5100 2-6-2T 5153 is nearest when the running shed was photographed on 14 August 1960. The adjacent repair shops had closed four weels earlier; steam traction ceased to be housed here after June 1962.

Branch Line To Kingswear
© R S Carpenter

5100 2-6-2T 5153 is nearest when the running shed was photographed on 14 August 1960. The adjacent repair shops had closed four weels earlier; steam traction ceased to be housed here after June 1962.

Branch Line To Kingswear
© H.C.Casserley

4096 Harlech Castle and 9F 2-10-0 92217 head an up parcels train on 27 May 1960 and pass behind West Box as they enter platforms 7/8. The western park of the Repair Shops is in the background.

Branch Line To Kingswear
© T Heavyside

Officially thr last locomotive to receive a repair at Newton Abbot, 2-6-2T 4566 leaves the factory on 15 July 1960. Repainted after her Light Casual repair, 4566 worked on running in turns around Newton Abbot for about a week before despatch to Penzance MPD.

Steam Works
© P.W. Gray

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Western Signalmen
© P.W. Gray

Those two splendid signal gantries stand guard over the approach to Newton Abbot for up trains, as No. 4936 Kinlet Hall and No. 1021 County Of Montgomery leave with a Manchester to Penzance train. The whistle is blowing on the leading engine and note how, with the sun head-on, much of the motion is lost in the shadows.

Gordon England's Great Western Steam Album
© Gordon England

In the evening sun, 2-8-0 No. 4706 heads for Paignton having come out of Newton Abbot station round the corner.

Gordon England's Great Western Steam Album
© Gordon England