December Trainwash
Rough seas this morning so I went down to the Rockstone Bridge to video the waves and the HST Castle set on its usual service run from Penzance to Exeter St. Davids and after a short break it heads back to Penzance. GWR will eventually have eleven of these sets and...
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Returning Ballast train.
Just the one engineering train this weekend for the ongoing work in the Ivybridge area. Luckily for Nick the sun had popped out between the showers whereas it was raining in Dawlish as it passed the webcams. This locomotive had the latest DB Cargo red livery applied...
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Railway News.
Lots going on last weekend with the steam tour and more engineering work in Devon and Cornwall and a move of a 4 coach Castle set to be with HST power cars 43186 and 43154 returning to Wabtec at Doncaster for further work. The A4 has been covered in other posts but I...
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Union of South Africa reminder.
A quick reminder that tomorrow see's the return of 60009 Union of South Africa to our cameras. Hauling the Railway Touring Company's Plymouth Christmas market special, she will be passing around 11.06 am after a stop for 15 minutes at Dawlish Warren. Be aware that the...
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That time of the year!
It is perfectly normal for the waves near high tide to crash into the sea wall at this time of the year, usually only causing fairly minor damage to the walls. Hopefully when the decisions have been taken and some kind of extra protection is in place scenes like the...
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Colas Class 70 Fest
Five Colas Class 70 locomotives were used over the weekend 23-25th November for Rail Replacement duties around St Pinnock viaduct between Liskeard and Lostwithiel in Cornwall. Locomotives were Colas 70806/7/10/15/17 plus DB Cargo 66007 (nicknamed "James Bond") Nick...
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Has faith in the Sea Wall gone out with the tide? Simon Rants!
Ever since the storms of 2014 undermined the Sea Wall, causing the famous collapse into the sea, our famous wall has come under extra scrutiny and is now one of the hottest debates in the South West and Westminster. Used as a sensational story or a political hot...
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Network Rail decide to close the Sea Wall 07/11/2018
A decision has been made today by Network Rail to close the Railway line between Teignmouth and Dawlish tomorrow morning! In a move that i have never heard of previously, the decision is based on being cautious due to the High Tide and strong winds expected. However,...
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Revamp coming up.
Today saw GWR 43154 and 43186 making their way along the seawall with the 584K Laira to Wabtec Doncaster to be refurbished as a Castle set 4 coach train which GWR are replacing the DMU's with on their longer local services. Eventually there should be 11 sets in total...
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New Chat Coming
From Wednesday the 17th October 2018 we will have a new chat system for our subscribers due to our old one getting a bit out of date and causing issues to our website at busy times. Our new system will allow users to chat in a group or with other users privately and...
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This Week ending 14th October 2018
Here our playlist of our footage from Storm Callum. https://content.jwplatform.com/players/riOtfupm-jTnk6QMn.js
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This Week for Subscribers ending 14th October 2018
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This evening we will be sending out our first weekly newsletter with a roundup of news from the previous week or so. We will continue sending these out weekly on a Sunday evening if there has been sufficient news for that week. The weekly newsletter will...
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Up close and Personal – Sunday Morning
What are you doing on Sunday morning? Four of our team have a very special invitation and we thought it only fair to allow you all to come along with us. Sadly the best we can offer is a live stream, signal permitting, but we believe you will all enjoy this one more...
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Website issues during Flying Scotsman
We have been speaking to our website hosts that have looked in to the issue of the site throwing up 504 errors during the Flying Scotsman visit. We use a specialist hosting service that is designed to stop website outages happening at peak times and have narrowed the...
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Flying Scotsman Thursday Highlights VIDEO
Thursday 4th October 2018 and at last we get a return visit form the now rebuilt Flying Scotsman. It's been 15 years and an overhaul of epic proportions but we were so pleased to see 60103 make her return. Owned by the National Railway museum and operated by Riley...
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This week’s Action – All times of interest.
There really is so much going on this week so we thought a full list may be of use. This is how i understand all of the movements. I have included the links for journeys that do not pass the cameras, this is to give everyone the chance to plan a safe view in advance....
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Our Live Coverage of Flying Scotsman – Diary Dates & Times
Now that the times have been published for the Flying Scotsman visit we can let you know our intended live broadcasts for Non Subscribers. There are a few extras in this too so it's wise to ensure you put these in the diary if you are a steam fan. Thursday 4th October...
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Return of the Rail train
Freightliner 66591 with the returning CWR (continuous welded rail) train on Dawlish sea wall. The rear of the train is just passing the Dawlish Beach San Remo camera which can just be spotted above the gate to the left of the pampas grass. Apologies to the driver who...
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How much of a DB fan are you? Take our quiz challenge!
I thought i would lighten the stress levels ahead of this week's Flying Scotsman visit. So how long have you followed Dawlish Beach to what we do? Just how much of a fan are you? Take our fun quiz and find out. What year did Dawlish Beach launch it's first camera?...
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Flying Scotsman – One week countdown – Times & where to watch!
We are just one week away from one of the most anticipated visit's to the South West in years! So what? where? when? and many other questions need to be answered to give everyone a chance to view Flying Scotsman either in person or via our cameras. Here we give you...
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Rail Head Treatment Train.
The leaf season is on us again and the first passing of the RHTT was this afternoon as it made its way to its St Blazey base for the next few months. Today locomotives 66200 and 66120 and the water tanks were clean and bright but in a few days they will be lathered in...
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Pathfinders Marches Cornishman
The only special this weekend was a Diesel one. Hauled by DRS 37602 & 37606 the Marches Cornishman ran from Shrewsbury to Penzance and back. Fortunately this morning's weather just about held but by the return we had an Easterly gale blowing in which made the San...
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Final Royal Duchy steam express for 2018
The end of the summer season of steam tours today with Southern Region rebuilt West Country class 34046 Braunton still masquerading as long gone Battle of Britain class 34052 Lord Dowding, which was named in honour of the Air Chief Marshal who commanded the RAF...
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Flying Scotsman update – Join us on the day!
Excitement is beginning to grow as we approach October and the visit of Flying Scotsman & Mayflower to arguably the most iconic stretch of railway on the UK network. Here are a few points to help you enjoy this historical event to the full. At present, Steam...
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Diesel Special
Today we saw one of the dedicated claret liveried Royal train locomotives 67006 "Royal Sovereign" powering an excursion from Letchworth to Paignton. The route was via the East coast main line which it joined at Hitchin before calling in at Stevenage, Welwyn Garden...
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Northern Belle Luxury Pullman Train
The 1z74 Winchester to Par Pullman train topped & tailed by WCR 57314 & 57313 could be seen today passing over the Dawlish Sea wall mid morning and will be returning through Dawlish at 7.25pm. https://content.jwplatform.com/players/bsvocB6g-WSlMRPhV.js...
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Today’s Freight, Thursday 13th Sept 2018
For the first time since Colas took over the contract to deliver the cement powder from Aberthaw to Moorswater the train was powered by a Class 66 locomotive rather than the usual Class 70. The change went smoothly enough as the 66 kept good time on the 21 loaded PCA...
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Final Torbay Express for 2018
Today saw the last run for The Torbay Express for their 2018 season. Hauled again by rebuilt SR Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 no 35028 Clan Line the tour left Bristol Temple Meads 3 minutes late at 9.13 am, By the time she whistled past us, the Express was 3 minutes ahead...
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Thursday regular freight trains.
Colas 70810 passed through at 10.45 am with the empty PCA cement tanks that it had delivered full the day before to the Tarmac works at Moorswater Nr Liskeard. In an unusual move the weekly clay train from St Blazey brought down the first part of the consignment...
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Lord Dowding with coal!
Today we saw the return of 34052 Lord Dowding after the embarrassing episode of it running short of coal and being unable to complete it's roster on the Royal Duchy express yesterday. Nick photographed and videoed it as it rounded the curve after Teignmouth station...
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The Royal Duchy Express
The SR Rebuilt Bulleid pacific 34052 Lord Dowding made a fine sight today as it sped along the sea walls of Dawlish and Teignmouth with the Royal Duchy express. https://content.jwplatform.com/players/ZARCuseh-3Ff5nkLt.js It had taken over from the diesel that had...
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Today’s Diesel Special
This tour was from Wolverhampton with an early start of 5.56am and travelled down the Welsh Marches making eleven station stops including Shrewsbury, Hereford and Abergavenny before picking up the Great Western main line just north of Newport. It then travelled east...
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Rail Operations Group stock move and more.
Today ROG Class 37 37611 "Pegasus" came along the sea wall with two barrier coaches from Castle Donington (nr Nottingham) going to Laira depot at Plymouth. The Barrier coaches are to overcome the difficulty of HST coaches having a different form of coupling to the...
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Rail Delivery Group Highlights South West
Many of you may not have heard of the Rail Delivery Group let alone know what they do. In short they are in place to bring all of the Train Operating Companies, passenger and freight, and Network Rail together into one team. The goal is to provide a better railway for...
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The Torbay Express
A welcome return to an unassisted steam express locomotive and today certainly showed the difference between an engine coasting with the diesel providing the power and the excitement of an engine in top class condition thundering along the sea wall with a 12 coach...
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