The Sheepham Railway: Stormy weather closes the BLL!!!

Well here in South Devon 'Storm Eunice' has torn across the countryside and done her worst - the BLL has suspended all services until further notice due to the extent of the damage at various locations on the line - albeit hopefully all only temporary.

The MD currently sits in her shed working out the priority details on where we go first for repairs once the weather abates - in the meantime here is an overview of what has befallen us..... 🤪

Above, these passengers seem oblivious to the damage - and didn't receive the e mail - in the foreground a major collapse of a key signalling installation has occurred and 'Wallace' & 'Grommet' appear to be laying down on the job!!

Further down the line and the high Spring tides combined with the extremely strong winds have ensured maximum damage 'down on the beach' .....

In the top picture you can see the beach hut in the foreground has been lifted and hurled over 1 mile away (relative to scale!!!) and landed beneath Canada corner which is still reeling from the derailment two years ago!

The lower picture gives a close up of the beach area and sadly the upmarket 'Sandbanks' condominium has collapsed across the line and in doing so taken out communications from the phone box (phone box - what are they?) sadly also trapping the Colonel underneath!!

Mind you the 'Sheepham Flasher' can still be seen being a cheeky little chappie - nothing seems to hold him back!!

In the main siding (next picture) we have a major incident .....

... with a derailment which has also brought down another main signal feature and blocked three lines.

O woah is us!!! You can also see at the top of the picture further damage with Sheila's lineside cabin blown over and again blocking the main line, fortunately Sheila was not in occupancy at the time (she did receive the e mail!!).