Meldon Quarry information

Meldon Quarry is a granite quarry in Devon, England. It is at the northern edge of Dartmoor, about 2 miles SW of Okehampton. It was developed from 1897...

Meldon Viaduct railway station was a railway station at Meldon in Devon. It was renamed in 2015 from Meldon Quarry railway station. The station was originally...

itself remained open for freight services from the railway ballast quarry at Meldon. From 1997 to 2019, the line was operated as a heritage railway by...

May 1968. The 20-mile (32 km) section between Meldon Quarry and Bere Alston was lifted, and between Meldon and Okehampton the line was only retained for...

Cambridgeshire Carries the number "D4164" 08937 Bardon Aggregates Meldon Quarry, Devon Carries the number "D4167" 08948 Eurostar Temple Mills Depot...

railway line, with trains carrying stone from Meldon Quarry and a heritage passenger service between Meldon Viaduct and Sampford Courtenay. From 1997, Devon...

the British Rail ballast quarry at Meldon, three miles from Okehampton, which had an output of 300,000 tons per year. The quarry is not at present in operation...

railway from 1997 to 2019. The track is still extant to the former Meldon Quarry railway station to the west, where the track breaks. Tavistock lacks...

The line from Exeter was kept open for freight traffic to and from Meldon Quarry, two miles (3.2 km) west of Okehampton. In 1997, Devon County Council...

duties and renumbered. These went to Redbridge Sleeper Depot (DS233), Meldon Quarry (DS234), Lancing Carriage Works (DS235 and DS236), and Ashford wagon...

Meldon Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct crossing the West Okement River at Meldon, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west of Okehampton, on the edge of Dartmoor...

Pioneer In service Europhoenix D6851 37151 37667 1) Wensleydale 2) Meldon Quarry Centenary In service Locomotive Services Limited D6852 37152 37310 British...

remaining 3 were withdrawn as follows: D500 S in November 1949 from Meldon Quarry 31603 in November 1950 from Reading South shed (shed code 70E) 31602...

Yeovil Junction, (Southern Railways) D Troop LAA DVN 22 Oakhampton, Meldon Quarry, Tavistock and Bere Aslton, (Southern Railways) E Troop LAA DVN 22 Launceston...

transport in Great Britain Beeching cuts Morrison, Brian (ed.). "The Meldon Quarry Branch". Modern Railways Pictorial, 1986. Ian Allan. p. 16. ISBN 0-7110-1510-4...

France 1968 Returned to Secmafer - A313 / 225S ? 1925 Steam shunter, Meldon Quarry 1939 Scrapped (1939) DS233 30061 USA 1962 Steam shunter, Redbridge sleeper...

found their way into departmental service, both being allocated to Meldon Quarry in Devon. The first to undertake this role was number 30272 in June...

duties or rail-tours, including Birmingham, Cardiff, Barnstaple/Meeth & Meldon Quarry. Until the closure of the Swanage branch, a small number of through...

Holsworthy Viaduct Dunsland Cross North Cornwall Railway Halwill Junction Ashbury Maddaford Moor Halt Meldon Viaduct Meldon Quarry Okehampton Dartmoor Line...

Holsworthy Viaduct Dunsland Cross North Cornwall Railway Halwill Junction Ashbury Maddaford Moor Halt Meldon Viaduct Meldon Quarry Okehampton Dartmoor Line...

Route and a network of paths around Meldon Quarries, now a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. The Meldon Woods belong to Okehampton Hamlets...

Holsworthy Viaduct Dunsland Cross North Cornwall Railway Halwill Junction Ashbury Maddaford Moor Halt Meldon Viaduct Meldon Quarry Okehampton Dartmoor Line...

in the metamorphic aureole around the edge of the moor, most notably at Meldon. In 1844 a factory for making gunpowder was built on the open moor, not...

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British Rail ballast quarry at Meldon, three miles from Okehampton, which had an output of 300,000 tons per year. The line to the quarry closed in 2011. William...