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198680 minGdocumentary

HST West - Driver's Eye View

198680 minGdocumentary

The route from Exeter St David's to Plymouth showcases Isambard Kingdom Brunel's railway, featuring scenic views and historic semaphore signals before their removal.

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The route from Exeter St David's to Plymouth showcases Isambard Kingdom Brunel's railway, featuring scenic views and historic semaphore signals before their removal.

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The route from Exeter St David's to Newton Abbot includes a driver’s perspective on the railway created by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The film captures the scenic seaside section at Dawlish and continues inland to Totnes. It travels over the steep banks at Dainton and Rattery, through Ivybridge near Dartmoor, and concludes in Plymouth. The footage was filmed in 1986, shortly before the removal of semaphore signals.

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