{"id":3856,"date":"2018-09-03T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=3856"},"modified":"2025-09-27T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T09:37:24","slug":"15-on-the-p-d-s-w-j-r-in-plymouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/15-on-the-p-d-s-w-j-r-in-plymouth\/","title":{"rendered":"15 On the P.D. & S.W.J.R. in Plymouth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The scout took some pictures to see whether C.R.S. members could guess where he’d been.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Richard Maunsell became Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway in 1923.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Dugald Drummond became C.M.E. of the London & South Western Railway in 1895.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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Which station was entered where the S.R. concrete fence panels still stand?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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From Blockhouse Park (Mount Pleasant Redoubt), one of the highest points in the city, the Great Western main line viaduct can be seen. The Southern’s has long gone but a little of it can be seen by looking very closely at the photograph near the top of the park. +<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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A stump of one of the piers of Ford (St. Levan Road) Viaduct remains as a monument.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Answers: <\/em><\/strong>Maunsell Close and Drummond Close are residential roads built on the course of the former Plymouth, Devonport & South Western Junction Railway between Camel’s Head Halt and Ford (Devon).<\/em> The station was Ford; beyond the entrance can be seen the cutting leading to Ford Tunnel.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bulleid Close is also built on the course of the line. Westcountry Close and Southern Close lie beside the old route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also on the old line<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bridge carrying Paradise Road over the approach to the former Devonport (King’s Road) Station from Devonport Junction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Weston Mill Halt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between St. Budeaux and Camel’s Head Halt<\/p>\n\n\n\n