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Hi, I am writing some new interpretation for Newton Abbot Town & GWR Museum. We have a 1922 warning notice, which appears to be quite common, ours made during James Milne's tenure as GM, although the order dates from Felix Pole's time: "Warning is given against the dangerous practice of...

Hi, I am working on some new interpretation for Newton Abbot Museum's GWR Room. We have the hooter that used to sound at Newton's Traction Maintenance Depot. Does anyone remember hearing it? What did it sound like, how often did it sound? And any other similar useful memories would be good...

I am writing new interpretation for the railway room at Newton Abbot Museum. Would I be right in saying the last Down broad gauge engine to stop at Newton Station in May 1892, was Iron Duke on The Cornishman from Bristol, and the last Up was Amazon from Penzance. And did they cross at Dawlish?

Hi, I am writing new interpretation for Newton Abbot Museum's GWR Room. I have been leaning heavily on the goodwill of Forum members - and now want more. Does anyone have a good shot of a double-headed working - patently in Newton Abbot Station - or distinctively on the South Devon Banks, I...

Newton Abbot Museum: Explaining the need for extra engines at NA: Sorry to be dumb, but if a track gradient is 1:32 (Dainton Bank) how do I explain that to a child? Is it metric? If not, how do I convert it to something a metric child would understand? Thanks

Hi, Newton Abbot Museum has a brown sign which says "To Car Train" with a 'feathered' arrow. Was the car train service the same as the Motorail service?

Hi, Newton Abbot Museum has two carriage roof destination boards. I am writing a description for them. Could someone tell me, please, where would they been kept -on the station platform or somewhere in the yard? Who would have been responsible for putting the boards on the carriage roof and...

Hi, I am researching the proper names of some of the the p-way tools in the Great Western Railway Room at Newton Abbot Town Museum - we're re-vamping the text for the next season. Does anyone know of a catalogue that the GWR and BR(W) may have bought their tools from so I can get the right...

I am trying to decipher the signature of the Divisional Superintendent for the Newton Abbot area in Aug. 1945. It's on Additional Instructions for Aller Signal Box, Newton Abbot Station instruction. It looks like H A ---orth. Any knowledge, please?