what a shame the preservationists could'nt have saved this line.....the sound of steam struggling out of ilfracombe towards morthoe would have been priceless in this day and age
@pongokliem
13 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, thank goodness for people like you,l living in Braunton I have never got over losing our railway, great filming, well done.
@filmmakingmad
9 жыл бұрын
How interesting, a big thank you for this restoration. Your film just highlights the tragic mistake and lack of vision closing this beautiful line. I remember using Gratispool 35mm film in the mid-sixties. My slides of Ireland had a prominent pink hue!
@andrew353w
11 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Thanks for posting the film. I was born in Barnstaple & can remember the trains to Ilfracombe. The line from Barnstaple to Umberleigh was singled in 1971, just 6 months after the Ilfracombe line closed & the up line was removed in 1972, if this helps.
@andrew353w
11 жыл бұрын
I've viewed this again and didn't realise any winter trains were loco hauled. I was under the impression that all the Barnstaple-Ilfracombe trains were DMUs with the exception of the summer trains from London, but I'm clearly wrong! Did I also see postal bags being loaded at Ilfracombe? Good to see the railway being used by the Post office, even in its last few months of operation.
@PeterJewell2
8 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Great shame the preservation scheme failed. The branch closed in October 1970, so unless this was a special, the film must date from the late 1960s. (The line was singled in 1967.)
@angelsone-five7912
4 жыл бұрын
Nice film, thanks for the descriptions.
@jgvgjv2980
5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful and nostalgic
@internet123ism2
6 жыл бұрын
can't help but smile at what used to be.
@robertbriggs4202
Жыл бұрын
Great👍
@mikeboyes1
12 жыл бұрын
Excellent stuff - thanks for sharing.
@onchnc3546
13 күн бұрын
This was a lovely route that was closed by politicians with no forward thinking. We have cycled from Fremington to Ilfracombe on the hold trackbed where we could. A beautiful journey it must have been by train.
@TheDaf95xf
4 жыл бұрын
What a crying shame it got ripped 🙁
@cgpaddock
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment. My Dad was the last Station Master at Umberleigh so I have that fairly well documented.
@Mr223P
12 жыл бұрын
What Warship was that at the end, can you remember???
@cherczeg4855
2 ай бұрын
Very sad!Runaway train never come back!
@aislingmichaelaoneill1028
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this. Could it be digitally remastered?
@cgpaddock
8 жыл бұрын
I have no idea but I doubt it. There is very litte detail there to begin with so even a frame by frame enhancement is unlikely to reveal any more. CG
@cgpaddock
12 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I really have no idea, it's too long ago and I never really took note of engine numbers or names.
@alexishamer6427
Жыл бұрын
Umberleigh railway 🚃 station 🚉 in north Devon used to have a double track is many years ago in 1963 because more people might have used the trains 🚊 where Umberleigh now has a single track because in the year 2023 plenty of people use their own cars 🚗 🚘 🚙 everyday and it’s a rural railway 🚃 line. It’s highly unlikely that trains 🚊 will run 🏃♂️ from Barnstaple to Ilfracombe via Braunton again, even on Tuesday 31st December 2030 (New Year’s Eve) 🧨 💥 🎇 🎆 🥳 🤩 🥃 🍹 🍾 🍷 🥂 🍻 🍺 🧃 🧋 🥤 🎂 🍰 🧁 🍨 🍧 because the railway 🚃 line is hopeless 😩 😞 😔 and can’t be bloody trusted anymore because they lost 😞 😠 😡 plenty of customers 👩🦰 👱♂️ 👨🦰 🧑🦰 👨🦳 🧔 🧔♂️ 👴 👩🦱 🧑🦱 👱 so who bloody cares about the railway 🚃 business 👩💼. Perhaps 🤔 most people decline to use the trains 🚊 because when they use their vehicles 🚗, it’s more convenient. I honestly don’t think 🤔 that trains 🚊 are coming back to Ilfracombe in north Devon again. I honestly believe it to say it to myself that “It’s highly unlikely that trains 🚊 are returning back to Ilfracombe in north Devon again because the line was unviable and no one ☝️ has asked to put them back in service again so don’t worry 😉 about it”. I am right for what I said to myself about it. Goodbye 👋 trains 🚊 to see Ilfracombe and don’t come back again anymore. It’s the end of the matter. Trains 🚊 to Ilfracombe is a thing of the past and it’s water 💧 under the bridge 🌉. 👍 👍 😃 😁
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