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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Contents: The Locomotives of William Dean: Part One by Peter Treloar, p. 3; Admiralty Coal Traffic in WW1: The 'Jellicoe' Trains Part Two by Keith Turton, p. 21; Southern Railway of the 1930s from the camera of S.A.W. Harvey: Excursion Traffic by Jim Greaves, p. 47; The Photographs of E. Pouteau: Part 20: The North London, North Staffordshire, Plymouth Devonport & South Western Junction, Rhondda & Swansea Bay, Rhymney, Somerset & Dorset Joint and Taff Vale Railways by John Alsop, p. 61; Wish You Were Here Railway Postcards of the L&SWR in Devon by Neil Parkhouse, p. 73
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From 'The Ponteau Listings': The hub of the L&SWR network in Devon was Exeter, with the company having their own station at Queen Street, opened on 19th July 1860. As well as the main line arriving from London Waterloo, branches also radiated out from here serving Exmouth to the south and to Barnstaple, Ilfracombe and the North Cornwall coast to the north. This circa 1908 view of Queen Street yard gives a flavour of the goods traffic handled by the company in the county; cattle vans at the pens on the extreme right, a range of vans and opens for perishables and general goods in the centre, and a run of assorted open wagons loaded with stone or ballast on the left. Behind them, a couple of rakes of carriage stock await their next turn of duty in the carriage sidings. The bridge spanning the yard carries New North Road, whilst the stationÃÃ
