The Story of Shobrooke Road
Shoebrooke Road is a fictitious preserved station in Devon on the what-might-have-been branch line between Crediton and Thorverton; joining the Southern and Great Western Railways.
It was an early casualty of The Beeching Report and after a number of decades out of use the Mid Devon Shunters Society found Shobrooke Road station and decided to purchase it for their future base.
They have now managed to restore the station area and install a shed for locomotive maintenance. Gradually they have relaid the track to Crediton, where there is a connection with Network Rail. The society is unable to extend the railway eastwards, towards Thorverton, because houses and a road have been built on the former trackbed.
The society now owns a wide range of motive power, from shunters to mainline locomotives and DMUs. Visiting traction can also be seen on Gala days.
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