Dawlish Railway Line

JJ McClure

Go Jags

Jul 7, 2003

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Hassocks

• Feb 6, 2014

• #21

Giraffe said:

Typical health and safety nonsense.

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Probably the BBC's fault.

 

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Seaber

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Oct 20, 2010

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Wales

• Feb 6, 2014

• #22

edna krabappel said:

I think there was a villain in Harry Potter called Dawlish.

Karma.

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He's an Auror.

 

Leekbrookgull

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Jul 14, 2005

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Leek

• Feb 6, 2014

• #23

Beach Hut said:

Minimum 6 months if it is anything like what has happened to the North Wales railway line.

Tragedy as very scenic and iconic bit of railway line.

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Would go with there on that,lets face it H & S will be calling the shots now.yet amazingly this time last week it was ok !!

 

£1.99

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Mar 3, 2008

1,191

• Feb 6, 2014

• #24

Could be turned into a fantastic cycle path.

 

Luke93

STAND OR FALL

Jun 23, 2013

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Shoreham

• Feb 6, 2014

• #25

£1.99 said:

Could be turned into a fantastic cycle path.

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The Green Party are itching to go!

 

Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..

Nov 4, 2006

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Sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off...

• Feb 6, 2014

• #26

Tooting Gull said:

Been on that line a few times as well, down to Teignmouth just after it.

Scary. Can you imagine how bad that would have been if a train had been on it or just before it when it all gave way in that storm...

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Bridge_disaster

 

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Fungus

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May 21, 2004

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Truro

• Feb 6, 2014

• #27

Bladders said:

The lines still there, whats the problem?

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Indeed. Easy opportunity to turn it into a zip-wire and charge extra.

Four zip-wires, in fact.

 

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Berty23

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Jun 26, 2012

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• Feb 6, 2014

• #28

I grew up in South Devon and went along that line many times. Incredible views. It was quite unnerving with the odd wave hitting the train.

It was an ingenious bit of design from Brunel along that coast.

 

Grombleton

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Dec 31, 2011

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• Feb 6, 2014

• #29

 

Norman Potting

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Nov 5, 2006

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Sussex, Sussex not by the sea and actually nearer

• Feb 11, 2014

• #30

One for the train spotters

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-26125244

Trying to figure out what the loco is in photo 6 - "Britannia" class or 9F - perhaps I should add a poll? And which "Warship" is it running "wrong line" in photo 7?