29th December 2018

Cockwood
Clive Smith

GWR 0-4-2T 1450 passes Cockwood Harbour on Easter Monday 13th April 1998 with an Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot 'Dawlish Donkey' tour. This was the inaugural year of these tours and this was the final day of three days of shuttles over the holiday weekend. 

          Regards, Clive Smith           Many thanks indeed Clive.

A delightful picture as 1450 passes Cockwood Harbour on Easter Monday the 13th April 1998 with an Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot train. Copyright Clive Smith

Westbury Report
​Day 6
Guy Vincent

​Westbury North Junction Renewals  Day 6  Friday 28th December 2018

Disappointingly dull weather conditions again today with most of the heavy work now completed.  A short stretch of the Up Reception line was the only track still needing to be replaced. 

Guy Vincent   28.12.2018

Picture 1) Looking towards the station with more ballast in place and engineers busy welding together the new rail sections and connecting up signalling and detection equipment. 13.02 28th December 2018. Copyright Guy Vincent

Picture 2) Looking towards the signal box more welding being undertaken with 66051 on a materials train that originated at Hinksey. 13.19 28th December 2018. Copyright Guy Vincent

Picture 3) Road replacement transport in the station approach road. Buses running to Frome, Warminster, Trowbridge and chippenham via Melksham with a minibus shuttle serving Dilton Marsh. 13.19 28th December 2018. Copyright Guy Vincent

Picture 4) Looking from platform 1 across to the site of the demolished diesel depot with a ballast train standing in P1 and the new signals for P2 (W402) and P3 (W502) visible. W402 previously occupied the empty space at the end of the remaining gantry. 13.24 28th December 2018. Copyright Guy Vincent.

Exeter St Davids
Ron Kosys

33109 runs round its Waterloo train at Exeter St Davids on the 29th May 1976 Copyright Ron Kosys