Station Name: HALWILL[Source:
Martin James]
old4a.jpg) Viewed from the signal box, the diesel railcar rasps away from the bay platform on its way to Bude. The characteristic smoke from the exhaust stacks will clear after a short distance, only to reappear upon departure from Bude owing to the railcar idling in the platform following arrival. The pitched roof at right foreground was of the concrete hut, another Exmouth Junction product. The roof appears to be of corrugated asbestos and this form of concrete plus asbestos (or corrugated iron) construction was once very common. Ahead of the camera the Torrington bay platform can be seen with its apparently never-far-away barrow. From this angle it is clear how part of the hillside was cut back to accommodate the platform. It is from the top of this hill that the elevated views across the station elsewhere in these pages were taken.
Photo by Rev. Peter Westall |
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