User:Geof Sheppard

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Featured image: A First Great Western High Speed Train emerges from Kennaway Tunnel to pass the crowds on Coryton beach at Dawlish, Devon, England. This section of the London to Penzance Line offers stunning views to passengers and allows a unique view of passing trains.

Spreading the knowledge about the South West of England, its railways and history.

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		for consistent hard work on railways in the West Country DuncanHill 13:53, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Areas of interest

Broad gauge railways

Broad gauge railway locomotives

South West England

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...that although the London and South Western Railway arrived in Plymouth, England in 1876, its Plymouth Friary railway station terminus was not opened until 1891? 20 February 2008
...that trains to London ran eastwards from Devonport Kings Road railway station when it opened in 1876, but from 1890 they ran westwards? 17 February 2008
...that the network of railways in Plymouth, England, once served 28 stations, but today just six stations remain in use? 6 February 2008
...that the Castle Cary Cut-Off reduced the 325½ mile distance between London Paddington and Penzance railway stations by 20¼ miles? 28 January 2008
...that the last ever train on the Plymouth to Launceston line failed to complete its journey on 29 December 1962 due to heavy snow? 21 January 2008
...that only the shorter of the two Berks and Hants Railway lines actualy entered Hants, the longer was entirely in the county of Berks? 18 January 2008
...that there are more than 40 Community Rail Partnerships supporting local rail lines in the United Kingdom? 27 November 2007
…that the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership has won £1,000,000 of grants to improve and promote six rural railways in south-west England? 19 November 2007
...that a lift attached to the side of the viaduct at Calstock railway station was used to lower railway trucks to the quays on the River Tamar 113 feet below? 9 November 2007
...that most trains stop before reaching the platform at Coombe railway station in Cornwall, UK, and then reverse away? 31 October 2007
...that in 2002, Devon and Cornwall set up a scheme where travellers on rural railways were rewarded for visiting pubs along the route? 29 October 2007
... that passengers for Lympstone Commando railway station have to pass an armed guard as the only access is through the adjacent Royal Marine Commando Training Centre? 21 October 2007

...that westbound trains can arrive unexpectedly on the eastbound track at Bedminster railway station to ease congestion at nearby Bristol Temple Meads? 8 September 2007
...that Weston-super-Mare's Birnbeck Pier has the longest lifeboat slipway (pictured) in England? 5 August 2007
...that horses hauled both passenger and goods trains to Weston-super-Mare railway station, England, from 1841, when the railway opened, until 1851? 26 July 2007
...that the architect Hans Price was responsible for the distinctive look of buildings in Weston-super-Mare, England, during the Victorian era? 16 July 2007
...that the GWR steam rail motors steam rail motors, introduced by the Great Western Railway in 1903 to stimulate traffic, were so successful that they had to be replaced by conventional trains? 2 July 2007

...that the Great Western Railway operated road motor (bus) services (pictured) in England and Wales from 1903 until 1933 as it was cheaper than building new railways? 29 May 2007
...that some of the disused railway stations between Plymouth in Devon and Penzance in Cornwall, England, were closed during the "Beeching Axe" in the 1960s? 19 May 2007
...that George Hennet built and operated depots on behalf of the South Devon Railway after it was short of money? 13 May 2007
...that there are eleven disused railway stations between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth Millbay, Devon, England, at eight of which there are visible remains? 7 May 2007
...that until 1861 Newton Abbot railway station had three separate train sheds for trains running on lines to and from Exeter, Plymouth, and Torquay? 16 April 2007
...that the names of broad gauge railway locomotives were drawn from areas such as Greek, Roman and other mythologies, famous people, literature, flora, fauna, towns, geographical features, speed and power? 6 March 2007