by DB Colin | Feb 21, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway
Yesterday it was rather bleak with a bitterly cold wind and today there was little wind and a sunny 11C as I went to record today’s lunchtime sand train. This time the lead locomotive 66126 was in the old EWS livery and the second loco 66044 in the new DB Cargo...
by DB Colin | Feb 20, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway
A dull drab day but a splash of colour to brighten up the scene for the hardy souls braving the chilly wind on the Dawlish sea wall today. There has been frequent train movements over the past few weeks of the Industrial sand from Burngullow near St. Austell in...
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 Neil | Feb 9, 2019 | Article, Cameras, Dawlish Beach, Devon Sea Safari, General, History, Maintenance, news, Railway, Rough Seas, Sea Wall Walk, Storms, Support, Teignmouth, Video, Weather
This Dawlish Beach Cams mini documentary covers the shocking storm in Dawlish during February 2014. We show you unseen footage and photos of the event and explain the history of the railway and why that section of the sea wall collapsed. Credits Network Rail...
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...
