GWR HST rolls along the sea wall. This section was destroyed by a storm in 2014 and rebuilt months later. There is talk reopening a route inland as this is the only line into the southwest.

A set of Pacers rolls along the repaired part of the sea wall. A storm in February 2014 destroyed this section. The pacers are set to be withdrawn.

HST! The only HST to wear the new green livery at the time, rolls past the rebuilt section of the sea wall. These have been retired and some made into 4 car short sets for southwest routes.

A Cross Country Voyager arrives in Dawlish with the famous Blenhem in the background. The Voyager sets are not well liked by enthusiasts.

A Great Western Railways DMU arrives in Dawlish sliding past the pink "Blenheim" with the new GWR livery.

Dawlish! For years I have wanted to come here. We finally made it and after a spell of unsettled weather things improved. Here an HST 125 sweeps along Marine Parade.

First Great Western DMU departs Dawlish sliding past the old Coast Guard station. We got a lucky break on what was mostly an unsettled misty day.

A surprise visitor was this Network Rail test train to the seawall in Dawlish. This is the view from "The Blenheim" a fantastic bed and breakfast a must for any railway enthusiast.

The Class 143 DMU is among the most hated by Britons, for all intents a "bus" on rails. However in the years ahead these will be retired.

At Dawlish, a class 220 Voyager slides down the seawall as thunderstorms build in the distance.

HST of the "new" Great Western Railway, in the colors of First Great Western, running along the coast in Dawlish as 1A12, the 07.40 h from Paignton to London Paddington.

Train 2F09, the 07.11 h from Paignton to Exmouth, with railcars 153 333 and 150/1 (number unknown) is running along the coast between Dawlish and Dawlish Warren. First Great Western changed the na... (more)

High tide in Dawlish when HST train 1A12 from Paignton to London Paddington is passing the little town.

Huge waves of the high tide are thundering against the "new" (refurbished) seawall in Dawlish, when two HST as trains 1A92 Plymouth-London Paddington and 1C86 London Paddington-Penzance ... (more)

Voyager class 220 of CrossCountry running through Dawlish as train 1V54 from Dundee to Plymouth.