Barnstaple to Ilfracombe - From the Cab in 1898

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Barnstaple to Ilfracombe - From the Cab in 1898

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Taken from the footplate, so not technically 'from the cab', this footage was taken from Barnstaple to Ilfracombe in 1898. Unfortunately, some of the stations are missing, like Wrafton and Braunton, but the rest of the journey speaks for itself.
The original footage was found by Vitor Thompson of the BFI.
This clip is taken from a full video about the line from Exeter to Barnstaple and on to Ilfracombe, Back Along North Devon's Lines: • Back Along North Devon...
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@robertbate5790 11 ай бұрын

I travelled this line once in 1965. Diesel hauled Birmingham to Exeter, then steam to Woolacombe. It was a week's summer holiday organised by our Sunday School. We went by train to Ilfracombe on Sunday evening for the church service. Honestly I don't remember a great deal except the famous curved bridge over the river, painted green at the time; an airfield and greystone church; and the school building at Woolacombe, with a toilet block across the playground, and the backdrop of Lundy Island. Happy days . . . . 🌞😀🌞😀🌞

@ewhurstgreen 11 ай бұрын

Excellent archive footage - thank you for sharing! 👍

@davidchilds9590 11 ай бұрын

I had read about the Ilfracombe line, but this footage really shows the challenges of gradient and curvature.

@jean6872 11 ай бұрын

*Fifty-five years ago, as a student on my way to a kitchen porter's job in a restaurant on the High Street, Ilfracombe, I took this very trip having come down from Bristol Temple Meads. I fell in love with the countryside.*

@AndyWoodger 8 ай бұрын

Stuff like this must be preserved. Maybe get it cleaned up a bit. So good to see this.

@markjeffery2487 4 ай бұрын

👍

@24th1879 11 ай бұрын

125 years ago.. not only 58 years before I was born but a completely different time...

@boblovell5789 11 ай бұрын

How on earth this line was proposed for closure when serving a town like Ilfracombe beats me. I know the station was a incoveniently situated being at the top of a steep hill but really not a lot different to somewhere like Oakhampton. I still despair at the decisions made in the 60's. There was a move to press for reinstatement some time ago now, but never got off the ground. Portishead still await their connection. Calls for action on this line go back to the early 70's when the the infrastructure was in place.

@andrewtaylor5984 11 ай бұрын

In common with the entire Southern Railway system west of Salisbury, the line was transferred to the Western Region at the beginning of 1963. That region had no use for the lines it acquired, and did its best to deter people from using them. (See also my other comment.) It also never occurred to Beeching that people bought return tickets; he was only interested in receipts from the station. Holiday resorts, such as those in Devon and Cornwall, would not have sold all that many long-distance tickets, even in summer. The descent into Ilfracombe was 1 in 36, so the station could hardly have been at a lower level.

@cherczeg4855 3 ай бұрын

Richard Beeching was killer of the British Railways!

@geoffadams5537 11 ай бұрын

Why was this line closed? Was it on the mad doctors close it down cos I've got shares in the road transport out fit or part of the planned closure.

@FeckHallBahn 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely superb! Would the camera have been mounted to the loco or was it on a wagon being propelled? And - what is the music please? Sounds like a Frank Bridge arrangement of Pachelbel’s Canon so it might even be by my grandpa who was a musician and professional filmmaker. He was taught by Bridge.

@AarchiveRailways 11 ай бұрын

I think it was mounted somehow, since it is very steady. The music is from KZfaq's catalogue, because they are very particular about what music can and cannot be used on videos. There is a link in the description.