Exeter Central
| The joining of two trains with insertion of the restaurant car portion proceeded as follows - the first train would arrive from the west and stop at the west end of the up platform and its engine would be released over the scissors to the through road. The engine which would take the service eastwards would be waiting at the other end of the platform and it would then reverse onto these coaches and haul them forward to the up end. Another engine standing with the restaurant cars on the western part of the up through line would then propel them through the scissors onto the rear of the front portion and this engine would then withdraw back over the scissors to the through line. The next train for the west would then arrive in the rear half of the up platform and its engine released over the scissors. The front train portion would then reverse to couple up to complete the train formation. This applied to most up expresses except the Atlantic Coast Express and 19 minutes was allowed for the operation. |
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The post Southern Region Exeter Central became a rather dowdy place with
blacks, greys and dirty whites predominating. This is a view of the up platform
canopy with the cement terminal and Exeter Prison behind.
photograph by Paul Martin |
| More dowdiness and peeling paint exhibited on the down
platform.
photograph by Paul Martin |
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A grey day in grey surroundings in March 1982 as a Waterloo bound Class 50
out of St Davids station crests the hill into Central station.
photograph by Colin Duff |
| Contrast the above photo with this one from 1963 with W Class Nº31912 waiting on one of the through
roads.
photograph by John Bradbeer |  |
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