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South Devon Railway Company

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The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. [1]

69 relations: Ashburton, Devon, Atmospheric railway, Bristol and Exeter Railway, Bristol and Gloucester Railway, Broad-gauge railway, Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway, Consolidation (business), Cornwall Railway, Dalkey Atmospheric Railway, Dartmouth and Torbay Railway, Dartmouth, Devon, Dawlish railway station, Dawlish Warren, Disused railway stations on the Exeter to Plymouth Line, Disused railway stations on the Riviera Line, Double-track railway, Dual gauge, Exeter, Exeter Ship Canal, Exeter St Davids railway station, Exeter St Thomas railway station, Exeter–Plymouth line, Gauge War, George Hudson, Goods wagon, Grade (slope), Great Western Railway, GWR Hercules Class, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Ivybridge railway station, List of national archives, London and Croydon Railway, London and South Western Railway, Midland Railway, Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway, Newton Abbot, Newton Abbot railway station, Plymouth, Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway, Plymouth Millbay railway station, Plymouth railway station, Princetown, Rattery, River Dart, River Exe, River Plym, River Teign, Rock (geology), Samuda Brothers, Single-track railway, ..., South Devon and Tavistock Railway, South Devon Banks, South Devon Railway (heritage railway), South Devon Railway sea wall, Starcross railway station, Teignmouth, Teignmouth railway station, Three Towns, Torbay and Brixham Railway, Torquay, Torre railway station, Totnes, Totnes railway station, Track gauge conversion, Tunnel, Viaduct, West Cornwall Railway, 0-6-0, 4-4-0. Expand index (19 more) »

Ashburton, Devon

Ashburton is a small town on the south-southeastern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, adjacent to the A38.

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Atmospheric railway

An atmospheric railway uses differential air pressure to provide power for propulsion of a railway vehicle.

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Bristol and Exeter Railway

The Bristol & Exeter Railway (B&ER) was an English railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter.

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Bristol and Gloucester Railway

The Bristol and Gloucester Railway was a railway company opened in 1844 between the cities in its name.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge broader than the standard-gauge railways.

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Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway

The Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway built the broad gauge railway line from Totnes to Buckfastleigh and Ashburton in Devon, England.

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Consolidation (business)

In business, consolidation or amalgamation is the merger and acquisition of many smaller companies into a few much larger ones.

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Cornwall Railway

The Cornwall Railway was a broad gauge railway from Plymouth in Devon to Falmouth in Cornwall, England, built in the second half of the nineteenth century.

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Dalkey Atmospheric Railway

The Dalkey Atmospheric Railway (unofficial opening 19 August 1843, official opening 29 March 1844 – 12 April 1854) was an extension of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway to Atmospheric Road in Dalkey, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

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Dartmouth and Torbay Railway

The Dartmouth and Torbay Railway was a broad gauge railway linking the South Devon Railway branch at Torquay with Kingswear in Devon, England.

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Dartmouth, Devon

Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon.

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Dawlish railway station

Dawlish railway station is on the Exeter to Plymouth line and serves the town of Dawlish in Devon, England.

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Dawlish Warren

Dawlish Warren is a small seaside resort near the town of Dawlish in Teignbridge on the south coast of Devon in England.

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Disused railway stations on the Exeter to Plymouth Line

There are eleven disused railway stations between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth Millbay, Devon, England.

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Disused railway stations on the Riviera Line

| The railway branch line from to in Devon, England, is unusual as a large majority of the stations are still open for traffic.

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Double-track railway

A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.

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Dual gauge

A dual gauge railway is a track that allows the passage of trains of two different track gauges.

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Exeter

Exeter is a cathedral city in Devon, England, with a population of 129,800 (mid-2016 EST).

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Exeter Ship Canal

The Exeter Ship Canal, also known as the Exeter Canal, downstream of Exeter, Devon, England.

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Exeter St Davids railway station

Exeter St Davids is the principal railway station serving the city of Exeter in Devon, England.

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Exeter St Thomas railway station

Exeter St Thomas railway station is a suburban railway station in Exeter, England, serving the suburb of St Thomas and the riverside area.

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Exeter–Plymouth line

The Exeter–Plymouth line, also called the South Devon Main Line, is a central part of the trunk railway line between and in the southern United Kingdom.

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Gauge War

The Gauge War (or Gauge Wars) was a figurative war of intense competition to control new territory, waged between expanding railway companies in Great Britain in the nineteenth century.

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George Hudson

George Hudson (probably 10 March 1800 – 14 December 1871) was an English railway financier and politician who, because he controlled a significant part of the railway network in the 1840s, became known as "The Railway King" – a title conferred on him by Sydney Smith in 1844.

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Goods wagon

Goods wagons or freight wagons (North America: goods cars or freight cars) are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo.

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Grade (slope)

The grade (also called slope, incline, gradient, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.

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GWR Hercules Class

The Hercules Class were four broad gauge steam locomotives for the Great Western Railway.

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions".

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Ivybridge railway station

Ivybridge railway station is situated on the Exeter to Plymouth line and serves the town of Ivybridge in Devon, England.

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List of national archives

A national archive(s) is a central archives maintained by a nation.

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London and Croydon Railway

The London and Croydon Railway (L&CR) was an early railway in England.

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London and South Western Railway

The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922.

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Midland Railway

The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

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Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway

The Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway was a broad gauge railway which linked the South Devon Railway at Newton Abbot railway station with (in the town of Bovey Tracey, and, Devon, England.

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Newton Abbot

Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England, with a population of 25,556.

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Newton Abbot railway station

Newton Abbot railway station serves the town of Newton Abbot in Devon, England.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London.

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Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway

The Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (P&DR) was a gauge railway built to improve the economy of moorland areas around Princetown in Devon, England.

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Plymouth Millbay railway station

Plymouth Millbay railway station was the original railway terminus in Plymouth, Devon, England.

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Plymouth railway station

Plymouth railway station serves the city of Plymouth, Devon, England.

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Princetown

Princetown is a villageDespite its name, Princetown is not classed as a town today – it is not included in the County Council's list of the 29 towns in Devon: in the Dartmoor national park in the English county of Devon.

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Rattery

Rattery is a village and civil parish in Devon, England, a few miles from Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, and Dartington.

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River Dart

The River Dart is a river in Devon, England which rises high on Dartmoor, and releases to the sea at Dartmouth.

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River Exe

The River Exe in England rises at Exe Head, near the village of Simonsbath, on Exmoor in Somerset, from the Bristol Channel coast, but flows more or less directly due south, so that most of its length lies in Devon.

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River Plym

The River Plym is a river in Devon, England.

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River Teign

The River Teign or is a river in the county of Devon, England.

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Rock (geology)

Rock or stone is a natural substance, a solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids.

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Samuda Brothers

Samuda Brothers was an engineering and ship building firm at Cubitt Town on the Isle of Dogs in London, founded by Jacob and Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda.

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Single-track railway

A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track.

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South Devon and Tavistock Railway

The South Devon and Tavistock Railway linked Plymouth with Tavistock in Devon; it opened in 1859.

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South Devon Banks

The South Devon Banks are a series of steep inclines on the ex-GWR railway line linking Exeter and Plymouth in Devon, England.

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South Devon Railway (heritage railway)

The South Devon Railway is a heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon.

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South Devon Railway sea wall

The South Devon Railway sea wall is situated on the south coast of Devon in England.

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Starcross railway station

Starcross railway station is a small station on the Exeter to Plymouth line in the village of Starcross, Devon, England.

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Teignmouth

Teignmouth is a large seaside town, fishing port and civil parish in the English county of Devon, situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign about 14 miles south of Exeter.

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Teignmouth railway station

Teignmouth railway station is on the Exeter to Plymouth line and serves the town of Teignmouth, Devon, England.

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Three Towns

The Three Towns is a term used to refer to the neighbouring towns of Plymouth, Devonport and East Stonehouse in the county of Devon, England.

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Torbay and Brixham Railway

The Torbay and Brixham Railway was a broad gauge railway in England which linked the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway at Churston railway station, Devon with the important fishing port of Brixham.

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Torquay

Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay.

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Torre railway station

Torre railway station is a suburban station on the Riviera Line in Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom.

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Totnes

Totnes is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Totnes railway station

Totnes railway station serves the towns of Totnes and Dartington in Devon, England.

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Track gauge conversion

Gauge conversion is the change of one railway track gauge to another.

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Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through the surrounding soil/earth/rock and enclosed except for entrance and exit, commonly at each end.

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Viaduct

A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans for crossing a valley, dry or wetland, or forming an overpass or flyover.

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West Cornwall Railway

The West Cornwall Railway was a railway company in Cornwall, Great Britain, formed in 1846 to construct a railway between Penzance and Truro.

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0-6-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels.

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4-4-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, represents the arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading bogie, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Devon_Railway_Company

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