by DB Colin | Apr 2, 2020 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Teignmouth, Video
A surprise this week was a Colas Class 70 coming light engine from Cardiff to Hackney Yard sidings at Newton Abbot to collect a loaded cement tank wagon which had been removed from a trainload bound for Moorswater several months ago and been languishing in the yard...
by DB Colin | Mar 24, 2020 | Dawlish Beach, Diesel Specials, General, Railway, Recordings, Teignmouth
Nice to see two excellent locomotives in pristine colourful livery doing another stock movement of Class 43 power car 43091 from storage at Long Marston near Stratford on Avon and returning with Power car 43086 using Mk3 HST coach 12161 as a barrier car. Locomotives...
by DB Colin | Feb 21, 2020 | Article, Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Teignmouth
DB 66005 with a part load of China Clay slurry seen in the video as it headed through the deep cutting on the western end of Teignmouth station. Nick could have done without the DMU coming out the station and blocking the view but that’s life! Next the train is...
by DB Colin | Feb 19, 2020 | Dawlish Beach, Diesel Specials, Railway, Teignmouth, Uncategorized
The last few days has seen a glut of engineering movements from Westbury to the far west of Cornwall between Truro and Penzance. The first train was on Thursday 13th with Colas 70805 heading a consist of box wagons with a Rail Vac machine in the centre. The train...
by DB Colin | Jan 28, 2020 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Teignmouth
Photographs and video of the start of rail renewal at Teignmouth. The video begins with the train that carries the actual railing machine along with the sleeper supply and a rake of five autoballaster wagons passing through Teignmouth station earlier on Saturday...
by DB Colin | Jan 24, 2020 | Dawlish Beach, General, Railway, Teignmouth
Colas 66848 with a rake of side tipping MRA wagons loaded with ballast en route from Westbury to Hackney yard at Newton Abbot. Presumably these will be used on Sunday 26th at Teignmouth where track replacement has been programmed. The work starts at 11pm on Saturday...
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