Diesel Specials Archives - Dawlish Beach Cams

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...

Weekend Specials June 29th-30th 2019

by DB Colin | Jul 1, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, Diesel Specials, Railway, Steam Specials, Teignmouth

Saturday was the Mazey Day celebration in Penzance and every year a special excursion comes down from the Birmingham area. This year it was to have been Deltic D9009 Alycidon but unfortunately this loco is under repair after suffering an electrical flashover earlier...

This weekend’s action on the rails

by DB Simon | Jun 28, 2019 | Article, Diesel Specials, General, news, Railway, Steam Specials

This weekend gives us a treat of two tours passing the cameras. Here are the full details. Saturday 29th June see’s the visit of two class 37 locos hauling Pathfinder tours Mazey Day Cornishman from Tame Bridge Parkway to Penzance. Times past Dawlish are booked...

Today’s HST off lease stock move

by DB Colin | Jun 7, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, Diesel Specials, Railway

Rail Operations Group Loco 47815 “Lost Boys” came down yesterday to Laira from Leicester to perform the movement of seven HST Mk3 coaches to the storage facility at Papworth Yard at Ely in Cambridgeshire. A couple of weeks ago 47813 “Jack...

Belmond British Pullman Day 2

by DB Colin | Jun 2, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, Diesel Specials, General, Railway, Teignmouth

The train was available to the public to take a day trip to Bath from Penzance (if you could afford it!) DB’s Nick Campbell was on hand to photograph and video the train as it passed through Teignmouth station. I took up my position on Dawlish sea wall just...

Belmond British Pullman

by DB Colin | May 31, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, Diesel Specials, Railway

This afternoon Friday 31st May saw the Belmond British Pullman train passing along the sea wall en route from London Victoria to Truro on what has become an annual weekend trip to the West Country. Hauled by two Pullman liveried locomotives 67021 and 67024 matching...