Talk:Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway

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Did you know... that the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway linking Plymouth and Princetown was almost twice as long as the distance between the two cities?

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The track was I believe still in existence in the 1960s: not sure when it closed. 'Standard gauge' withdrawn : what is here needs to be harmonised with the source in <Railways of Plymouth>----Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 20:53, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Granite rails?[edit]

"many sidings were laid with granite rails about 1 foot (30 cm) long".

Are we serious about this?? Afterbrunel (talk) 17:37, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, a couple of sidings anyway; see article as now edited.Afterbrunel (talk) 19:00, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Narrative flow[edit]

I think this article is pretty discouraging to anyone who comes here knowing more or less nothing about the railway. I'll see if I can improve the explanation. Afterbrunel (talk) 17:44, 2 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]