Not on the Tramway, but the Plymouth & Dartmoor, the Leigham Tunnel of 1823 in about 1968, one of the first railway tunnels in the Country. 3030x2064 lmt 1.jpg |
Looking down the Coypool Branch in 1981 as Wadebridge awaits delivery to the Plym Valley Railway. Extension of the PVR has obliterated the view today. 3800x2438 lmt 10.jpg |
Looking down the Coypool Branch towards Coypool Army Depot with Wadebridge stood on the point where the Lee Moor Tramway used to cross the line. 3800x2438 lmt 11.jpg |
Whitegates Crossing on the Cadover Bridge to Plympton road, looking towards Cadover. 1970ish 3085x2038 lmt 12.jpg |
Whitegates Level crossing, where the Tramway used to cross the Cadover to Plympton road. Looking towards Truelove Bridge with Lee Moor Clay Hills in the background. 3085x2056 lmt 13.jpg |
Detailed look at the gate on the Lee Moor side of the crossing. One post remains as a reminder. 3097x2044 lmt 14.jpg |
Lee Moor No 2, now preserved in the Museum at Buckfastleigh on the South Devon Railway, outside the shed at Torycombe. June 1970. 3054x2035 lmt 15.jpg |
A classic industrial scene as the newly cosmeticaaly restored unique 4ft 6inch gauge Lee Moor No 2 poses with a restored waggon outside the Locomotive Shed at Torycombe. Building still in industrial use today. June 1970 3047x2024 lmt 16.jpg |
A real bus, a Plymouth Corporation PD2 on a Plymouth Railway Circle outing at Torycombe, showing the rails in the road. Torycombe Loco Shed is behind the bus. 3049x2044 lmt 17.jpg |
Not the Tramway at all, but Devons last working steam roller, just down the road from the shed at Torycombe. 1968ish 2989x2062 lmt 18.jpg |
Looking down the second Torycombe Incline, September 1968 3001x2026 lmt 19.jpg |
A close up of Leigham Tunnel on the Plymouth & Dartmoor Railway. 2958x2051 lmt 2.jpg |
View looking down the second Torycombe Incline towards Torycombe, the former Wotter Tramway curves away to the right. 1968ish 3055x2044 lmt 20.jpg |
Taken from the top of the second Torycombe Incline, the site of the former Wotter Tramway curves away to the right. 1968isg 3043x2056 lmt 21.jpg |
Looking across the Wotter to Cornwood road at Cholwich Town, showing the former terminus of the line. Now olbliterated by big waste hills. 3037x2026 lmt 22.jpg |
The rails in the road at Cholwich Town, 1970 ish. Now gone without trace. 3025x2044 lmt 23.jpg |
Inside Leigham Tunnel 2937x2078 lmt 3.jpg |
The iron bridge over the River Plym at Marsh Mills, built around 1823 and one of the oldest railway bridges in the County of Devon. The Tramway at this point used the route of the former Cann Quarry Branch of the Plymouth & Dartmor Railway. 3029x2057 lmt 4.jpg |
Looking across the Iron Bridge at Marsh Mills , the former Plympton Branch of the Plymouth & Dartmoor went straight ahead, the Lee Moor line curves away to the left. 3044x2083 lmt 5.jpg |
More famous is the Level Crossing at Laira, but the Tramway also crossed the little known Coypool Branch on the level. View taken 1969ish looking towards Lee Moor, note Coyppol Gate to the left, and compare with shot of Wadebridge a decade later. 3060x2043 lmt 6.jpg |
Compare with shot of the former level crossing looking towards Lee Moor a decade later as Wadebridge awaits delivery to the Plym Valley Railway. 3800x2438 lmt 7.jpg |
The level crossing with the Coypool Branch. 3019x2050 lmt 8.jpg |
Surely the largest locomotive to ever grace the Lee Moor Tramway. 34007 Wadebbridge on the site of the former level crossing with the Coypool Branch, awaiting delivery to the PVR. View now obliterated by PVR extension of site. 3800x2438 lmt 9.jpg |
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