Bridge 2

  We then drove back the way we had come and turned right at the fork in the road.A short drive later we came to what I have called "bridge 2" and is marked by a yellow marker on our Google map.Once again I believe this to be a beam bridge and once again I could be wrong,but this one is different,as it crosses the road at an angle.Again the brickwork seems sound,but the right hand side when looking north is very overgrown and it is difficult to tell its condition.

Bridge 3-Keens Bridge 

  This next bridge is different in that it has a name,Keens Bridge and that it is a road bridge.This one was the hardest to find(I didn't have GPS),so make sure you know where you are going or you like driving aimlessly around the Devon countryside like I do.The bridge is a solid arched structure that obviously has been well maintained,as it is still in use.Looking east from this bridge towards bridge 2,it is very hard to spot the line as all signs of it have been removed(see pic).Looking west though,you can easily make out the line,curving off into the distance,as a very overgrown hedgerow(see pic).The bridge is nicely humped and a pleasure to see and walk over.

  

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newslogo44Every now and then when I talk to people and they hear of my interest in the Exe Valley Railway,they tell me little bits of information or recall an old memory.It always amazes me how even today,more than 50 years after it's closure,the fondness with which people remember the railway and how fresh the memories seem to be to them.

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24/4/19These interesting pictures of Dulverton Station were sent in by Fred Gillard, who visited in about 1970 to take some pictures for a model railway project that he was building. The station buildings were bought by the Carnarvon Arms (now closed down) and used as staff and overflow guest accommodation,before being converted into residential housing. Thank you very much Fred for taking the time to share your pictures.

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