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...

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....

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....

Colas 70810 powered the returning 23 PCA empty cement powder tanks this week from Moorswater near Liskeard and is on it's way to the Tarmac works at Aberthaw in South Wales. The clay train this week had 9 full tanks for the first part of it's load and was a very...

Who wants a garden gnome when you can have a Flying Scotsman in your garden? In Teignmouth there is a business called Garstone with an extensive selection of stone garden ornaments ranging from gargoyles and fairies to classical statues but I chose the railway engine!...