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Review of 2009 |
| Our review of the year 2009! 2009
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Devon Loco Hauled |
| A trip out of First Great Westerns new loco hauled service from Paignton to Cardiff on a bitterly cold December day 18/12/09
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Hollicombe Locos |
| A photo from just outside Paignton at Hollicombe of the brand new loco hauled service operated by Deutshe Bahn on behalf of First Great Western. 16/12/09
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South West Trains Finale |
| Saturday 12th December 2009 marked the last day of South West Trains running west of Exeter. Here are a few photos from that final day. Weren't they good? 12/12/09
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Devon Dawdlings |
| A Saturday spent raking up the HST miles in Devon, on a typical November day with sun, rain and wind 28/11/09
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London |
| A day spent on a travelcard around London visiting various locations across the capital 27/10/09
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South Devon RHTT |
| Some photos from the Newton Abbot area of 66153 and 66116 top and tailing the Rail Head Treatment Train based at St Blazey (Par) 04/10/09
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Bodmin & Wenford Diesel Gala |
| A day on the clay, on the Bodmin & Wenford Diesel gala. An excellent event, with some sterling perfomances from 50042 26/09/09
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Saturday around Devon |
| A Saturday spent around a damp Devon on a day ranger 22/08/09
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Torbay "Skip" Express |
| Two photos from Sugarloaf of 67005 substituting for 6024 King Edward on the Torbay Express 16/08/09
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DRS "Seaside Express" |
| Some photos of the return Rail-Blue charter from Paignton to Chesterfield, in the midlands. DRS provided two class 47s to work the tour. 15/08/09
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Rovering around First Great Western |
| Another rover spent travelling around the Thames Valley and many other First Great Western routes 11/08/09
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Newquay High Speed Train |
| A rather low speed trip on the humble HST down to the seaside town of Newquay. This year with a hired in National Express HST in full corporate livery 01/08/09
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Oliver Cromwell pays a visit |
| An afternoon out in order to see 70013 Oliver Cromwell returning with a Plymouth - Birmingham New Street charter 25/07/09
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First Great Western Network |
| A weekend spent travelling across the length and breadth of the First Great Western network 10/07/09 - 12/07/09
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Tornado does the Torbay Express |
| A photo from Sugarloaf of 60163 Tornado working the Torbay Express to Bristol 05/07/09
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Devon Tours |
| Some photos taken from around Devon chasing the two railtours that passed through the region both destined for celebrations in Penzance 27/06/09
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South Devon Railway Diesel Gala |
| Another excellent event on the South Devon Railway, featuring the first public running of 33002 restored by South Devon Diesel Traction 13/06/09
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Heart of Wessex |
| Some photos from a Heart of Wessex day ranger in and around Bristol, Bath, Wiltshire and Dorset 06/06/09
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Cornish Parker |
| A trip to Dawlish Warren to see the return 1Z74 Par - Crewe 'Cornish Parker' railtour. 37670 "St Blazey T&RSD' and 37401 both operating the tour. 16/05/09
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Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway "Heritage Festival" |
| Some photos from the Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railways second heritage festival event, including Nunney Castle, double headed trains and a demonstration event. Updated 10th May with a photo of Nunney Castle's last working on the line 09/05/09 & 10/05/09
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Torbay Boat Coast Train |
| A new location on the Paignton & Dartmouth Steam railway to see 47804 working 1Z47 0435 Norwich - Kingswear "Torbay Boat Coast Train" 18/04/09
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Saltern Cove |
| A visit to Saltern Cove, on the Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway, to see 67029 "Royal Diamond" working an empty stock working to Kingswear. 17/04/09
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Newton Abbot & Aller |
| Some photos from around Newton Abbot whilst awaiting D1015 to return to London on a charter, eventually running some 40 minutes late when passing Newton Abbot. 05/04/09
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Starcross & Powderham |
| A trip to a foot crossing to the north of Starcross on a very blusterry March day, resulting in some interesting weather conditions. 28/03/09
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Devon Day Ranger |
| A trip around Devon on a day ranger. 07/03/09
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Taunton - Cardiff Loco Hauled |
| A second trip on the loco hauled set being used by FGW to cover for unit availability. 18/02/09
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Devon Wanderings |
| A trip around a snowy Devon. Perfect conditions were to be had with settled snow at a number of locations along with wall to wall sunshine for most of the day.07/02/09
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Paignton Area |
| Some photos from around the Paignton area, including Hollocombe. As a
result of scheduled engineering near Totnes, Cross Country diverted
their services to Paignton for the 2 week duration. 19/01/09
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Review
of 2008 |
| A review of 2008,
based on the sightings of South West Railways, Happy New Year! 31/12/08 |
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Taunton |
| A few hours spent
at Taunton, having been forecast sunny conditions. A few XC HSTs made an
appearance along with the usual 29/12/08 |
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FGW
Loco Hauled |
| A trip up to
Bristol and Cardiff to sample the FGW loco hauled set working in place of
a unit due to low availability. The set was working between Cardiff and
Taunton 19/12/08 |
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South
Devon Railway |
| A trip to the South
Devon Railway during half price weekend, closing the 2008 season on the
railway 01/11/08 |
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October
Misc |
| Various photos from
October including a trip to Exmouth and also storms in Torbay |
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Dawlish |
| A trip to Dawlish
for Tangmere on the final Torbay Express of 2008 in spectacular September
sunshine 28/09/08 |
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Torbay
Whistler |
| Some photos from
around Torbay of the "Torbay Whistler" charter from Tame Bridge
Parkway - Kingswear 20/09/08 |
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Saturday
Wanderings |
| A number of images
from around the South West, including the 33s to Weymouth and 'spoons'
from Plymouth - Norwich 23/08/08 |
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Severn
Tunnel Junction |
| An
afternoon spent at Severn Tunnel Junction, just inside Wales 15/08/08 |
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Newquay |
| A
trip to Newquay on the National Express hire-in Cross Country HSTs running
from Manchester to the Cornish seaside resort and return 02/08/08 |
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Evening
at Aller |
| An
evening spent at Aller, near Newton Abbot for the Torbay Express and Cross
Country HST 27/07/08 |
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Torbay
Express |
| Photos from
sugarloaf of 6024 working the Torbay Express 20/07/08
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Freedom
of South West day 2 |
| Photos from around
the Bristol, Gloucestershire area and also from Newport and Swindon on the
second day of a Freedom of South West rover 18/07/08 |
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Freedom
of South West day 1 |
| Photos
from around the South West of England, mainly in the Southampton area 17/07/08 |
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Cross
Country and Weymouth skips |
| A trip around on
the Cross Country Saturday HSTs also allowed a journey on the Weymouth 67s
05/07/08 |
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Dawlish |
| A
few photos from a sunny afternoon in Dawlish 30/06/08 |
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Dawlish
Deltic |
| Some
photos from Langstone rock and the surrounding area for 55022 on a
railtour to Penzance 28/06/08 |
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Paignton
Pudden |
| Photos from around
Paignton of the "Paignton Pudden" railtour from Crewe consisting
of 37606 and 37423 22/06/08 |
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Weymouth
& Dorset |
| A
trip to Weymouth on the extra loco-hauled set included a trip to Lymington
15/06/08 |
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Cross
Country HSTs |
| The
first weekend of Cross Country hire-ins brought the sound of Valentas back
to the South West of England 24/05/08 |
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Teignmouth |
| A
few photos from around the Teignmouth area in sunny conditions with an
appearance from the Cross Country HST 23/05/08 |
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Paignton
and Dartmouth wanderings |
| Two photos from the
Paignton & Dartmouth Steam railway over a hot may weekend 10/05/08
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South
Devon Railway Diesel Gala |
| Photos from another
excellent event at the South Devon Railway with the regular performers
along with visiting locos from Advenza 26/04/08 |
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Paignton
and Dartmouth Heritage weekend |
| Some
photos takes around Torbay of the event which included a public outing for
25185, a first for the P&DSR 20/04/08 |
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Around
Devon |
| A number of photos from a
day spent around Devon 12/04/08
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Starcross
& Newton Abbot |
| A number of photos
around Devon including the VSOE heading for Cornwall where it spent the
week 11/04/08 |
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The
Royal Duchy |
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Some photos near Newton Abbot
of Western Champions visit to Penzance 05/04/08
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Wiltshire
Diversions |
| Photos from a few
locations around Wiltshire for diverions due to engineering works near
Swindon in all kinds of weather, also including a number of Rugexs heading
to South Wales 22/03/08 |
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Dawlish
Interlude |
| Pictures from
around Dawlish including the 5Z44 stock move along with a visit to a
location nearby to Starcross 18/02/08
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Wiltshire
Diversions |
| Many shots from a day in
Wiltshire with diverted trains due to engineering at Didcot. Includes
photos from around Bristol during the night 02/02/08
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January
Jaunts |
| A
number of photos from around Devon in a welcome spell of sunshine after a
month of fairly persistent rain. 26/01/08
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