December 2024
43274 + 6262, 72631, 975091 'Mentor', 72612 + 43303 down Dawlish 1Q18 05.43 Reading Triangle to Paignton via Penzance and Dawlish Warren (DW-Pai leg). 13 December 2024.
43303 + 72612 + 975091 Mentor + 72631 + 6262 + 43274 emerge from Dawlish Kennaway with 1Q18 05.43 Reading Triangle to Paignton via Penzance and Dawlish Warren (Pz-DW leg). 13 December 2024.
With a happy looking driver at the helm, the stand in NMT formation 43274, 6262, 72631, 975091 'Mentor', 72612 and 43303 passes Dawlish on 13 December 2024 forming train 1Q18 05.43 Reading Triangle to Paignton via Penzance and Dawlish Warren.
On 12 December 2024, the excitement on the Dawlish Sea Wall was the running of stock move 5Q44, the 07.05 Laira to the Mid Norfolk Railway, formed of Rail Adventure Class 43s 43480 and 43468 'top and tail' of ex-GW power cars 43162 and 43160 plus ex-ScotRail Mk3 sleepers 10553 and 10551. The train went through Dawlish at just on 08.00 before the sun rose and it was rather dark. Taken at 50,000ISO in Raw and processed in Photoshop using the AI function to remove noise.
Nice to capture this pair in South Devon 0n 10 December 2024. Rail Adventure power cars Nos. 43480 and 43468 working as 0Z43 05.05 Kidderminster (SVR) to Laira. Seen passing Dawlish Warren.
57602 up Dawlish, 5Z50 11.00 Laira to Reading depot (empty Sleeper set) 9 Deceber 2024.
37611 + 6346 + 6344 + 37510 up Dawlish Rockstone, 5M57 09.47 Laira - Derby RTC after delivery of 175114 to Laira. 5 December 2024.
66846 / load / 70809 up Dawlish, 6F08 10.35 Plymouth - Westbury (27 late). 4 December 2024.
70809 / load / 66846 down Dawlish 6F08 06.53 Westbury - Plymouth (81late). 3 December 2024.