English Riviera Express July 7th 2019 34046 Braunton

by DB Colin | Jul 7, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Steam Specials

On it’s third appearance on the English Riviera Express, Southern region Rebuilt West Country Class 34046 Braunton for once had a clear road through Dawlish and Teignmouth in both directions. It was able to give a fine display of it’s speed and power and...

Dart & Torbay Express 6th July 2019

by DB Colin | Jul 7, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Steam Specials

This Pathfinder Tours day excursion had begun at Tame Bridge Parkway just north of Birmingham diesel hauled. On reaching Bristol Temple Meads 60163 Tornado took over to take the train to Kingswear for Dartmouth. It was pathed to stop in Dawlish Warren station to allow...

Colas Network Rail Measurement train

by DB Colin | Jul 5, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway

Making a nice change from the normal HST version of the train was Colas 67023 top and tailing with 67027. Seen approaching the Rockstone Bridge on Dawlish sea wall making their way back to Paddington. They had started from Reading at 5.56am, traveled to Penzance,...

Devon in a Day – We explore some of what Devon has to offer via the Railway Network

by DB Simon | Jul 1, 2019 | Article, Events, General, Holidays, news, Railway

Devon truly is a special place. We are fortunate to cover part of the south coast with our cameras but, what about the rest? We took up our very own challenge to see just what we could do in a single day by using sustainable and greener modes of transport. Leaving...

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...

Had enough rain? On Sunday a Tornado is forecast!

by DB Colin | Jun 19, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, Dawlish Warren, General, Railway, Steam Specials, Teignmouth

Fortunately in this case the tornado is LNER Class A1 60163 Tornado due Sunday 23rd June. This is the new build locomotive which first appeared in 2008. The original class of 49 were built at Doncaster and Darlington in 1948/9 but unfortunately were all scrapped by...