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Railway Happenings!

by DB Colin | Oct 22, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, Dawlish Warren, General, Railway, Steam Specials

Hopefully good news that two Steam Specials have been announced that are intended to run in August 2020. The first is a Saphos tour from Cardiff to Plymouth double headed by a streamlined A4 pacific and with the other loco to be announced later. The A4 will be the...

Stormy Seas with Train and People wash!

by DB Colin | Sep 21, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Rough Seas

Strong winds from the southeast and high tide on Friday 20th September brought the usual wave overtopping of the Dawlish sea wall. The video begins with some pedestrians walking the wall from Dawlish Warren into Dawlish who may have got more than they bargained for,...

Final Steam Special for this year

by DB Colin | Sep 16, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Steam Specials

We have had a special excursion train, either steam or diesel hauled, passing over the Dawlish and Teignmouth sea walls on most weekends since the end of April. The season has now finished with the fourth and final Royal Duchy express with LMS 6233 Duchess of...

Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) train 9th September 2019

by DB Colin | Sep 10, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Teignmouth

Unusually the CWR train came directly from the production depot at Eastleigh near Southampton and delivered to Goonbarrow Junction near Luxulyan on the Newquay branchline in Cornwall. It was powered top and tail by Colas 66850 David Maidment OBE and 66848. The video...

Rail News 4th September.

by DB Colin | Sep 4, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Teignmouth

It’s been quite busy this past week with two specials over the weekend and a few freight locomotives to be seen. Saturday’s special was the Statesman Riviera Pullman from Nottingham to Kingswear which was top and tailed by Large logo Blue livery 47593...

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...