The North Devon Line
The Tarka Line - Barnstaple to Exeter, Devon, England - the mid 1980`s, now on CD too with many more 1980`s motive power images..of better quality than on the net
SITE 1: CLICK HERE TO ENTER 200MB PHOTOGRAPHIC SITE
SITE 2: David Vinsen, who used to work for British Rail, now of Network Rail spent many years down here by the "withered arm." Ranging all along the Exeter to Barnstaple line, the Exeter/Crediton to Okehampton and Meldon Quarry line and the Barnstaple to Torrington/Meeth/Instow line, he recorded a way of life, a way of work, the way of a railway intimate among the country and communities it served & above all the people; 100s & 100s of great photos of stations, tracks & signal boxes, railmen at work, maybe at play, the people of the line, the blood of the line - it is all HERE
NOTE: DUE TO THE ABOVE PROBLEMS, MUCH OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL IS NOW AVAILABLE ON CD - SCANNED TO A MUCH HIGHER RESOLUTION TO PRINT OUT UP TO A STAGGERING 20" by 30" IN SOME CASES - PHONE/E-MAIL FOR DETAILS - VERY LOW PRICES - AIMING NOT TO MAKE MONEY, BUT TO SPREAD THE COMMON BASE OF HISTORY! SOME IMAGES ARE UP TO 12MB, SO YOU CAN GUESS THE QUALITY!! SEND £2 UK OR $5 US FOR SAMPLE IMAGES ON CD, TO S. JOHNSON, 7, WOODLANDS LANE, MANOR PARK, PLYMOUTH, PL6 8AS, UK, OR FREE, TELL ME YOUR AREA OF INTEREST & I WILL E-MAIL YOU ONE, BUT IT WILL HAVE TO BE SHRUNK AND COMPRESSED TO ABOUT 1MB TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE, SO IT WILL NOT BE AS GOOD AS ON THE CDs. MY AIM IS TO GIVE YOU A CD, EASY TO USE, THAT WILL GIVE YOU HOURS & HOURS OF INTEREST & PLEASURE AS YOU PRINT OUT THE STUNNING IMAGES TO BIG SIZE...GET AN A3 PRINTER!! AND SOME PREMIUM GLOSSY PHOTO INKJET PAPER! SOME CDs ARE JUST CD VERSIONS OF THE WEB SITE, SAVES YOU TIME AND BEATS THE BROKEN LINKS, HOWEVER, MANY HAVE EXTRA, BONUS IMAGES, OR THE SAME IMAGES ..BUT AT VERY, VERY HIGH QUALITY...YOU CAN EVEN SEE THE SAILORS THROUGH THE BRIDGE WINDOWS!! ALL CDs CONTAIN DOZENS OF QUALITY HISTORICAL IMAGES.
YOU JUST WILL BE THRILLED! PLEASE PHONE 01752 772699 or 07811 379885 FOR MORE DETAILS RATHER THAN E-MAIL..PLEASE!!
CONTENT OF CD MAY BE ABLE TO BE INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT! WINDOWS AND MAC
BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TRY AND PHONE, NOT E-MAIL UNLESS OVERSEAS
click on images below for our webring
Turning the pages of history above & below the waves
another "content over style" heritage web site from Steve Johnson`s "Cyberheritage"
e-mail steve@tarkaline.co.uk
PLUS: the sea wall at Dawlish and Teignmouth, Horsecove, the Devon Banks, Dainton Tunnel, Plymouth, Brunel`s Royal Albert Bridge, Newquay, Cornish China Clay workings, Par, Lostwithiel - Class 33, 37, 45, 47, and many 50`s, DMU`s -Topsham, Paignton, Maiden Newton, York, Manchester, trains through the streets and by cars in Weymouth, London, Edinburgh, Grange-over-Sands - and more - all 1980`s
............and oldies of green DMU`s and Westerns! ............and a trip to Braunton and Ilfracombe