The Dartmouth and Torbay Railway: a short line with a long and varied history
The Dartmouth and Torbay Railway is only a few miles long but packs in some amazing scenery. In this video I look at the history of this Victorian branch line which became of one GWR's premier resort destinations. Transcript and sources: https://pedestriandiversions.github.i... 0:00 Intro 1:22 Background (South Devon Railway) 4:45 Dartmouth and Torbay Railway - why bother? 10:30 The D+T opens its stations 18:11 Accidents and anecdotes 24:47 Infrastructure upgrades and alterations 27:35 Peak years of success 31:13 Decline, partial closure and heritage-isation 36:33 Outro
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