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Seen on the webcam five minutes ago a class 66 (DB) heading towards Plymouth ,any idea what its duty is going to be?

I think its the loco off the earlier St Blazey to Riverside http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H35357/2014/05/22/advanced

Its running back down to collect the other half of the train, thus-

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H31842/2014/05/22/advanced

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I think its the loco off the earlier St Blazey to Riverside http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H35357/2014/05/22/advanced

Its running back down to collect the other half of the train, thus-

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H31842/2014/05/22/advanced

Would that have been the one I saw at Trerulefoot about 7:30ish
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It amazes me that Dawlish advertise this as a wonderful Blue Flag beach yet the tide, seemingly never goes out!

Is there another beach they are referring to?

 

Best, Pete.

Depends what time of day you have  been looking

 

and

 

 

the angle of the web cam means you rarely see the tide when its mostly right out

 

in other words you rarely see the top half of the beach at all

 

because of the height of the sea wall related to the height of the camera itself

 

Tommorow, Friday low tide is  08.06 & 20.42 British summer time 

 

but the tides are neap tommorrow so they dont go very far in or out

 

but this is a shot of some of the beach on Dawlish sea front towards

 

the Old Lifeboat house looking North

 

 

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Devon Riviera and not a sun bed or sun brolly in site. When some Russian buys Devon I suspect that high rise might spoil this resort.

(Now waiting for the men in black to bash the door in......; no, not Andy and the Mods) :blackeye:

 

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They look like PCSOs or maybe the young one on the left is and the other is a Constable showing him the patch? Probably they are just have a mooch on a beautiful day which is probably a lot more enjoyable than being in town on a Sunday morning about 12.30 a.m. :hunter:

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Off topic but PCSOs wear Blue Wicking Shirts, whilst PCs wear Black Wicking Shirts now (with sleeve sizes depending on how elite you are {in joke!}), with the exception of the Met who I believe still use the old white shirts and clip on tie.

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....and they're looking in to it.

 

They would be,.........if only they could find any evidence / clues / witnesses

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They would be,.........if only they could find any evidence / clues / witnesses

This actually happened in Birmingham a while back.

 

A large hole opened up in the road outside the Country Girl pub in Bridge Road Bordesley Green.

Police were indeed "Looking into it"!

 

Keith

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Totnes trains. are reporting that quote "Every Saturday 24th May to 6th September 2014

FGW Class 57 & day coaches off the sleeper will work the following service (vice a Class 150)

2E75 11:25 Par to Exeter St Davids, booked Totnes 13:05-13:07

2C51 17:51 Exeter St Davids to Penzance, booked Totnes 18:36-18:37"

Realtime trains

2E75 13:36 Dawlish. 2C51 18:06 Dawlish

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It amazes me that Dawlish advertise this as a wonderful Blue Flag beach yet the tide, seemingly never goes out!

Is there another beach they are referring to?

 

Best, Pete.

The tides out here:

 

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Keith

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Unfortunately still does not look a great beach... Two hours later and most of the groyne is under water again. I’ve been enjoying the cloudscapes.

How many freight trains pass each day - do you know, Keith?

 

Best, Pete.

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I suspect that there is less beach at the moment because the sand levels are so low. I have said in a previous post that the sand levels are at least 6 feet lower than they were when I stayed on Sea Lawn Terrace in the late 80s. This difference in vertical depth will translate to a large change in the horizontal extent of the beach at low tide.

 

ROB

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Unfortunately still does not look a great beach... Two hours later and most of the groyne is under water again. I’ve been enjoying the cloudscapes.

How many freight trains pass each day - do you know, Keith?

 

Best, Pete.

Hi Pete,

If you go to this website and enter Dawlish in the location box it gives real time info on all trains passing/stopping at Dawlish

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced

 

Select the time frame you require "Around Now" or pick any time span you want

Passenger trains usually have a format such as 1A00 (Expresses), 2F66 (Stopping Trains) etc.

ECS is typically 5X00 format

IIRC Specials can have different number prefixes

Freight trains are somewhat more variable such as 654L etc. (not many in a day)

 

Cheers

 

Keith

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I wonder if anyone saw the light HST power car earlier?

It was 'light' aswel, just a single power car on its own, first time Ive ever seen such a move!

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