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    Dec 17, 2021 4 minutes

    Culmstock - then and now

    Here’s another then and now picture, or at least as close as I can get from available resources. In my feature on the Hemyock branch (page 8) I mention the popularity of this picturesque railway with enthusiasts. As if to reinforce that impression, in the days since I wrote it, I have discovered enough photographs of the branch to illustrate it twice over! I have concentrated on using most of the colour photographs but this is one monochrome image that I could not resist publishing even if there was no space for it in the feature.

    The branch train bound for Hemyock has stopped at Culmstock level crossing

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