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Devon Wanderings 07th February 2009 Click an image to enlarge |
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A Cross Country Voyager passes Dawlish working the 0610 Derby - Plymouth |
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Passing in perfect winter lighting an un-identified HST passes the sea wall at Dawlish |
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The 0718 Paddington - Penzance is seen gliding along the sea wall in stunning February sunshine |
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With snow still on the ground, a 153 passes Dawlish heading for Paignton |
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A pair of 159s are seen slowing for their stop at Dawlish whilst working the 1014 Paignton - London Waterloo, a service that will stop come December 2009 |
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Shortly after followed by a London bound HST |
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A Cross Country HST passes the sea wall whilst working the 0600 Leeds - Plymouth |
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A zoomed out angle of the set overlooking Dawlish |
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142064 accelerates out of Newton Abbot whilst working the 1023 Exmouth - Paignton |
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43016 enters Ivybridge whilst working the 1000 Penzance - Paddington. Since December 2008, a number of HST workings have been booked to call at the small station of Ivybridge. |
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43041 is seen pushing the set out of Totnes, next stop Newton Abbot |
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43207 idles at Plymouth having terminated whilst working the 0632 York - Plymouth, it would then go on to work the 1321 Plymouth - Edinburgh |
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The 1423 from Exeter St Davids to Edinburgh, led by 43207 waits for departure time at Exeter St Davids |
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43357 was on the other end of the set, seen accelerating out of Exeter |
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142064 is seen at Morchard Road, still with evidence from the previous days snowfall |
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142064 is seen bouncing off towards Barnstaple. December 2008 saw the introduction of an hourly service along this line |
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153369 slows to stop at the request of Morchard Road whilst heading for Exmouth |
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Passing a snowman built on the platform |
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In the more tropical surroundings of Lympstone, on the Exmouth branch, 153377 which was attached to 153369 at Exeter basks in the sunlight whilst on its way to Exmouth, the last stop on the line |
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Recently refurbished 143603 sits in Exeter TMD |
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Tiverton Parkway saw no evidence of snow clearance, with 43160 waiting to depart with the 1717 to London. The footprints in the snow suggest that the snow was fairly recent. With more snow forecast in the coming weeks, this could be a regular occurence! |
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The last of the light disappears as the 1718 Tiverton Parkway - Penzance prepares to depart |
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