419]

Smashing video bud, takes me back to the halcion days of BR when loco haulage ruled. Admittedly the HSTs were on stream here but Hoover hauled services and holiday relief trains were common back then, oh what has been binned certainly brings a tear to One's eye. 😪

[@royharrison4122]

Glad you enjoyed

[@shidzngigglez]

Surprised by the amount of litter back then too 😔

[@westerleighwerek1493]

Great to see Newton Abbot like it was, thanks for posting, I can tell you the signal post on the footbridge lives on!

[@royharrison4122]

Glad you enjoyed it, and nice to know that the Signal has been saved.

[@JJthrashing]

Cracking old footage Roy best days of BR so much variety of stock, especially the 50 rescuing the failed HST set 👍

[@AndreiTupolev]

45 minutes late from Bristol Temple Meads?

[@future057]

Nice to see my local station as it was in the 80s!

[@royharrison4122]

Thanks for Watching

[@AndreiTupolev]

Running round of a Waterloo train in platform 1 was unusual; presumably because the pointwork was still being finalised after resignalling

[@shidzngigglez]

Would they normally have run around on plt 3 then?

[@AndreiTupolev]

@@shidzngigglez Since the resignalling, they usually shunted out to the sidings the other side of the crossing

[@milehighclassics]

Great memories of Waterloo to Exeter red cow pub

[@stevewyman2822]

...47 032 Great RARE one to Ride...!!! :)

[@sjpallnighter6973]

Ah, that explains the people flailing.

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Another fine time capsule, what was with the mass of spectators on the footbridge at Totnes?

[@royharrison4122]

Hi Tom, This was the time when the Dart Valley Railway ran into the platform at Totnes, that is their stock that can be seen in the platform while the loco has gone to run round.

[@Tom-Lahaye]

@@royharrison4122 OK, I didn't realise it immediately, but it's the south end of the now South Devon Railway, which has its own station now just north of the river. I've been there around 5 or 6 years ago, nice little railway.

[@PerthMRC]

@@royharrison4122 surely it was the 47 on the ballast train they were all eager to see! Another great video

[@shidzngigglez]

Awesome, cheers for this, just a question re Eagle rescuing the failed hst set, would the trailing power car be operated by the leading 50043 loco? 🤔

[@AndreiTupolev]

No, the 50 was doing all the work, that was kept running to provide power for the air conditioning etc

[@shidzngigglez]

@@AndreiTupolev thanks

[@shidzngigglez]

@@AndreiTupolev would the hook up from the Eagle not have been enough to power the train services then?

[@owenevans83]

Good stuff

[@k333vrr4]

I was a late train enthusiast, so my apologies for my question; what did the Snail represent on the class 45? I Lov the Peaks

[@richardharvey7208]

Hi Kevin I believe it’s a Tinsley Sheffield marking, though I thought Class 45 were based at Toton. Class 47 & Class 37 are seen with it too.

[@nigelbevan8449]

These were the years that train spotting meant something.... Don't get me wrong, I still do spotting but I suppose I'm just being nostalgic.... More variety back then....... Oh, and judging by your wonderful video...... More litter also....