Summer on the "English Riveria" appears to be in full swing as work-stained 50016, Barnham, passes the crowded beaches at Dawlish with a Paddington to Paignton service in July 1979.
With the dub-dubbing of its English Electric engine echoing across the River Teign, 50049, Defiant, powers a Paddington to Paignton service at Bishopsteignton, between Teignmouth and Newton Abbot,... (more)
July 4, 1979, finds recently out-shopped 50009 Conqueror exiting the Parson and Clerk tunnel, the last of five tunnels between Dawlish and Teignmouth, with the 13.30 Paddington to Penzance service... (more)
Assisting an HST set with a failed power car between Plymouth and Exeter, 50026 "Indomitable" leads 43121 and dead attached 43132 along the sea wall at Teignmouth early on a sunny spring morning ... (more)
English Electric Class 50 50013 "Agincourt" leans into the curve between Hele and Silverton, Devon, on a westbound goods, including a rake of four-wheeled vans, in August 1978. Revisiting this loc... (more)