The North Devon Line
Barnstaple, North Devon, England
another "content over style" heritage web page from Steve Johnson`s "Cyberheritage"
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION
Relics of the Torrington Line
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all taken 1985
The track of the old line has now in the year 2000, become a cycle path and walkway. Back in 1985 in was just an abandoned railway track, heavy in atmosphere of past days of great activity and bustle. Old crossings, gradient posts, telegraph poles, smoking puff-puff road signs and cinderous miles of old track ballast.
The quality of the light was often very special as it illuminated the decaying relic of the disused Yellend Power Station - now demolished.