{"id":96,"date":"2020-07-05T16:30:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T15:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=96"},"modified":"2025-05-26T18:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:11:04","slug":"96-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/96-2\/","title":{"rendered":"37 Proof that the Teign Valley is set to reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new 11kV overhead line was installed a few years ago across the Teign Valley formation at Horrowmore Farm, between Longdown and Christow. Strangely, it was done as if the railway had been still there or it were intended to put it back, and Network Rail staff were on site, demanding the usual precautions, like extensive earth matting around the poles positioned outside the former boundaries.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may be that a legal document was found in Western Power Distribution\u2019s files that required the permission of the railway authority be obtained. Was it that Western Power couldn\u2019t take it as being obsolete and that Network Rail, when consulted, didn\u2019t have the sense to waive it?<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No explanation of this has so far been unearthed by the scout, who will continue with his enquiries.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The construction of the Exeter Railway between the main line junction and Christow involved massive earthworks, but in several places it is only a “contour” line, as here, making little impression on the ground.
Access courtesy of Mr. C. Eden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This view of Horrowmore Farm may show the railway under construction. The occupation crossing is at right and the high voltage cables will later cross towards the left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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