by DB Colin | Aug 19, 2018 | General, Railway, Steam Specials
A welcome return to an unassisted steam express locomotive and today certainly showed the difference between an engine coasting with the diesel providing the power and the excitement of an engine in top class condition thundering along the sea wall with a 12 coach...
by DB Simon | Aug 19, 2018 | Article, General, news, Railway
Imagine the scenario, You’re sat at your computer dealing with the day to day running of a busy site and your email notification pings. Off we go to dutifully respond to another query or request for some footage and are surprised to see an email from the GWR...
by DB Colin | Aug 16, 2018 | General, Railway
Unusually the test train stopped in Teignmouth station for half an hour last night which gave Nick chance to photograph it as well as taking a video which gives a better look at the 9701 ultrasonic test train. It had come down from Bristol High level siding and was...
by DB Colin | Aug 9, 2018 | General, Railway
Colas 70817 passed through Dawlish and Teignmouth last evening with a trainload of continuous welded rail which it was taking to offload in the St. Germans-Saltash area in Cornwall. Fortunately it came a little early at 8.37pm whilst there was still a bit of daylight....
by DB Colin | Aug 7, 2018 | General, Railway
For the third week running the high output ballast cleaning train is again operating between Teignmouth and Newton Abbot. This week it is programmed in for Mon/Tues/Weds nights and due to pass through Dawlish at 10.30pm and return sometime in the middle of the night....
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...
