European Railroad Discussion > UK: South Devon Railway: A Brief Visit

Last weekend, while my wife, Maryann, was participating in a two-day cooking class at Ashburton Cookery School, I wandered off to the nearby South Devon Railway where ex-Great Western Railway 6412, 0-6-0 (Great Western Railway / Swindon Works [no builder's number] / 1934) was in steam, powering tourist trains. An image depicting this locomotive departing Buckfastleigh, Devon around noon last Saturday is attached.
 South Devon Railway: https://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk/ Ashburton Cookery School: https://www.ashburtoncookeryschool.co.uk/

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Nice picture, shame the blue 37 detracts from the late 1950s character of the scene.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/05/18 00:38 by 86235.

86235 Wrote:
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> Nice picture, shame the blue 37 detracts from the
> late 1950s character of the scene.

No more so than the five 21st century road vehicles visible at left.
 

railsmith Wrote:
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> > Nice picture, shame the blue 37 detracts from
> the
> > late 1950s character of the scene.
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> No more so than the five 21st century road
> vehicles visible at left.
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True enough, but your eye isn't drawn to them in the same way it is to that 1960s rail blue 37.

I took this at Corfe Castle station many moons ago.Would this be the same type of tank engine.
Regards,DK

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Correct, 0-6-0 pannier tank.

86235 Wrote:
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> railsmith Wrote:
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> > > Nice picture, shame the blue 37 detracts from
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> > > late 1950s character of the scene.
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> > No more so than the five 21st century road
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> True enough, but your eye isn't drawn to them in
> the same way it is to that 1960s rail blue 37.

I know it's not the 1950s so I don't really mind the presence of 'interlopers'. The car park cars/van are what stood out to me though...there are more of them and they're in the foreground.

What a fine operation this is. Had the chance to visit with friends who work/volunteer there, last October. Extraordinarily nice folks, knowledgeable... and the size, volume, nature and quality of work coming out of the shops are something to behold.

~ BZ

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