Plym Valley Railway

The Plym Valley Railway can be found on the eastern edge of Plymouth, but plan any visit carefully because the line only operates on a few days each year. Whilst in existence for many years, development progress has been very slow on this line and can’t be looked at in the same light as neighbours at Buckfastleigh, Paignton or Bodmin. The station at Marsh Mills is a portacabin and the larger locos that once occupied the site have long since been relocated away. There isn’t a building at Plym Bridge where the line extends to. The line mainly runs through woodlands and has coined that name for marketing. The shop does sell postcards but with limited openings it is not surprising that the postcards on sale date back a lot of years. The recently printed offerings available are not postcards but plain back card photos. Review visit Dec 2014.

The railway did publish some postcards and the listing link is here:

Plym Valley Railway

Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, Woody Bay, North Devon

This is a very ambitious and fast growing narrow gauge Company looking to re-open much of the line closed by the Southern Railway in 1935. The current operations are based around Woody Bar station which is the original Swiss style chalet station. Internally it has seen major change and now features a shop and a cafe. At last visit in Spring 2014 the shop was selling postcards produced by the company.

Middleton Railway – Leeds

The Middleton railway commenced back in 1758 and introduced steam locomotives in 1812 as a line moving coal from an open pit down to the city of Leeds. Today the railway operates a regular passenger service from a recently constructed office, depot, station and museum complex at Moor Road close to the M621 motorway in south Leeds up to a park beyond a sports centre. At a visit in spring 2014, the railway’s shop was stocking a few postcards produced some years ago by the railway.

For a listing of postcards produced by or featuring the MIddleton Railway please click on this link:

Middleton Railway