Plym Valley Railway The aim of the Plym Valley Railway is to re-build the 1.25 mile Marsh Mills to Plym Bridge section, of the ex-Great Western branch line to Launceston, via Tavistock. Our mainline is currently 652 metres or 712 yards long, from the southern terminus of the line at Marsh Mills up to a point that has become known as World's End. The original line climbed up through, what is now our station area, on a 1:100 gradient. To allow us to build a platform and run round loop at Marsh Mills, we re-graded the bottom section of the line, so that it is level through the platform and loop. The line then climbs on a short 1:60 gradient, christened the 'K2 incline', up to a point about 150 foot south of the Junction with the sidings, at No. 1 Point. We have a viewing area opposite the top of the climb giving visitors a view of the train as it comes out of the cutting, and over Marsh Mills North Junction. Unfortunately we cannot complete the northern end of the loop at present, as the sewage pipe and power cables serving the old M.O.D. depot, now owned by Princess Yachts, adjacent to the railway centre, are close to the surface at this point, and it will involve a major expenditure in order to culvert them, like the section under the mainline. United Kingdom, Railroad History, Museums and RailFan sites

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