Photo Review
5th September 1965
Great Western Society
(South West Group)
Launceston Branch Centenary Tour 1865 - 1965
| Loco Used | 41283 |
| Stock Used | 4x corridor coaches |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 41283 | Exeter St Davids - Cowley Bridge Jn - Coleford Jn - Okehampton - Meldon Jn - Lydford |
| 41283 | Lydford - Lifton - Launceston (GW) |
| 41283 | Launceston (GW) - Launceston (SR) |
| 41283 | Launceston (SR) - Ashwater - Halwill Junction |
| 41283 | Halwill Junction - Holsworthy - Bude |
| 41283 | Bude - Holsworthy - Halwill Junction - Ashbury - Meldon Jn - Okehampton - Coleford Jn - Cowley Bridge Jn - Exeter St Davids |
Notes :
(1) Some publications list this railtour (booked for haulage by loco
3205) as having been cancelled on 5th September and run instead on December
12th, however various contributors who travelled and photographed the train all
confirm that it did indeed run on 5th September. There is ticket evidence (dated
and clipped) to support that a tour by the same organiser ran on 12th December
from Plymouth to Launceston, but that was via Bere Alston & Lifton. Bernard
Mills adds a comment that this was the last westbound steam departure from
Okehampton.
Sources : Andrew Porter, Dave Mitchell, John Clifford, Terry Dorrity
& Bernard Mills
Photo Review
41283 at New Bridge (near Cowley Bridge Jn) on the way to
Launceston
(photo: Terry Dorrity)
41283 at Launceston (SR) station (photo: Bernard Mills)
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
Timings (Booked Only)
(from Dave Mitchell)
| Location | Booked |
| Exeter St Davids | 12.20d |
| Lydford | 13.35a ~ 13.50d |
| Launceston (GW) | 15.03a ~ ??.??d |
| Launceston (SR) | ??.??a ~ 15.20d |
| Halwill Jn | 15.41a ~ 15.50d |
| Bude | 16.26a ~ 16.39d |
| Okehampton | 18.20a ~ 18.33d |
| Exeter St Davids | 19.18a |
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