Dawlish Beach Archives - Page 2 of 8

Strangers on the Shore – LNER HST’s in Devon.

by DB Colin | Aug 25, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway

On Saturday 24th August Cross Country Trains hired in two LNER HST trains to provide long distance services to Plymouth from York and Edinburgh. First along was from York with 43251 & 43257 which was spot on time passing through Dawlish. The Edinburgh train ran in...

High Output Track Renewals train

by DB Colin | Aug 20, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway

Monday night 19th August saw the first of four nights this week that the HOTR train will be passing through Dawlish en route to Dainton Tunnel from its base at Fairwater Yard at Taunton. The train was top and tailed by two Freightliner locomotives. Leading loco on the...

Weekend Rail News

by DB Colin | Aug 6, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Steam Specials

The high-spot of the weekend was of course LMS 6233 “Duchess of Sutherland” on the Royal Duchy which apparently set a new record for the fastest run between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth in preservation times of 59 minutes and 26 seconds. There are two...

Never miss a Facebook post again

by DB Neil | Aug 6, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, Subscribers News, Website

Most days we post around 5 posts to 5 social media channels daily. We have over 40,000 followers on Facebook but most followers won’t see the posts due to the Facebook algorithm. To ensure you get your daily fix of Dawlish Beach Cams you just need to adjust one...

Thursday morning trains

by DB Colin | Aug 1, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway

A bit of variety this morning. First up on the video was Colas 70813 with the returning discharged cement tanks from Moorswater in Cornwall to Aberthaw in South Wales. Next up was the Rail Grinder which had been stabled in Hackney Yard at Newton Abbot and was bound...

Saturday’s Diesel Special.

by DB Colin | Jul 30, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, Diesel Specials, General, Railway

The English Riviera Statesman was the title for the Pullman car excursion from Crewe to Paignton and was hauled double headed by 47501/D1944 “Craftesman” & 47810/D1924 Crewe Diesel Depot”. The locos are numbered to reflect the time when they...