The story of Brunel's creation of an Atmospheric Railway along the South Devon coast has been told on the internet by many people:
As an introduction to the story of Brunel's South Devon railway line, try
http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/railways/pneumatic.html
To read more detail,. go to
http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r027.html
For further reading and great pictures go to
http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Sea%20Wall%20Guide/SWhistory.html
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