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HISTORY

The line was built by the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway and first opened on 1st May 1872. It was worked by the larger South Devon Railway Company until 1876 when this was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway .

The Buckfastleigh line was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1897.

The railway was Nationalised in 1948.

The line closed to all traffic on 7th September 1962 and was re-opened as the Dart Valley Railway, a preserved steam line, on 5th April 1969.

The South Devon Railway Trust took over the running of the line on 1st January 1991.

LOCOMOTIVES

Steam Locomotives

---BR 2-6-2T 55XX no. 5526

---GWR 0-4-2T 14XX no. 1420

---GWR 0-6-0 13XX no. 1369

---GWR 0-6-0 57XX no. 5786

---EX MOD 0-6-0 Hunslet no. 68011 ("Errol Lonsdale")

---EX W.D. 0-6-0 no. WD132 ("Sapper")

Diesel Locomotives

--- BR 0-6-0 Class 04 no. D2246

---BR 0-6-0 Class 09 no. D3666

---BR Bo-Bo Class 20 nos. 20110 and 20118 "Saltburn-by-the-Sea"

---BR Bo-Bo Class 25 no. 25901

---BR Bo-Bo Class 33 no. 33002

---BR Co-Co Class 37 no. 37037

---BR Co-Co Class 50 no. 50002 "Superb"

Diesel Multiple Units

---BR Class 115 trailers 59659 and 59740 (used as locomotive-hauled coaching stock)

---BR Class 122 unit 122100

---BR Class 127 / 115 hybrid unit 51592+59719+51604

EXTERNAL LINKS

South Devon Railway site