{"id":2883,"date":"2023-06-21T01:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T01:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/travelling-on-tarkas-train-3\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T01:32:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T01:32:02","slug":"travelling-on-tarkas-train-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/travelling-on-tarkas-train-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling On Tarka’s Train (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Journey’s End<\/span><\/p>\n We left our (b)log of the journey at Copplestone, so here, yet again, is the list of possible stops as per the GWR timetable.<\/p>\n Fom Copplestone to Barnstaple, ALL stops are request except Eggesford, which we will get to in due course.<\/p><\/div>\n … which is a good 2 1\/2 miles from Morchard Bishop. There is an hostelry, The Devonshire Dumpling …<\/p>\n … once with a much more distinguished pub-like mame …<\/p>\n … a few cottages and the station just off the main road.<\/p>\n The station buildings are in much better condition than they were (above) in railway ownership …<\/p>\n … and nature’s greenery has improved the experience for the very few passengers requesting a stop.<\/p><\/div>\n … once had a goods yard.<\/p>\n … the hints of which are still there today.<\/p>\n The yard is now home to a “logistics” company.<\/p>\n But with no rail connection, of course.<\/p><\/div>\n … with an awkward T junction on the roads and a garden centre! Eggesford Barton …<\/p>\n It is the last point at which trains can pass until the terminus at Barnstaple. The whole signalling process in now electronic using “Tokenless Block Technology”. The technical detail is beyond fbb but as his train approached the level crossin there was a strange lavatory chain thingy dangling horizontally from a board …<\/p>\n … followed by a compulsory stop board with push button.<\/p>\n This the driver pressed to operate the level crossing. A white light called the train into the platform where the driver alighted and unlocked a little cabin …<\/p>\n … waved cheerily at the arrival from Barsntaple …<\/p>\n … went into his little box and did exciting electronic things, locked up and off the fbbs trundled.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p><\/div>\n … which is even further from its village (map top right).<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n