Railway Magazine (1935) v. 77

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[Oxonhutch]

On a rainy Sunday afternoon, I am entertaining myself with an old bound copy of volume 77 of the Railway Magazine with an article on the 1935 government loan guarantee scheme for the four major railway companies to the tune of £30M - a not inconsiderable sum in today’s monies.

Two schemes proposed by the GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway), neither of which saw the light of day.  I wonder what became of them but I am sure that the Second World War finished them off.  They were as follows (quoting pages 413 & 459):

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[eXPassenger]

I understood that detailed surveying and land purchase for the Dawlish diversion was in hand in late 1939.  It then became a war casualty.

[ellendune]

I understood that detailed surveying and land purchase for the Dawlish diversion was in hand in late 1939.  It then became a war casualty.

I understood that work had actually started in March 1939

[SandTEngineer]

I think the reasoning behind the Looe line proposal was related to it becoming an expanding holiday resort, frequent flooding of the existing line and the steep gradient between Liskeard and Coombe Junction.  Guess what, the line has been closed for three days now (@14/10/2018) due to Floo…..

[FarWestJohn]

It was not long ago that BRB^▸ (British Railways Board, or 'be right back', depending on context) property finished selling off the land purchased for this inland line.

[Pb_devon]

Details of the Looe shortcut here:
http://brucehunt.co.uk/south%20east%20cornwall/proposed%20short%20cut%20to%20looe.html

[Oxonhutch]

It was not long ago that BRB^▸ (British Railways Board, or 'be right back', depending on context) property finished selling off the land purchased for this inland line.

Now that, is a real crying shame.