Seawall Specials – Past and Present with Colin (Part 14)

by DB Simon | Apr 24, 2016 | General, History, Past & Present Specials, Steam Specials

The History of “The Great Britain” railtour and ancillary workings. The Great Britain railtours are the brainchild of The Railway Touring Company who are based in Kings Lynn in Norfolk. The tours Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...

Seawall Specials – Past and Present with Colin (Part 13)

by DB Simon | Apr 10, 2016 | General, History, Past & Present Specials, Steam Specials

This week features Tornado which unfortunately is not planned to come along the sea wall this year. Tornado’s History. The A1 class of 4-6-2 Pacific locomotives totaled 49 in number and were ordered by the LNER but built after nationalisation by BR in 1948/9....

Seawall Specials – Past and Present with Colin (Part 12)

by DB Simon | Apr 3, 2016 | General, History, Past & Present Specials

Sea Wall Trains – Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...

Seawall Specials – Past and Present with Colin (Part 11)

by DB Simon | Mar 27, 2016 | General, History, Past & Present Specials

The ups and downs of Marine Parade and Dawlish Station Railway convention has it that all trains starting from London go in the “down” direction. This seems logical for trains going to the south or south west but for those living in the north when they...

Seawall Specials – Past and Present with Colin (Part 10)

by DB Simon | Mar 13, 2016 | Diesel Specials, General, History, Past & Present Specials

This week a look at the HST and it’s coat of many colours. The High Speed Train was introduced in 1975 and has been an outstanding success and is still at the forefront of comfort, speed and reliability on the UK railways. On introduction the livery was...

Seawall Specials – Past and Present with Colin (Part 9)

by DB Simon | Mar 6, 2016 | General, History, Past & Present Specials

This week features trains Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new...