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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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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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...
Saturday’s Diesel Special.
The English Riviera Statesman was the title for the Pullman car excursion from Crewe to Paignton and was hauled double headed by 47501/D1944 "Craftesman" & 47810/D1924 Crewe Diesel Depot". The locos are numbered to reflect the time when they were new in 1966 with...
San Remo Upgrade
Advanced notice! On Thursday the 1st of August 2019 we will be upgrading San Remo Cam. The cam will be off from 10am and we hope to have the new camera installed and live by 2pm. Once this has been completed, we will then start work on the new camera at Dawlish Warren...
English Riviera Express July 7th 2019 34046 Braunton
On it's third appearance on the English Riviera Express, Southern region Rebuilt West Country Class 34046 Braunton for once had a clear road through Dawlish and Teignmouth in both directions. It was able to give a fine display of it's speed and power and was a...
Dart & Torbay Express 6th July 2019
This Pathfinder Tours day excursion had begun at Tame Bridge Parkway just north of Birmingham diesel hauled. On reaching Bristol Temple Meads 60163 Tornado took over to take the train to Kingswear for Dartmouth. It was pathed to stop in Dawlish Warren station to allow...
Colas Network Rail Measurement train
Making a nice change from the normal HST version of the train was Colas 67023 top and tailing with 67027. Seen approaching the Rockstone Bridge on Dawlish sea wall making their way back to Paddington. They had started from Reading at 5.56am, traveled to Penzance,...
Weekend Specials June 29th-30th 2019
Saturday was the Mazey Day celebration in Penzance and every year a special excursion comes down from the Birmingham area. This year it was to have been Deltic D9009 Alycidon but unfortunately this loco is under repair after suffering an electrical flashover earlier...
Devon in a Day – We explore some of what Devon has to offer via the Railway Network
Devon truly is a special place. We are fortunate to cover part of the south coast with our cameras but, what about the rest? We took up our very own challenge to see just what we could do in a single day by using sustainable and greener modes of transport. Leaving...
This weekend’s action on the rails
This weekend gives us a treat of two tours passing the cameras. Here are the full details. Saturday 29th June see's the visit of two class 37 locos hauling Pathfinder tours Mazey Day Cornishman from Tame Bridge Parkway to Penzance. Times past Dawlish are booked as...
Had enough rain? On Sunday a Tornado is forecast!
Fortunately in this case the tornado is LNER Class A1 60163 Tornado due Sunday 23rd June. This is the new build locomotive which first appeared in 2008. The original class of 49 were built at Doncaster and Darlington in 1948/9 but unfortunately were all scrapped by...
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Rail Trains on Dawlish Sea Wall.
Cornwall was the destination for two recent rail trains. On Saturday evening Colas 70813 was heading the Westbury to St.Pinnock viaduct (near Lostwithiel) continuous welded rail train which returned on late Sunday morning a few minutes before the English Riviera steam...
Rail Replacement on Teignmouth sea wall 11th June 2019
Plasser & Theurer track machines and their crew were just finishing the night's work on Teignmouth sea wall when Nick Campbell braved the rain to take some pictures of the machinery and record the rail replacement train as it passed through Teignmouth station on...
Rail News 10th June 2019
This month is full of treats for railway fans with no less than four steam powered rail tours and a diesel excursion to be seen passing through Dawlish and Teignmouth. The first this last Saturday with LNER A4 60009 Union of South Africa was slightly spoiled by it...
Today’s HST off lease stock move
Rail Operations Group Loco 47815 "Lost Boys" came down yesterday to Laira from Leicester to perform the movement of seven HST Mk3 coaches to the storage facility at Papworth Yard at Ely in Cambridgeshire. A couple of weeks ago 47813 "Jack Frost" suffered an...
Belmond British Pullman Day 2
The train was available to the public to take a day trip to Bath from Penzance (if you could afford it!) DB's Nick Campbell was on hand to photograph and video the train as it passed through Teignmouth station. I took up my position on Dawlish sea wall just east of...
June is Alzheimer’s Charity Month at Dawlish Beach Cams
Throughout June 2019 we will be raising money for Alzheimer's Society South West. I've chosen this charity this year as it is close to my family's heart. My auntie and uncle moved to Dawlish years ago and now my auntie resides at Palm Court on Marine Parade where she...
Belmond British Pullman
This afternoon Friday 31st May saw the Belmond British Pullman train passing along the sea wall en route from London Victoria to Truro on what has become an annual weekend trip to the West Country. Hauled by two Pullman liveried locomotives 67021 and 67024 matching...
Devon in a Day! 15th June 2019
I have to admit to being a fan of "All the Stations" which for those who don't know, is a fabulous YouTube based channel which specializes in railway journeys. Geoff and Vicky are somewhat mad but extremely fun and a few years ago undertook a challenge to visit every...
Art…or Vandalism on the Cathedrals Express.
Well I know which I think it is. It had been a disappointment that the steam engine, Duchess of Sutherland, was unavailable due to a mechanical problem with a driving wheel and had to be replaced by two West Coast Railways Class 47's, but so sad to see the graffiti...
Freightliner wagon collection.
On Tuesday 30th April Freightliner 66534 named "OOCL Express" came down to Hackney Yard at Newton Abbot light engine from Stoke Gifford to collect a rake of empty YKA flatbed rail carrying wagons and take them to Westbury. OOCL is the acronym of a Hong Kong based...
The Great Britain Xll steam rail tour.
The tour round Britain last year unfortunately wasn't routed through Devon and Cornwall but this year, starting from Paddington on Saturday 27th April, the tour pauses at Exeter from 2.01pm until 2.23pm and should then pass through Dawlish at 2.37pm on its way to...
Neil has a SPAD while driving a HST!
Back in October we were very fortunate to be invited to film around Laira TRSMD by GWR. During our visit the wonderful liason officer suggested we arrange another family day out to drive a HST! here is the account of the day. Friday 12th April and we meet the children...
Long Rock Open Day
On Saturday 13th April 2019 GWR opened the gates to it's newly refreshed Long Rock Depot in Penzance Cornwall. We were invited along to see the depot and many exhibits on display during the charity event which raised funds for the RNLI. We arrived around 9am to be...
Half an hour on Dawlish station 18th April 2019
Another set of eight off lease HST Mk3 coaches on their way to storage at Ely in Cambridgeshire. As before the locomotives powering the train were Rail Operation Group's 47815 leading 47813. Let's hope that Cross Country use some of these to replace Voyagers for their...
Teignbridge Approve NR Plans
Teignbridge Planning Committee have today agreed unanimously to approve Network Rails design for the new sea wall phase 1. The section takes in 360 metres of track between Kennaway Tunnel and Colanade Viaduct with work expected to begin in May. During a well attended...
Sea Wall update
Network Rail were in Dawlish on Wednesday 10th April to give an update on their preferred plans for phase 1 of the resilience works. Many of the local residents were also in attendance to get a closer and more informed idea about what those plans mean going forwards...
The Springtime Cornishman
This Diesel Special was made more interesting to the rail fans as it brought a new class of locomotive to this area in that it is bi-mode like the new Hitachi IET 800's whose primary power source comes from overhead electricity with a lesser powered diesel engine....
Rail Operations Group Off Lease Stock Movement.
Yet more HST Mk3 coaches leaving Laira for Papworth Sidings at Ely for storage. ROG sent down two of their Class 47 diesels with two Barrier vans from Leicester yesterday to make this movement today 11th April. The locomotives,47813 named "Jack Frost" was at the head...