by DB Colin | Dec 14, 2020 | Dawlish Beach, Dawlish Warren, Diesel Specials, General, Railway, Sea Wall Walk, Teignmouth, Uncategorized
For the last 10 days or so there has been a lot of infrastructure trains from Westbury to the Penzance area where the line between there and Truro has been closed to Passenger traffic for several days. Buses have operated in the meantime. Class 66 and class 70 from...
by Beach Cams Man | Oct 5, 2019 | Charity, Sea Wall Walk
The weekend of 12th and 13th of October 2019 is Dementia charity weekend in Dawlish. On the 12th October Home Instead Senior Care are holding a Dawlish Dementia Adventure Open Day at the Manor House in Dawlish and on the 13th, Dawlish Beach Cams will be walking from...
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...
by Beach Cams Man | Apr 2, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, History, Sea wall rebuilding, Sea Wall Walk, Weather
Just how high IS the new sea wall at Dawlish going to be, in real terms. On Saturday last, a group from the Dawlish Town Council and supporters met on the sea wall. An ingenious graphic display was shown to all those who attended and local resident and holiday makers... by DB Colin | Feb 16, 2019 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Sea Wall Walk
Here is the presentation held on Dawlish station by Network Rail with Chris Grayling announcing that funding by the government has been granted for the first stage to improve the resilience of the Dawlish sea wall.
by Beach Cams Man | Feb 9, 2019 | Article, Cameras, Dawlish Beach, Devon Sea Safari, General, History, Maintenance, news, Railway, Rough Seas, Sea Wall Walk, Storms, Support, Teignmouth, Video, Weather
This Dawlish Beach Cams mini documentary covers the shocking storm in Dawlish during February 2014. We show you unseen footage and photos of the event and explain the history of the railway and why that section of the sea wall collapsed. Credits Network Rail...