By rail to Ilfracombe, 1969

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By rail to Ilfracombe, 1969

Image: © Robin Webster Taken: Unknown

The final descent into Ilfracombe , viewed through the driver's cab of a DMU, August 1969. A somewhat alarming prospect, as the station (the whitish buildings) appears to be a ski jump into the sea - what if the brakes failed? Actually the station was some way inland above the town centre.

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Image Location

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51.193581
Longitude
-4.127725