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« on: April 03, 2023, 23:18:02 »
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« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2023, 10:52:42 »
I'm just wondering if the track after the wooden gate in the centre background is in fact an old railway trackbed.
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« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2023, 13:31:22 »
It is indeed.
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« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2023, 14:41:04 »
Stab in the dark.

Somewhere along the S&DJR▸ (Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway)?
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« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2023, 15:00:19 »
Not on the Somerset and Dorset, and not in Somerset or Dorset either...
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« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2023, 15:46:56 »
The stone of the building might suggest Devon or Bristol
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« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2023, 16:39:03 »
Judging by the power lines, somewhere along the Taunton to Barnstaple line, nearer the Barnstaple end?
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« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2023, 21:26:12 »
Quote from: bradshaw on April 04, 2023, 15:46:56
The stone of the building might suggest Devon or Bristol

Quote from: PhilWakely on April 04, 2023, 16:39:03
Judging by the power lines, somewhere along the Taunton to Barnstaple line, nearer the Barnstaple end?

Apologies for taking so long to reply - I thought I had, but all was lost in an internet outage.

PhilWakely is getting very warm (though not that line), and bradshaw has named the right county...
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« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2023, 21:44:44 »
That trackbed looks narrow so I'm wondering narrow guage?  Along the route of the Lynton and Barnstaple railway?
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« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2023, 23:44:07 »
Standard Gauge. L&B is warm, but not as warm as PhilWakely.
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« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2023, 10:16:58 »
Exe Valley?
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« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2023, 10:23:36 »

Lodfin LC▸ (Level Crossing) Keepers House

Between Bampton and Morebath Jn on the former Exe Valley line.
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« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2023, 10:46:32 »
Quote from: AMLAG on April 05, 2023, 10:23:36

Lodfin LC▸ (Level Crossing) Keepers House

Between Bampton and Morebath Jn on the former Exe Valley line.


That’s the one!

Just spent a week in Bampton, squelching around in the mud. I’ve always been curious to see the area around Tiverton, Morebath and the Taunton to Barnstaple line, so it was a lucky opportunity when my wife randomly booked us into a holiday cottage there for the week!
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« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2023, 13:51:25 »
Quote from: AMLAG on April 05, 2023, 10:23:36
Lodfin LC▸ (Level Crossing) Keepers House

Between Bampton and Morebath Jn on the former Exe Valley line.

Bugger. I went up and down that line, and many others, using various online tools -. maps, StreetView, Wikipedia, disused stations websites - all without success. I looked at plenty of pictures and StreetView imagery of station buildings, stationmasters houses, crossing cottages etc. and bleddy missed this one.

Fiendish sciurus vulgaris.  Angry
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« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2023, 14:18:06 »
I managed a trip on the Exe Valley line in the early 60s. We had been on a day trip to Exmoor and managed to get the parents to drop me off at Bampton for the 14xx to Exeter. Good end to the day.
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