by DB Colin | Feb 16, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Sea Wall Walk
Here is the presentation held on Dawlish station by Network Rail with Chris Grayling announcing that funding by the government has been granted for the first stage to improve the resilience of the Dawlish sea wall. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens...
by DB Colin | Feb 3, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, Diesel Specials, General, Railway
There were a couple of interesting trains this weekend. On Saturday Colas 66846 brought down from Hinksey Yard 15 MRA wagons loaded with ballast for use on the Barnstaple line. Surprisingly rather than running round its train in Exeter Riverside yard it came down to...
by DB Colin | Feb 1, 2019 | Article, Dawlish Beach, Diesel Specials, General, Railway, Steam Specials, Teignmouth
Special trains passing through Dawlish 2019 First one This Sunday 3rd February! Please note. These are planned tours but invariably some are cancelled or postponed for various reasons – Loco unavailable, fire risk and occasionally lack of bookings or as it...
by DB Colin | Jan 27, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Teignmouth
For the second weekend there have been five more trains bound for the Ivybridge area which were passing through Dawlish and Teignmouth.They all originated from the Hinksey yard carrying ready made railtrack sections and ballast. The yard is situated on the outskirts...
by DB Colin | Jan 21, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Teignmouth
Track replacement work in the Ivybridge area brought several Colas locomotives along the sea walls over the weekend. There was also some movement by DB Cargo on their Industrial sand contract from Burngullow near St. Austell to Bow in London. The videos taken at...
