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Buckfastleigh, Totnes And South Devon Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Former <I>Devon Belle</I> observation car no SC280M photographed in the yard at Buckfastleigh on 30 July 1969 awaiting restoration.<br><br>[John McIntyre 30/07/1969]](/images/30000/30356.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![A member of the train crew opens the crossing gates between Staverton and Totnes on 30 July 1969 on what was then the Dart Valley Railway. The view is from the front of the Auto coach of the train in which the locomotive, an ex GWR 0-6-0 Pannier Tank, was sandwiched between 4 coaches.<br><br>[John McIntyre 30/07/1969]](/images/38000/38449.jpg "Totnes")
![A 2+2 push-pull working with an 0-6-0PT sandwiched in between approaching Staverton on the Dart Valley Railway on 30 July 1969.<br><br>[John McIntyre 30/07/1969]](/images/38000/38624.jpg "Staverton")
![A train from Buckfastleigh calls at Staverton on the Dart Valley Railway on the afternoon of 30 July 1969. At that time the train continued south towards Totnes but there was neither access to the BR station, nor had the DVR built their own station at Totnes Riverside, so push-pull working was a distinct advantage.<br><br>[John McIntyre 30/07/1969]](/images/56000/56452.jpg "Staverton")
![A view from Buckfastleigh yard towards Ashburton on 30 July 1969 along the then Dart Valley Railway before the trackbed in the distance was taken over for the upgraded A38 trunk road.<br><br>[John McIntyre 30/07/1969]](/images/62000/62221.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![Looking north along the platform at Buckfastleigh on 30 July 1969 in the early days of the then Dart Valley Railway. <br><br>[John McIntyre 30/07/1969]](/images/62000/62967.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![A line-up of stored stock at Buckfastleigh on the Dart Valley Railway in September 1972. The locos involved are (from left to right) 16xx 0-6-0PT No. 1638, 64xx 0-6-0PTs 6412 & 6435 and, at the far end, 14xx 0-4-2T No. 1420.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 16/09/1972]](/images/51000/51316.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![One of the first escapees from Barry scrapyard, ex-GWR 4575 class 2-6-2T No. 4588, was restored to running order by BREL at Swindon Works as early as 1971. The following year it was photographed on the Dart Valley Railway about half a mile outside Buckfastleigh with a train from Totnes Riverside (now Totnes Littlehempston on the South Devon Railway).<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 16/09/1972]](/images/51000/51414.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![Pannier tank 0-6-0 1638 leaving the shed at Buckfastleigh in 1981.<br><br>[Gordon Steel 18/07/1981]](/images/62000/62590.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![GWR 0-4-2T no 1420 running round at Buckfastleigh on the South Devon Railway on 8th April 2001.<br><br>[Peter Todd 08/04/2001]](/images/32000/32690.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![An early afternoon train boarding at Buckfastleigh on 4 June 2002 behind ex GWR 0-6-0PT no 5786. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore 04/06/2002]](/images/53000/53267.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![GWR Pannier Tank 1369 pauses at Buckfastleigh on 21 April 2011 prior to running round its train.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 21/04/2011]](/images/43000/43772.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![The coupling arrangement between two autocoaches. The rectangular shaft also connects to the engine and is directly linked to the locomotive regulator allowing the driver in the leading coach to operate it via a similar assembly in the coach driving compartment. [See image 34177 for an interesting comparison]<br><br>[Peter Todd 28/05/2011]](/images/34000/34306.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![The fireman of ex-GWR 2-6-2T no 5526 collects the token on departure from Buckfastleigh, heading an Autocoach train, on 28 May 2011.<br><br>[Peter Todd 28/05/2011]](/images/34000/34313.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![Railcar W55000 arriving at Buckfastleigh on 28 May.<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 28/05/2011]](/images/34000/34318.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![5526 at Totnes on 29 May waiting to propel the GWR Autocoaches for Buckfastleigh. <br><br>[Peter Todd 29/05/2011]](/images/34000/34333.jpg "Totnes (Littlehempston)")
![A CrossCountry Plymouth - Berwick-upon-Tweed service leaves Totnes and passes Totnes (Littlehempston) on the Buckfastleigh portion of the South Devon Railway (the pre-grouping Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway).<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 17/09/2011]](/images/35000/35743.jpg "Totnes (Littlehempston)")
![View over Buckfastleigh station from the footbridge, looking towards Ashburton on 26 July 2015. GWR 0-6-0PT 5786, running in London Transport maroon livery as L92 [see image 17855], is waiting to depart for Totnes. Further items of Dart Valley stock can also be seen in various sidings. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 26/07/2015]](/images/52000/52331.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![Yard scene at Buckfastleigh in July 2015. Gloucester RC&W <I>Bubblecar</I> W55000 stands alongside GWR 0-6-0PT 6412. Behind the DMU are Class 08 D3721, a <I>Toad</I> brakevan, a <I>Weltrol</I> wagon and GWR 0-4-2T 1420, which is under overhaul. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 26/07/2015]](/images/53000/53225.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
![A pristine EE Type 3 6975 seen at Buckfastleigh in July 2015. New to Canton in 1965 it worked in Scotland as 37275 <I>Oor Wullie</I> in the 1990s and is now preserved on the South Devon Railway. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 26/07/2015]](/images/53000/53668.jpg "Buckfastleigh")
