More information on the Provisional Dates for 2020 Special trains through Dawlish & Teignmouth
Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus all of the originally planned excursions have been postponed since March. There are hopes or expectations of the tour companies that there will be a loosening of the regulations in the movement allowed by the population to edge the...
Dawlish 1850’s
One of the earliest photos I have seen of Dawlish, I reckon it’s late 1850’s, before William Chapman opened his photography business (1863). A great view of the original station with a wide gauge steam locomotive. Brunel’s Atmospheric Pumping Tower is in the...
Double Vision!
The previous video showed DB Cargo's 66082 and 66074 taking empty JNA Falcon wagons down to Burngullow in Cornwall where the Railvac 3 had been replacing spent ballast. Over the weekend this was loaded into the first 5 wagons of the set and returned to Westbury...
DB Cargo Infrastructure train service.
On service 675V from Westbury to Burngullow, DB Cargo 66074 and 66082 top and tailed the first ten empty JNA double bogie box wagons which will be filled over the weekend and return early on Monday morning. It certainly added a bit of colour to a dull day with the...
Plenty of interest for the Rail fans.
Plenty of action this week. First up on a test train was Colas 37219 named "Jonty Jarvis" in memory of a 6 year old boy who contracted Meningitus and passed away back in 2005. The video was taken as it passed through Teignmouth station late on Tuesday evening....
Return run of the Railvac 3 Vacuum machine.
On Monday morning 20th April 2020,running three and a half hours late, due to a staffing problem, saw DB Cargo 66082 returning to Westbury from Cornwall towing the Railvac 3 vacuum machine passing Teignmouth and Dawlish in lovely warm Spring sunshine. The Railvac is...
More rail moves of interest.
The rail fans had been waiting for the return run for freight locomotive DB Cargo's 66047 in the blue Maritime livery, this one named "Maritime Intermodal Two" which has been moving china clay tank wagons around Cornwall for a fortnight since it came down from Bescot....
Two Daytime Sleepers!
It's not everyday we get to see both sleeper trains running along the sea wall. Great Western Railway normally run a 6 night a week sleeper service between London Paddington and Penzance, therefore in normal use they pass Dawlish in the hours of darkness. Currently...
Recent freight trains passing through Dawlish.
On Saturday 4th April Freightliner's 66522 and 66532 top and tailed a CWR (continuous welded rail) train from Westbury to Lostwithiel via Penzance returning on the Sunday morning. Nick recorded them passing through Teignmouth station where there has recently been a...
Freight trains passing over the sea wall April 1& 2 2020
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...
Stock Move Long Marston to Laira & Return.
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...
DB Maritime Intermodal One on China Clay Slurry
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 seen...
Rail news. Major Infrastructure movements.
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...
Mobile rail Crane.
Colas 70812 powered the Kirow 125T Rail Crane train on Saturday afternoon from Westbury to Hackney yard at Newton Abbot and the return to Westbury on Sunday afternoon. The crane had been in use in Hackney yard attending to the sidings trackwork whist there.
Rail Replacement Teignmouth 26-01-2020
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...
Colas 66848 on Ballast train 24-01-2020
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...
GBRf Class 50’s Stock moves 22nd & 23rd January 2020
On 22nd January GBRF Class 50 50049 Defiance and 50007 Hercules set off from their Severn Valley Railway base at Kidderminster. They headed for Wembley Inter City Depot where they collected three Mk3 Caledonian Sleeper coaches and ran in top & tail formation to...
Recent loco hauled Freight and Infrastructure trains. January 4-10th Jan 2020
Network Rail are actively engaged in track replacement in the west country resulting in line closures west of Exeter at weekends with trains replaced by buses. Since Christmas work has been taking place near Lostwithiel in Cornwall and around the Ivybridge area in...
What’s in store for 2020 with Dawlish Beach Cams
Happy New Year and I hope you've had a nice break over Christmas. We have some exciting news for 2020 as we are preparing to install our sixth camera, the new 'Black Swan Cam'. This will be our first-ever point tilt and zoom camera that will cover Kennaway Tunnel, the...
Happy New Year
Thank you to everyone that has supported Dawlish Beach Cams over the past year especially the website subscribers and Facebook supporters. Your contribution to Dawlish Beach Cams helps us keep moving forward and adding more cameras for your pleasure. 2020 will see our new point, tilt and zoom camera that will cover a huge area of Dawlish from sea wall to lawn and also keep an eye on our beloved black swans and cygnets. If you are not a subscriber, you can become one here or Facebook supporter here.
Colas 56049 Robin of Templecombe on Railvac movement.
On Sunday 22nd December 2019 Colas sent a locomotive from Doncaster to Par in order to collect a Railvac machine from Fowey Docks the next morning and deliver it to Bescot Yard near Birmingham. The locomotive gained the nameplate "Robin of Templecombe 1938 - 2013"...
Railway Happenings!
Hopefully good news that two Steam Specials have been announced that are intended to run in August 2020. The first is a Saphos tour from Cardiff to Plymouth double headed by a streamlined A4 pacific and with the other loco to be announced later. The A4 will be the...
This week in pictures 6th October 2019
Here's a selection of photos I've taken this week in Dawlish [gallery type="slideshow"...
Dawlish Dementia Adventure Open Day and Dawlish Beach Cams Live Sea Wall Walk for Alzheimer’s
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...
Stormy Seas with Train and People wash!
Strong winds from the southeast and high tide on Friday 20th September brought the usual wave overtopping of the Dawlish sea wall. The video begins with some pedestrians walking the wall from Dawlish Warren into Dawlish who may have got more than they bargained for,...
Final Steam Special for this year
We have had a special excursion train, either steam or diesel hauled, passing over the Dawlish and Teignmouth sea walls on most weekends since the end of April. The season has now finished with the fourth and final Royal Duchy express with LMS 6233 Duchess of...
Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) train 9th September 2019
Unusually the CWR train came directly from the production depot at Eastleigh near Southampton and delivered to Goonbarrow Junction near Luxulyan on the Newquay branchline in Cornwall. It was powered top and tail by Colas 66850 David Maidment OBE and 66848. The video...
Rail News 4th September.
It's been quite busy this past week with two specials over the weekend and a few freight locomotives to be seen. Saturday's special was the Statesman Riviera Pullman from Nottingham to Kingswear which was top and tailed by Large logo Blue livery 47593 Galloway...
Strangers on the Shore – LNER HST’s in Devon.
On Saturday 24th August Cross Country Trains hired in two LNER HST trains to provide long distance services to Plymouth from York and Edinburgh. First along was from York with 43251 & 43257 which was spot on time passing through Dawlish. The Edinburgh train ran in...
High Output Track Renewals train
Monday night 19th August saw the first of four nights this week that the HOTR train will be passing through Dawlish en route to Dainton Tunnel from its base at Fairwater Yard at Taunton. The train was top and tailed by two Freightliner locomotives. Leading loco on the...
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After the launch of our VIP Subscription nearly 2 months ago, we are now offering the VIP as a monthly sub.
Brunel Holiday Park Review August 2019 previously Brunel Camping Carriages
Back in 2014 when Dawlish Beach Cams started, I always wondered what would happen to Brunel Camping Carriages (as it was known back in the day), as they just seem to fall in to disrepair. Dawlish Museum visited the site in January 2016 and took these photos. Around...
Weekend Rail News
The high-spot of the weekend was of course LMS 6233 "Duchess of Sutherland" on the Royal Duchy which apparently set a new record for the fastest run between Exeter St Davids and Plymouth in preservation times of 59 minutes and 26 seconds. There are two more Royal...
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Most days we post around 5 posts to 5 social media channels daily. We have over 40,000 followers on Facebook but most followers won't see the posts due to the Facebook algorithm. To ensure you get your daily fix of Dawlish Beach Cams you just need to adjust one simple...
Retiring after 5 years of service
In 2003 after retiring, my parents moved from the Midlands and as they wanted to be by the sea and the railway, Dawlish was top of the list. My Dad had worked on the railways for as long as I could remember, in fact, one of my first memories is going to work with my...
Thursday morning trains
A bit of variety this morning. First up on the video was Colas 70813 with the returning discharged cement tanks from Moorswater in Cornwall to Aberthaw in South Wales. Next up was the Rail Grinder which had been stabled in Hackney Yard at Newton Abbot and was bound...