The closure of the Sidmouth, Seaton and Lyme Regis branches were one of the great tragedies of Tourist line preservation.
@neiloflongbeck5705
3 жыл бұрын
They couldn't save every line.
@pwareham61
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely
@sknn497
2 жыл бұрын
Beeching wanted to close the Exmouth branch as well, which pre covid was carrying over 700000 passengers per annum. Says it all really.
@frglee
Жыл бұрын
The southernmost 3 miles of the Seaton Branch, from Colyton to Seaton (with a new spur to the town centre) was repurposed for use after1970 by the 2'9" gauge Seaton Tramway, and has become a very popular tourist attraction.
@andrewlong6438
Жыл бұрын
I have some sympathy with its retention. In the holiday season Lyme Regis is full of cars and parking is really difficult. Trouble is station was on a hill some distance from the coast and getting motorists to take car would be a challenge unless there was a park and ride near Axminster.
@ronaldhaynes4042
Жыл бұрын
Wow nice to see some film of the branch I'm now coming up to 77 years young. My mum bless her took me there on the train. I must have been about 10 so a long time.
@chrisbailey9331
Жыл бұрын
A lovely film, from better days! Thank for posting 👍🏻🚂😊
@wideyxyz2271
Жыл бұрын
love the kids getting a run round foot plate ride!
@jimdevon9550
Жыл бұрын
Would have been busy now, very useful and taken traffic off the road.
@johnkeepin7527
3 жыл бұрын
Enjoyable to watch. Interesting to see that much of it was evidently shot on colour film - although presumably it would have been ‘telecined’ for broadcast in black & white at one time. Always nice to come across old films with proper sound tracks on the film as well.
@LordTantrums007
2 жыл бұрын
Superb film from the BR days. The Adams Tank Radial looked impressive in lined out BR livery.
@CarrierDeck
5 ай бұрын
lovely nostalgic look-back at saner days!
@leroyholm9075
3 жыл бұрын
The Southern had a concrete works at Exmouth Junction Shed where a lot of the concrete ancillary parts were cast.
@JimWhitaker
Жыл бұрын
That line took me to and from Combpyne for school at Rousdon every term.
@leroyholm9075
3 жыл бұрын
I travelled behind one of the radial tanks on a holiday to Seaton in the 1950s
@frank7611
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful bit of film. As usual lots of comments re the Beeching 'cuts' but, this was 60 or so years ago and hindsight is a wonderful thing isn't it...🤔🤔
@sknn497
Жыл бұрын
It wasn't hindsight though, there were many people around at the time who warned of the long term damage that the man was inflicting. The Looe and St Ives branches which Beeching wanted to close are doing very well and there is no reason why the Lyme Regis, Seaton and Sidmouth branches shouldn't have been the same.
@Dr_Jeff
10 ай бұрын
The Beeching cuts were of that time, and have been widely discussed. What is seldom if ever mentioned, however, is the far greater crime of the Thatcher years, where the land was sold off. Had this not been done throughout the UK then many lines would be able to be reformed both today and over the coming years.
@frglee
3 жыл бұрын
Axminster and Combpyne are in Devon, Lyme Regis is in Dorset. So a bit of both, really.
@andrewsewell9179
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful scenes wonderful 😊
@NigeFew-v5s
12 күн бұрын
If only 30583 were still running on the Bluebell. It hasn't seen service for many years disappointingly. Getting it renovated and back in service is long overdue.
@ianmcclavin
8 ай бұрын
The branch lines may have long gone but Axminster now has two platforms again, the "up" one having been closed for many years as part of the "rationalisation."
@ronfisher2-railwaytravelvideos
2 жыл бұрын
Splendid stuff!! 👌👍😊
@bishwatntl
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting film; it's a shame that the sound effects are louder than the commentary at times. Does it really need them?
@cncshrops
3 жыл бұрын
I watched with the sound off...
@MikesMovies
Күн бұрын
Lovely
@BuzbyWuzby
Жыл бұрын
"Axminster Change for Lyme Regis" - so do Lyme Regis make better carpets?
@leroyholm9075
3 жыл бұрын
Take the kids for a ride on the footplate, those were the days and if you were lucky and I was, you got taught how to stoke the firebox. What happened to such joy and kingness?
@stephenmatura1086
3 жыл бұрын
Health & Safety, risk assessments, insurance cover, fear of litigation etc etc.
@cncshrops
3 жыл бұрын
Sp*Kingliness.
@martinwelsford1353
3 жыл бұрын
I agree Leroy. When I was a volunteer fireman there were so many kids that wanted to "come up". I fear a casualty of the Elf & Safety people. Anyway what lovely engines these Radials were - they had style !
@JohnThomas-rx7eo
Жыл бұрын
Not sure about joy but kingness is back.
@jonb4020
2 ай бұрын
@@stephenmatura1086... i.e. stupidity and hysteria.
@davepayne586
Жыл бұрын
nice video, that man closed down to many lines. they could have money nower days.
@Tauraco00
9 ай бұрын
This is great🎉 Regards ElizabethI have one on my layout❤
@Tauraco00
9 ай бұрын
Amazing❤
@petercollingwood4108
Жыл бұрын
5m30 when England still used common sense, beautiful days 👍
@ivormacadam
2 ай бұрын
They kept the Adams radial tanks going, because of the tight curves on the branch line. They then spent a fortune straightening the line, costing a load of money, and then closed it. Typical waste and scrap of the Beeching/BR logic. Btw, number 488 - the only one remaining - is preserved on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex.
@johnallen7807
11 ай бұрын
Image the howls from the "elf n safety" mob if children were allowed to ride on the footplate like that today!
@EBush-i4o
7 ай бұрын
I was once told a story, whilst at work on the railway, it went....... Axminster, over the bridge for Lyme. But porter, I have a tin trunk. My Dear, I dont care if you've got a tin arse-hole, over the bridge for Lyme.
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