... that the Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport Tramway was the only one of three independent tramways in Plymouth to be built to the British
standard gauge? 9 May 2012
... that a signal
mortar used to be fired to summon the
lifeboat crew to Poole Lifeboat Station but this was stopped in 1914 as people could mistake the sound for an explosion at the nearby
gas works? 28 December 2010
... that the Salcombe Lifeboat capsized in 1916 with the loss of 13 lives, and again in 1983, with no loss of life? 27 December 2010
... that on December 19, 1981, the entire crew of the Penlee Lifeboat were killed trying to rescue people from a ship in a storm, but sufficient volunteers came forward within a day to form a new
lifeboat crew? 20 December 2010
... that in 1899 the Lynmouth Lifeboat was pulled over a 1,423-foot (434 m) hill by men and horses so that it could launch to the aid of a ship 15 miles (24 km) from
Lynmouth? 3 December 2020
... that five of the seven men killed when the St Ives Lifeboat was wrecked in January 1939 were survivors of a previous
lifeboat wreck in January 1938? 27 November 2010
... that despite operating from 1878 to 1896, Dartmouth Lifeboat was only required for one shipwreck? 14 November 2010
... that Fowey Lifeboat Station was opened in the nearby village of
Polkerris in 1859, and was not moved into the town of
Fowey itself until 1922? 14 November 2010
... that special Great Western Railway wagons were designed to carry goods as diverse as boilers, fish,
kaolin, motor cars, sheets of glass and
gunpowder (wagon pictured)? 2 August 2009
... that Judy and Alfred were two 90-inch (2.3 m) tall steam locomotives specially designed to fit under a bridge at
Par that was only 96 inches (2.4 m) high? 24 July 2009
... that Redruth railway station was only moved to its present site when a viaduct was built 61 feet (19 m) above the streets of the town? 27 August 2008... 1,530 views
...that a passenger train ran away backwards for over three miles (5 km) following a collision in Torquay railway station? 17 March 2008... 4,314 views
... that trains to
London ran eastwards from Devonport Kings Road railway station when it opened in 1876, but from 1890 they ran westwards? 17 February 2008... 699 views
...that the network of railways in Plymouth, England, once served 28 stations, but today just six stations remain in use? 6 February 2008... 2,822 views
...that only the shorter of the two Berks and Hants Railway lines actualy entered
Hants, the longer was entirely in the
county of
Berks? 18 January 2008... 1,194 views
...that there are more than 40 Community Rail Partnerships supporting local rail lines in the United Kingdom? 27 November 2007
... that the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership has won £1,000,000 of grants to improve and promote six rural railways in south-west England? 19 November 2007
...that most trains stop before reaching the platform at Coombe railway station in
Cornwall,
UK, and then reverse away? 31 October 2007
...that in 2002,
Devon and
Cornwall set up a scheme where travellers on rural railways were rewarded for visiting
pubs along the route? 29 October 2007
...that horses hauled both passenger and goods trains to Weston-super-Mare railway station, England, from 1841, when the
railway opened, until 1851? 26 July 2007
...that the GWR steam rail motors steam rail motors, introduced by the
Great Western Railway in 1903 to stimulate traffic, were so successful that they had to be replaced by conventional trains? 2 July 2007
...that there are eleven disused railway stations between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth Millbay, Devon, England, at eight of which there are visible remains? 7 May 2007