Seaton Tramway - 29th June 2019

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1988 tour at Colyton, with our GS (and hair) - the crossover has also gone<br>[&copy; Trevor Cockram 1988]	Seaton Tramway marked up plan reproduced with permission, ©P Scott; further copying, except for personal use is prohibited. Thanks also to Peter & Martyn Brailsford. Note the new Seaton layout (OP Thur 28 Jun 2018).<br>[© P Scott 2019]	Tram 12 proceeds north of Axmouth Loop passing a row of old British Railways Southern Region concrete fence posts on the left and a platelayers hut bottom left corner (no doubt all from Exmouth Junction Concrete Works). There is also an original metal signal post on the left. It is a lovely warm summer evening and most participants were in shirt sleeves.<br>[&copy; Simon Mortimer 2019]	The excellent new building that now greets visitors to the tramway.<br>[&copy; Trevor Cockram 2019]	Rear exterior view of the new Seaton tram terminus on 5 May 2019.<br>[&copy; Iain Scotchman 2019]	Seaton terminus as it is on a normal public running day; two of the four sets of doors are shut and those lines are occupied by stock on display.<br>[&copy; Iain Scotchman 2019]	Taken through a tram window, at the start of the tour Tram 2 is on Road 1 with Tram 14 behind on the stop blocks at the new Seaton terminus. Far right is our illustrious organiser, Simon Mortimer, is deep in thought.<br>[&copy; Trevor Cockram 2019]
This shows the outdoor platform extension for Road 1 (far right) and Road 2, so each can unload/load two trams. The other half of our party is on Tram 12 on Road 3 (left) which accommodates one tram.<br>[&copy; Simon Mortimer 2019]	Colyford heading north. The bay platform siding was visited on the return; it was last used regularly before the tramway extended in 1980.<br>[&copy; Simon Mortimer 2019]	Colyton terminus looking at the rather weedy recess Wall Siding, accessed from north of the stop.<br>[&copy; Simon Mortimer 2019]	...but we still reached the end of line...<br>[© Simon Mortimer 2019]	The very rare track north of Colyton not usef for a while - tram staff clear out the flangeways so that the tour could run to the end of line beyond the disabled access platform to the left. The trams just managed to squeeze past this.<br>[&copy; Simon Mortimer 2019]	Talking of squeezing, 35 Members fitted onto single deck Tram 14 (which has seats for 27) later in the tour on the return to Seaton for the Depot Roads. The interior is sumptuous.<br>[&copy; Simon Mortimer 2019]	A slightly full London Feltham-type Tram 14 on Depot Road 1; left is the River Axe Estuary.<br>[&copy; Simon Mortimer 2019]
Tram 2 is caught in the extra large convex mirror, reversing outside Seaton terminus to cover the different lines there.<br>[&copy; Simon Mortimer 2019]	Looking south at the depot and trackwork from Riverside Loop - the line to Seaton goes round to the right.<br>[&copy; Iain Scotchman 2019]	Our 29 Jun 2019 tram tour at Colyton (original station building left)<br>[&copy; Simon Mortimer 2019]