Professor Plumtree

So what's happening today? I can see men in orange going down to the beach, and the crane moves from time to time. Does somebody sleep on the crane? More info please

seems to update every 10 to 15 mins, in the daytime presumably network rail can see it real-time, maybe they could turn it so we can see the rig

yes I think you are right, the angle of the camera is such that it cant see the work I'm going to watch the camera more carefully to see how often it updates...

I think this excellent picture confirms what I have suspected for some time, that the Network rail camera we can see on the web is not being updated some / most of the time - shame

Looks like something that should have been in a Thunderbird 2 pod

JCB on the beach again...

actually looks like it updates about every 15 mins or so...

On the Network Rail camera (updates every hour or so), it looks like there is a JCB on the beach, maybe emptying a container... When is work on raising the wall going to start?

sorry didn't realise there was another thread, please accept my apologies...

Re linked article: until the cost of strengthening the existing route is known, we don't know if £750M is a good price or not. Whether it's 0.75, 1 or 2 billion I suspect the money will be found, because the political consequences of cutting off the south west from the rail network are unthinkable. And if the route is moved what happens to those houses currently protected by the railway embankment? What would be the impact on Dawlish & Dawlish Warren (or Teignmouth) if they no longer had stopping trains in the summer, e.g. The Dawlish Air Show? And if the new line went inland from Teignmouth to say Starcross (with tunnels) would Dawlish get a new inland station? If it was my problem I would get a commitment for funding (whatever option is preferred), before the General Election, perhaps during the "kissing babies" pre-election visits

Is there not a local railway history expert who knows the dates sidings were put in & removed, and thus this siding(s) at Dawlish Warren? Here in the East Midlands there are chaps who can tell you the dates for every siding, signal box, you name it

I believe this is a portable drilling rig, as mentioned in several posts

I had assumed the track was realigned closed to the mainland many years ago, hence the gap. The siding is a better explanation. Is the Red Rock cafe open yet? Have noticed several people walking along "closed" section of sea wall over last few days What are the 3 guys who work there doing, given the gap is now to be completely closed in?

Back from my annual Whitsun visit to Dawlish with the following observation - don't bother to make a special trip in the hope of seeing the repair as there is little you can see - security is too tight. As reported earlier in this thread, at Dawlish Warren you still cannot get past the footbridge west towards Red Rock Cafe, or walk through the contractors compound in the car park between the Langston Cliff Hotel and the line. At Dawlish you can only walk a short distance east towards the containers (or onto that part of the beach). You can also see the containers from the footbridge at Dawlish station. In the lobby at the hotel is a large (12 foot wide maybe) high quality colour digital print, presumably taken from an aircraft, approx half way through the repair with the spider in use. An article alongside reports an estimated reopening date for the sea front path of September. From what I saw, many punters were disappointed that the path is still closed - but they have to accept it's a big job. Security is definitely needed. What you can see briefly from the train is a lot of damage to the footpath awaiting repair, and if you look carefully the Dawlish beach webcam and the huge NR camera.