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South Devon and Tavistock Railway, the Glossary

The South Devon and Tavistock Railway linked Plymouth with Tavistock in Devon; it opened in 1859.^[1]

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7 ft gauge railways
British companies established in 1854
Railway companies disestablished in 1865
Railway companies established in 1854
Railway lines opened in 1859

Bickleigh, South Hams

Bickleigh is a small village on the southern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England.

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Board of Trade

The Board of Trade is a British government body concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for Business and Trade.

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The Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER) was an English railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter. South Devon and Tavistock Railway and Bristol and Exeter Railway are 7 ft gauge railways, great Western Railway constituents and rail transport in Devon.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways.

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Clearbrook Halt railway station

Clearbrook Halt was a railway station on the South Devon and Tavistock Railway serving the villages of Clearbrook and Meavy in South Devon, nine miles to the North of Plymouth, and a mile and a half from Yelverton.

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Clearbrook, Devon

Clearbrook is a village in the parish of Buckland Monachorum in West Devon district, Devon, England.

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Coryton, Devon

Coryton is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Devon district of Devon, England, to the north west of Tavistock.

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Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between the Russian Empire and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia-Piedmont.

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Devon Coast to Coast Cycle Route

The Devon Coast to Coast Cycle Route is a 99-mile waymarked route from Ilfracombe in north Devon to Plymouth in south Devon.

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Dewerstone

Dewerstone is the site of an Iron Age Hill fort on a rocky promontory overlooking the River Plym on the South West edge of Dartmoor to the North of Plympton in Devon.

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Exeter

Exeter is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon, South West England.

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Exeter Central railway station

Exeter Central railway station is the most central of the stations in the city of Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. South Devon and Tavistock Railway and Great Western Railway are 7 ft gauge railways and standard gauge railways in England.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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Horrabridge

Horrabridge is a village in West Devon, England with a population of 2,115 people in 2006, down from 2,204 in 1991.

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British civil engineer and mechanical 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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Kaolinite

Kaolinite (also called kaolin) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition: Al2Si2O5(OH)4.

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Launceston, Cornwall

Launceston (rarely spelled Lanson as a local abbreviation; Lannstevan) is a town, ancient borough, and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is west of the middle stage of the River Tamar, which constitutes almost the entire border between Cornwall and Devon. The landscape of the town is generally steep particularly at a sharp south-western knoll topped by Launceston Castle.

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Level crossing

A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel.

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Lifton, Devon

Lifton is a village and civil parish in Devon, South West England near the confluence of the rivers Wolf and Lyd, 1¼ miles south of the A30 trunk road and very near the border between Devon and Cornwall.

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London and South Western Railway

The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922.

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LSWR 0298 Class

The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) 0298 Class or Beattie Well Tank is a class of British steam locomotive.

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LSWR M7 class

The LSWR M7 class is a class of 0-4-4T passenger tank locomotive built between 1897 and 1911.

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Mary Tavy

Mary Tavy is a village with a population of around 600, located four miles north of Tavistock in Devon in south-west England; it is named after the River Tavy.

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Motive power depot

A motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained.

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National Cycle Network

The National Cycle Network (NCN) was established to encourage cycling and walking throughout the United Kingdom, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring.

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Nationalization

Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state.

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North Cornwall Railway

The North Cornwall Railway (NCR) also known as the North Cornwall Line, was a standard gauge railway line running from Halwill in Devon, to Padstow in Cornwall, at a distance of via Launceston, Camelford and Wadebridge. South Devon and Tavistock Railway and North Cornwall Railway are standard gauge railways in England.

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Okehampton

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

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Plym Valley Railway

The Plym Valley Railway is a heritage railway based on part of the now-closed South Devon and Tavistock Railway, a branch line of the Great Western Railway in Devon, England. South Devon and Tavistock Railway and Plym Valley Railway are standard gauge railways in England.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.

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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. South Devon and Tavistock Railway and Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway are rail transport in Devon.

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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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Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway

The Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway (PD&SWJR) was an English railway company. South Devon and Tavistock Railway and Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway are rail transport in Devon.

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Plympton

Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in 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: located within Dartmoor national park in the English county of Devon.

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Princetown Railway

The Princetown Railway was a 10¼ mile single track branch railway line in Devon, England, that ran from Yelverton on the Plymouth to Tavistock line, to via four intermediate stations,,, and. South Devon and Tavistock Railway and Princetown Railway are rail transport in Devon.

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Railway turntable

In rail terminology, a railway turntable or wheelhouse is a device for turning round railway rolling stock, usually locomotives, so that they face the direction they came from.

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Rice pudding

Rice pudding is a dish made from rice mixed with water or milk and commonly other ingredients such as sweeteners, spices, flavourings and sometimes eggs.

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Shaugh Prior

Shaugh Prior is a village and civil parish on the south-western side of Dartmoor in the county of Devon, England.

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South Devon Railway Company

The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. South Devon and Tavistock Railway and South Devon Railway Company are 7 ft gauge railways, great Western Railway constituents and rail transport in Devon.

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Southern Region of British Railways

The Southern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948 until 1992 when railways were re-privatised.

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Tavistock

Tavistock is an ancient stannary and market town in West Devon, England.

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Tavistock North railway station

Tavistock North was a railway station serving the town of Tavistock, operated by the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway, but forming part of the Exeter to Plymouth section of the London and South Western Railway.

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Tavistock railway station

Tavistock railway station is a proposed new station to serve Tavistock in Devon, England, in order to reinstate a rail connection between the town and Plymouth, about to the south.

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Train shed

A train shed is a building adjacent to a station building where the tracks and platforms of a railway station are covered by a roof.

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West of England line

The West of England line (also known as the West of England Main Line) is a British railway line from, Hampshire, to in Devon, England. South Devon and Tavistock Railway and West of England line are rail transport in Devon and standard gauge railways in England.

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Whitchurch, Devon

Whitchurch is a suburban village and civil parish to the south-east of the town of Tavistock, Devon, England.

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0-4-4T

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-4 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles.

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References

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

Also known as Bickleigh railway station, Coryton railway station (Devon), Horrabridge railway station, Launceston and South Devon Railway, Lifton railway station, Marsh Mills railway station, Mary Tavy and Blackdown railway station, Plym Bridge railway station, Shaugh Bridge railway station, Tavistock South railway station, Whitchurch Down railway station, Yelverton railway station.

South Devon and Tavistock Railway, the Glossary

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7 ft gauge railways

British companies established in 1854

Railway companies disestablished in 1865

Railway companies established in 1854

Railway lines opened in 1859

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