Waterloo 06:50. It takes four pages to display all 26 stops of the 07:10 to Paignton. 3644x2176 20090808_01.jpg |
It's 07:30 and we're approaching Woking. The train was reasonably well filled leaving Waterloo, difficult to tell how many were taking advantage of the £10 fare and how many were regulars. 3696x2164 20090808_02.jpg |
Approaching Teignmouth along the Teign estuary, the 08:42 Cornish Riviera Express from Penzance. Owing to earlier problems (at Paignton I think) most trains were running late. 3449x2596 20090808_03.jpg |
The 09:06 Paddington to Penzance passing Teignmouth 3925x2544 20090808_04.jpg |
Through the heat haze a 143 and 153 form the 10:55 Paignton to Exeter St Davids. 4061x2452 20090808_05.jpg |
A pleasant surprise was the appearance of NXEC HST on the 07:00 Manchester to Newquay, presumably the vans were full of surf boards. 3696x2499 20090808_06.jpg |
The HST makes its way along the river estuary en-route for Newton Abbot 3124x2464 20090808_07.jpg |
Also running a few minutes late was 60163 on the Tamar Tornado, making its first trip over Dainton and Rattray banks to Plymouth. I would guess that it made the gradients look (relatively) easy. 3560x2392 20090808_08.jpg |
Another shot looking along the estuary. 3596x2372 20090808_09.jpg |
Along the sea wall a family watch an FGW HST on the 09:55 Penzance to Paddington 3747x2588 20090808_10.jpg |
After the 07:10 the next SWT train is the 09:20 from Waterloo to Plymouth, here approaching Teignmouth on the sea wall. 3655x2536 20090808_11.jpg |
The 12:29 Plymouth to Exeter St Davids, formed of a pair of 153s (a 155 that was) leaving Teignmouth 3848x2548 20090808_12.jpg |
And in the opposite direction comes the 12:23 Exeter to Paignton. Plenty of holiday makers (and their dogs) on the sea wall on Saturday. 3728x2596 20090808_13.jpg |
The 12:58 Paignton to Exmouth formed of a class 143 rail-bus. 3956x2457 20090808_14.jpg |
Close to Parsons Tunnel the 11:06 Paddington to Penzance is catching up a local train. 3680x2604 20090808_15.jpg |
A Voyager emerging from Parsons Tunnel on the 06:12 Edinburgh to Plymouth 3900x2636 20090808_16.jpg |
XC HSTs were plentiful on Saturday, but this was the only one which appeared when I was in a position to take a picture. I think this is 13:25 Plymouth to Edinburgh service. 3572x2432 20090808_17.jpg |
A pair of buzzards were using the thermals to soar along the line of the cliffs. 3508x2460 20090808_18.jpg |
The 11:20 Waterlo to Paignton slowing for the Teignmouth stop. 3640x2700 20090808_19.jpg |
The 14:30 Paignton to Paddington accelerating from the Teignmouth stop. 3980x2660 20090808_20.jpg |
And home we go, only 21 stops back to Waterloo (arrive 19:49) 3408x2605 20090808_21.jpg |
And here is the 159, the same one which formed the 09:20 to Plymouth. We actually stopped outside Waterloo about 6 minutes early but had to wait for a platform and so eventually arrived right time. 3751x2415 20090808_22.jpg |
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