Lyme Regis branch - January 1961
2nd January 2010

I visited the Lyme Regis branch on a cold wet day in January 1961, when I was 14. The three Adams Radial tanks survived for another year.

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30583 (488) as later preserved on the Bluebell Line
30583 (488) as later preserved on the Bluebell Line
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30583 at the Lyme Regis buffer stops.  The driver let me run round on the loco. Jan 1961
30583 at the Lyme Regis buffer stops. The driver let me run round on the loco. Jan 1961
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30583 ready to return to Axminster with its one coach train
30583 ready to return to Axminster with its one coach train
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Approaching Cannington viaduct on the trip back to Axminster
Approaching Cannington viaduct on the trip back to Axminster
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Axminster; the Lyme train sits in the bay on the right, an unrebuilt WC/BB approaches with an up Waterloo train and a local train sits in the down platform, hauled by a standard tank.
Axminster; the Lyme train sits in the bay on the right, an unrebuilt WC/BB approaches with an up Waterloo train and a local train sits in the down platform, hauled by a standard tank.
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