Freightliner wagon collection.

by DB Colin | May 1, 2019 | General, Railway

On Tuesday 30th April Freightliner 66534 named “OOCL Express” came down to Hackney Yard at Newton Abbot light engine from Stoke Gifford to collect a rake of empty YKA flatbed rail carrying wagons and take them to Westbury. OOCL is the acronym of a Hong...

The Great Britain Xll steam rail tour.

by DB Colin | Apr 21, 2019 | General, History, Railway, Steam Specials

The tour round Britain last year unfortunately wasn’t routed through Devon and Cornwall but this year, starting from Paddington on Saturday 27th April, the tour pauses at Exeter from 2.01pm until 2.23pm and should then pass through Dawlish at 2.37pm on its way...

Half an hour on Dawlish station 18th April 2019

by DB Colin | Apr 18, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, Diesel Specials, General, Railway, Sea Wall Walk

Another set of eight off lease HST Mk3 coaches on their way to storage at Ely in Cambridgeshire. As before the locomotives powering the train were Rail Operation Group’s 47815 leading 47813. Let’s hope that Cross Country use some of these to replace...

Sea Wall update

by DB Simon | Apr 15, 2019 | Article, General, news, Railway, Sea wall rebuilding

Network Rail were in Dawlish on Wednesday 10th April to give an update on their preferred plans for phase 1 of the resilience works. Many of the local residents were also in attendance to get a closer and more informed idea about what those plans mean going forwards...

Rail Operations Group Off Lease Stock Movement.

by DB Colin | Apr 11, 2019 | General, Railway

Yet more HST Mk3 coaches leaving Laira for Papworth Sidings at Ely for storage. ROG sent down two of their Class 47 diesels with two Barrier vans from Leicester yesterday to make this movement today 11th April. The locomotives,47813 named “Jack Frost” was...

Creatures of the night 1st-3rd April

by DB Colin | Apr 4, 2019 | Dawlish Warren, General, Railway

Here are a selection of the late evening Colas Infrastructure trains carrying long continuous welded rail en route to Cornwall. The first two on the video were powered by 70816 and the other was 70811. The driver(s) must look out for Nick to give him a friendly toot...