Whiteworks 2

00, British Rail (Western), 12 by 4 feet

Plymouth and Devonport to Exeter Railway

Station    Fast Freight    Local Goods

Crossing    Peat Works    Panoramas

Whiteworks - Dartmoor has a history of peat working[1] though such activity is now much frowned upon. The peat works would have drained Foxtor Mires, cut & air dried the peat, and then bought it inside for hot air drying & packing. Bagged peat would be shipped by van and oil, to power the hot air dryer, would arrive in tank wagon. The hamlet of Whiteworks was largely abandoned when the tin mines closed so most passengers would be tourists. [1] https://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/peat_moor.htm

Station
The station is technically a platform where a porter sells tickets, handles
parcels, and operates the crossing gates and ground frame.

The down (Plymouth and Devonport bound) platform

A 'bubble car' single car DMU stops at the platform


Up (Exeter bound) Platform

An express makes a brief and implausible stop at the platform


Fast Freight


Local Goods


Crossing
Left is the brick station hut with ground frame in front and right is the bus shelter


Peat Works

The peat is cut and air dried on Foxtor Mires then moved to the factory to be dies with hot air

The peat is then moved to dispatch for bagging.

Finally it is shipped out by rail.

The oil depot unloads oil for the hot air driers.



Panoramas of the layout