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Taunton-Barnstaple - here is a little extra!

In my feature article on page 22 I mentioned that I thought we caught the train from Dulverton. My travelling companion Keith Jaggers, assures me that we caught the 8.20am from Dulverton to Barnstaple and that it was a DMU. In light of that fact I’ve included Keith’s photograph and mine - seemingly the only two from our trip - here rather than in the article.

Also here, is Keith’s picture of Milverton station taken a year later when the railway was closed but the weather was better.

It's a hand-wheel spanner

Reader, Ken Woods writes,, December 2022) and the photograph of No. 54482 on page 18.

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