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Avon Lane please!!!!!

Nice video, thank you. The railway was unique in the UK as the only one with an exclamation mark in its title!

1:40 The carriage shed is a Grade II listed building.

Top class research and production.

At 1:40 the carriage and loco works building has the sign 'HAND CAR WASH' in a sign similar to what one might see on a station platform. A nice touch I thought.

Really excellent video and learnt a lot near where i live thankyou so much.

My family moved to Ford in 1981, and the LSWR stone-arched viaduct was still standing then. My school mates and I hunted for newts in Ford cutting, which by that time had fallen victim to a lot of fly-tipping - builders‘ waste, old sinks, washing machines and so on. There was also evidence of the platforms which protruded out of the cutting. There was a pedestrian underpass that linked Ford and neighboring Keyham through the embankment. Perhaps the railway was the border between the two districts. We also explored both tunnels that ran under Stoke Damerel district. All the embankments were still in place and the tunnels had been fenced off. Needless to say, it hadn’t been done very well. There was plenty of evidence that many other people had explored them, too. Just imagine if the trackbed had been preserved, it would have been a wonderful cycling route through the city. It is amazing to me how much has changed over a relatively short period of time. Thank you so very much for sharing your very informative videos with us! 👍😊

There are plans to reopen this to Okehampton.

great footage of the industrial estate

Some really alarming driving at 3:07...

As a non Devon local (I moved down here 10yrs ago) I am so glad you pronounced "Lanson" correctly I have been corrected that many times by the rep at Pat Williams for calling it Lawn-ses-ton I now call it Lanson LOL!

Your videos on these old lines are very much appreciated. I'd also like to see a Bere Alston to Okehampton video not missing anything out.

My brain was, "Okehampton to Hawaii?" It wouldn't have been that farfetched. I visited the many times the norfolk seaside village of California.

Thank you for sharing that. Ashbury Station was close enough for me to walk or cycle to as a child.

Sad to see this. I travelled over all the lines in this area in 1964. Cursed be Richard Beeching & the Wilson government for implementing his report commissioned by Ernest Marples but sidelined by his Conservative government.

Back in the 80’s the Station Yard at Upton, Oxon, was bought and 3 new homes added alongside the old station. It was renamed Beeching Close by the local council.

The route from Plymouth was severed in 1968. In 1970 the line to Gunnislake was singled...

Edd Just watches Okehampton to Halwill and Okehampton to Bude , they gave me so much pleasure I can't thank you enough. In a world that is so sad at the moment watching your videos has really lifted the gloom. Thankyou again. I will watch out for more.

Excellent. Great temptation to go and modify the Beeching Close sign to "Beeching Closed It"!

Oh dear, and again at c.0:45. The bus connections with Bude and Launceston didn't start until October 2022. Only Tavistock had a dedicated bus link when the Dartmoor Line opened in November 2021.

I think a correction is required, at c.0:40. In November 2021 the initial service was alternate hours. It became hourly with the May 2022 timetable.

Thank you, Ed; you've done it again. 😊 I love your vids for their combination of railways and local history.

there is another version of alantic coast express going from london to newquay now

Thanks for another brilliant video Ed. Arouses sentimental feelings when one thinks of what has been lost. Bet it all looked so well kept in its heyday.

Another cracking vid, Ed. 😊

Thanks again Ed for taking me on a tour of beautiful Devon and Cornwall. Seeing that so much has been lost, built on, filled in or left to flood saddens me. How that valuable route would be such an asset today as a cycle and walking path was obviously not seen back in the sixties. A sad loss to both locals and tourists alike.

Ed, I enjoy your videos. I'd enjoy them even more if you narrated in your normal voice, as though you're talking to a friend. The sing-song intonation comes across as contrived and makes it hard for me to listen to what you're saying. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but perhaps there are others who feel the same.

Excellent content as always ED.Keep up the good work.!!!!!!!!!!!

Good video but films like this always leave me depressed for what has been lost for future generations. In my childhood the railway journey to our holiday was as eagerly anticipated and planned as the holiday itself. Children today spend the journey strapped into their seats gazing out into traffic.

Testament to how much love there still is for these engines. I was at the Bluebell just a few weeks ago, and rode behind Sir Archie twice. The transformation when I look at 3:15 is incredible

Thanks, Ed, for yet another cracking vid. 😊

Ah, those summer Saturdays in the 60s and early 70s when all the long loco-hauled trains used to head down to Paignton. What a tremendous sight that was!

Great description of the Paignton branch. This brings back memories of travelling down that line from Paddington past Devon red cliffs and glimpses of the sea at the start of a childhood holiday

Superb. Thanks for sharing. Most informative. I cycle the Camel Trail most days but regret there are no more trains west of Nanstallon.

Bring all these lines back - badly needed now .

I, too, wen on the ACE, down to Padstow, in the mid 1950's. I remember quite clearly, walking up to the end of the platform to see the two magnificent Merchant Navy locomotives barely a metre apart, heading the two portions that were running on that day. Imagine my total surprise recently when I was waiting for the 17:10 train from Taunton to Paddington to hear the announcer refer to the imminent arrival of the "Atlantic Coast Express service. Turns out that the name has been revived for an undistinguished dmu which sets out from Newquay and stops at nearly all the stations up to Paddington.

1:05 I know that it's nothing if not somewhat circuitous and hilly but fifty miles in just under two hours and at the beginning of this ever extending 'Express' ... How so‽

Thank you, Ed, for another cracking vid. Always worth the wait. 😊

People are funny, I used to like the EPB’s , CEP and HAPS etc but at the time they were in service they were derided or at best completely disregarded as mundane, I think possibly the same thing happened with the steam engines as well, the average passenger would walk past them at Waterloo etc completely ignoring them

Long live the ACE!

I live in Bude & smiled when I saw the first vid (not at the gaff), (( never made a mistake, never done a job, lol)), but due to the fact that when Mr Bullied was asked about ol Dr Beeching, he replied ; “ If we had continued (as the S. R. ), we would have had to do much of the same thing (economically), but electrification would have been pursued!! Nicely presented, brief & to the point. A good overview, considering what’s left. Thank you.😊

I travelled on the train to Seaton a few times as a Relief Manager for Wyman Marshall Ltd in 1965, the year before line closure. I ran the shop in Seaton while the Manager had his/her holiday. A pleasant journey.

What not excellent video. The use of stills and video clips was matched by helpful commentary. I had my first meal on a train, travelling in the restaurant car from Salisbury to Exeter Central ACE in 1960. I still have the bill for the meal. Lunch cost 7/- and coffee was 10d. Wonderful memories.

Excellent video, well presented, researched and presented. The original was pretty good, apart from blaming Bulleid for closing the railways! This is a great improvement and a pleasure to watch.

Loved this video Ed. Brief, crammed with interesting details, history and timings and lovely shots, especially of Bude with blue skies.

I travelled on the A.C.E. Waterloo to Exeter on a day trip in 1963. In 1964 I travelled on the A.C.E. relief to Exeter & consequently travelled over all the lines mentioned ,which were all under threat then,all brhind steam locos. Golden memories.

Bullied was the man who designed the West Country light Pacific locomotives that worked the ACE. Appropriate that there is a road named after him in Bude (and not the author of the Beeching Report that closed the line).

Please, no such thing as an "unrebuilt" Bulleid pacific loco. You're trying to refer to the original design, later rebuilt into more conventional types.

Excellent video, remember the ACE well, saw it through Wimbledon many times. They were great days.