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!...

Tonight brought the second Ballast Cleaner train from Taunton to Newton Abbot for work on the line between Newton Abbot and Teignmouth. Loco's top & Tailing the train tonight were Freightliner's 66593 & 66 544. Video as it passed through both Dawlish and Teignmouth...

Two Freightliner 66's top and tailed an extremely lengthy infrastructure High Output Ballast Cleaner (HOBC)  train  from the Fairwater Yard at Taunton to Newton Abbot. The rear loco was 66593 which has the not very romantic name of "3MG Mersey Multimodal Gateway". The...

In 2010 I took a trip to Paignton from Dawlish. At that time the morning service from Cardiff to Paignton was rostered for four Mk2 coaches top & Tailed by two Class 67 diesels because of a shortage of available DMU's.  Only the leading locomotive was in power but...

Carrying on from the Dawlish serenade the driver announced his arrival through Teignmouth station with a friendly blast for Nick Campbell's video. Loco's were 66615 & 66512

After the break whilst the line at Cowley Bridge Junction at Exeter was being made more resistant to flood damage, tonight saw the return of the lengthy rail replacement train top and tailed by two Freightliner class 66 locomotives. This was led by the unique livery...