The Devonian Dawlish Devon 22nd October 2011

Everyone waves at a steam train. On the classic seaside stretch of railway near Dawlish the crowds are happy to see Great Western Railway King 4-6-0 6024 King Edward II double-heading with British Railways Standard Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell with the Poole to Plymouth Devonian railtour.

The sea was pounding the sea wall and spraying the track & train as we passed. Note the red sandstone cliffs, of Devonian age, which make this area so attractive.

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Tractacus, Nouchetdu38, Roger (Grisly), François Manchon and 8 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Stephan Fey ^club

Hope the waves didn´t come in too high! :-))

2 years ago.

Loose_Grip/Pete ^club has replied to Stephan Fey ^club

Not this time but back in 2014 a whole section of track beyond that bridge was washed away in a storm!

2 years ago.

Peter Castell ^club

A classic view of this famous section of line hope it survives this winters storms

2 years ago.

Loose_Grip/Pete ^club has replied to Peter Castell ^club

They rebuilt the sea wall stronger but nature has a way of getting around man's attempts to control it...

2 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club

A terrific capture Peter, the sea wall looks somewhat different these days, sadly,
Thank you for posting your image in the group
www.ipernity.com/group/west.of.england

2 years ago.

Loose_Grip/Pete ^club has replied to Roger (Grisly) ^club

Thanks a lot Roger. I haven't been through Dawlish for some time so haven't seen the new sea wall. Stronger but no doubt less suited for train-warching I would expect.

2 years ago.

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