TIVERTON Museum’s railway display has been boosted by new additions this summer.
The museum is known for its much loved 1935 built GWR Loco 1442 ‘The Tivvy Bumper’, as well as its extensive collection of railway items from the iconic Culm Valley and Exe Valley Branches closed by the Beeching Axe 50 years ago.
In the past month they have bolstered the collection with the Hemyock East Ground Frame and Great Western Railway half harp gas lamp which hung over the booking office at Uffculme.
Another cast iron sign Tiverton junction box comes from the signal box which controlled the junction of the West of England main line, Culm Valley and Tiverton branches.
Exe Valley services ran from Exeter St Davids via Tiverton to Dulverton on the Taunton-Barnstaple line where valley trains had their own platform.
From the Down platform comes the sign ‘to the Exe Valley train’ which hung under the footbridge.
The Museum is planning to run a vintage bus along the former Exe Valley line on October 5 to mark the anniversary of the closure 50 years ago of the Exe Valley Line in 1963.
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