Lost Lines: the Withered Arm

22nd February 2007

These pictures were mostly taken during the mid-1980s and early 1990s and show the remains of parts of the Southern Railway's network west of Exeter. Many of these sites have, of course, vanished in the 20 years since these pictures were taken. Halwill Junction, for example, is now a housing estate, as is Bude station. Sadly, the quality of some of the older pictures is poor but I hope the historical interest will compensate for this.
.....If you enjoy looking at these pictures, you can see more of Cornwall's lost lines at Chris Sawles Cornwall's Lost Railways at: http://cornwallslostrailways.fotopic.net/
.....Another site of interest is http://www.northcornwallrailway.co.uk/ which provides an excellent history of the North Cornwall Railway as well as pictures of it in operation and of the present day state of the line.

The Withered Arm: the following pictures cover locations on the LSWR route from Exeter to Plymouth via Okehampton 2007-02-22 00:00:00	The Withered Arm: Sampford Courtenay in 2000 2007-03-31 17:04:39	The Withered Arm: Sampford Courtenay being rebuilt in 2003 2003-09-03 13:30:05	The Withered Arm: Okehampton in about 1987, looking east along the up platform 2007-03-25 17:02:59
The Withered Arm: Okehampton in about 1987, looking from the up platform to the goods shed 2007-03-25 17:03:56	The Withered Arm: Okehampton station frontage in about 1987 2007-03-25 19:54:45	The Withered Arm: Okehampton in about 1987, looking east along the up platform towards the station buildings 2007-03-25 19:55:49	The Withered Arm: Okehampton in about 1987, looking west along the up platform towards the signal box. 2007-03-25 19:57:21
The Withered Arm: Okehampton restored in Sep 2003 2003-09-03 13:05:49	The Withered Arm: Okehampton restored in 2000 2007-03-31 17:02:55	The Withered Arm: just west of Okehampton were the military sidings 2007-03-09 10:19:50	The Withered Arm: just west of Okehampton were the military sidings 2007-03-09 10:22:50
The Withered Arm: in the early 1990s a single track continued on from Okehampton to Meldon Quarry... 2007-03-09 10:30:18	The Withered Arm: ...by 2003 it had been joined by a cycle track, taking the place of the former up line. 2007-02-22 00:00:00	The Withered Arm: Meldon Quarry 2007-03-09 20:38:30	The Withered Arm: quarrymen's cottages at Meldon Quarry 1984/5 2007-02-23 23:50:34
The Withered Arm: site of the quarrymen's cottages at Meldon Quarry 2003 2003-09-21 13:28:43	The Withered Arm: Meldon Quarry from the A30 2007-03-31 17:07:38	The Withered Arm: Meldon Viaduct from below on the old road to the quarry 2007-03-31 14:57:43	The Withered Arm: Meldon Viaduct from below on the old road to the quarry 2007-03-31 14:56:59
The Withered Arm: Meldon Viaduct from the quarry 2007-03-09 20:36:32	The Withered Arm: Meldon Viaduct from below on the old road to the quarry 2007-03-31 17:11:15	The Withered Arm: Meldon Viaduct from below on the old road to the quarry 2007-03-31 17:13:57	The Withered Arm: Meldon Viaduct from near the A30 2007-03-31 17:09:03