by DB Simon | Sep 22, 2018 | Diesel Specials
The only special this weekend was a Diesel one. Hauled by DRS 37602 & 37606 the Marches Cornishman ran from Shrewsbury to Penzance and back. Fortunately this morning’s weather just about held but by the return we had an Easterly gale blowing in which made...
by DB Colin | Sep 15, 2018 | Dawlish Beach, Diesel Specials, General, Railway
Today we saw one of the dedicated claret liveried Royal train locomotives 67006 “Royal Sovereign” powering an excursion from Letchworth to Paignton. The route was via the East coast main line which it joined at Hitchin before calling in at Stevenage,...
by DB Colin | Sep 14, 2018 | Dawlish Beach, Diesel Specials, General, Railway
The 1z74 Winchester to Par Pullman train topped & tailed by WCR 57314 & 57313 could be seen today passing over the Dawlish Sea wall mid morning and will be returning through Dawlish at 7.25pm. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
by DB Colin | Sep 1, 2018 | Diesel Specials, General, Railway
This tour was from Wolverhampton with an early start of 5.56am and travelled down the Welsh Marches making eleven station stops including Shrewsbury, Hereford and Abergavenny before picking up the Great Western main line just north of Newport. It then travelled east...
by DB Colin | Aug 30, 2018 | Diesel Specials, General, Railway
Today ROG Class 37 37611 “Pegasus” came along the sea wall with two barrier coaches from Castle Donington (nr Nottingham) going to Laira depot at Plymouth. The Barrier coaches are to overcome the difficulty of HST coaches having a different form of...
by DB Colin | Aug 2, 2018 | Dawlish Warren, Diesel Specials, Railway
Tonight saw Rail Operations Group Europhoenix livery 37800 named “Cassiopeia” towing back to back GWR green livery HST’s 43170/189 down to Laira depot after attention from the Wabtec works at Doncaster. Cassiopeia is the name of the constellation...
