Driving into Ilfracombe, you can’t miss this impressive line up of historic machinery stretching for more than 1km along the highway! Just 27kms from Longreach lies the captivating Ilfracombe, home to the Lynn Cameron Machinery Mile. Immerse yourself in a spectacular display of machinery, from vintage tractors like the rare 1917 Ruston Proctor to Steam Devils and much more! A wonderful display of machinery, some of it very rare and almost all collected within 100 miles of the town. A journey int

You won't need to be a railway buff to love this video I've had sent in. I've posted posted part of it before, but here's a much longer version of a train travelling into Barnstaple Junction & then all the way to Ilfracombe. Lots of landmarks, stations & interesting views. Complete crying shame that we were soon to be deprived of this line. I hope you like it, and I hope you share it! :-) JP. | Barnstaple History

Here's the 2nd part of the fascinating 1898 footage, of a train travelling from Barnstaple to Ilfracombe. This clip is the Ilfracombe-end of the journey. | Barnstaple History