Transport and Communication

Here can be found material on all forms of transport from steam engines to trams and sailing ships. Transport engineering and famous engineers such as Brunel may also be found here.

Choose one of the following items:

• Brunel's air line surfaces
  • Discovery of the remains of cast iron pipes at Goodrington are part of a never completed s ...
• Railway and Coaching Map of Torquay and South Devon
  • A map showing the routes of Railways and Coaches in South Devon in ther early 1900s. ...
• Torbay Road and Waldon Hill, Torquay
  • A tram near the Palm Court Hotel on the Torbay Road with the early Princess Gardens in the ...
• An Excerpt from 'Winter in Devonshire', from 'Harper's New Monthly Magazine', January 1886.
  • The beach was crowded with people, for it was early morning and fine weather, and all Torq ...
• Building the Road
  • The coast road around Waldon Hill was not built until 1842. The present photograph was pro ...
• Torquay: Tram-lines by Mallock Memorial
  • Workmen laying tracks for the Torquay Tramway. ...
• The History of Trams
  • The first trams were seen in Torbay in 1907. Holidaymakers in particular enjoyed riding on ...
• Totnes. GWR
  • The railway station at Totnes, circa 1925, depicting a steam train and the atmospheric pu ...
• Totnes Station
  • The track to the R/H side used to go to Steamer Quay,is no longer there. The sidings on t ...
• Trams lined up on Victoria Parade
  • Open top trams host the opening ceremony of the Torquay Tramway on Victoria Parade. ...
• [Accident at Hollacombe]
  • An accident on Brunel's broad gauge track involving a steam train derailment at Hollacombe ...
• Broad Gauge
  • During fifty four years of its existence the Great Western Railway ran broad gauge trains. ...
• Broad Gauge Disaster
  • This accident took place on 21 September 1866, and involved the 9.53 "up" train ...
• Derailment at Hollacombe, September 1866
  • This accident took place on 21 September 1866, and involved the 9.53 "up" train ...
• [Great Western Buses]
  • A row of early Great Western Railway buses outside the Victoria Hotel. ...
• The Occasion
  • It is believed that this picture dates from the first day of the Paignton to Totnes servic ...
• [html - Brixham's own Railway]
  • Brixham's own Railway. ...
• [pdf - Brixham's own Railway]
  • Brixham's own Railway. ...
• [Starcross pumping house]
  • The pumping station at Starcross used to vacuum out the air and keep the trains moving. ...
• [The Great Way West - Part 1]
  • The romance of the Great Western Railway's route from London to Penzance. [CL 10-6-1976] ...
• The Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 23 December 1848
  • … at Torquay the inhabitants gave the Directors, and those who accompanied them, an enthus ...
• [The Great Way West - Part 2]
  • The romance of the Great Western Railway's route from London to Paddington. [CL 10-6-1976] ...

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