Trains at Dawlish and Teignmouth - 1985

My Archive VHS footage from 1985 taken while on holiday along the South Devon Coast at Dawlish and Teignmouth may bring back happy memories for some, there are plenty of trains with a good variety of motive power. I hope you enjoy watching.

[@andrewharris1837]

Always exciting as a child in the 70's riding this line with my mum & sister for s day out with the wind,spray &rain pounding the train window 😅

[@ThehulkGreen]

Just got back from dawlish, Teignmouth, torquay, Paignton, and almost walked to Brixham but the legs after 21yrs of bmx just couldn't carry me and my bag of coastal walking goodies. I come from bridgwater, a dump now but believe me I have a great knowledge of our history and am super proud to come from there, but after living in Cornwall twice and all over the UK my biggest aim now is to move to Devon, I like Teignmouth As its sort of in a good place for my preference, I like the long sands of dawlish but want more activities on the doorstep. It's where I know my soul will be at ease, I suffer from depression because of various things (don't mind admitting it) and look for ways to stay ahead of it, I have saved a lot of money and 1yrs worth of food and all my wild camping gear is the best money can buy, I just spent another 3 days walking the devon coast but want to make it my base to then conquer the cornish coast, lived there twice and love it, but devon Teignmouth is my utter aim in life now. Thanks for the nice video as I honestly love this train journey, damn I sound like a right wimp,lol, I'm actually enjoying the dulling down of the ferocious lifestyle. Hope your all good. Thanks.

[@christhorne9542]

The year I left school, & used to regularly travel up & down that line to & from Devon to Reading & back home through the early 80s. My love of trains was already cemented by the as Dad was a lifelong railwayman & followed him onto it. The rear carriage of the IC125 was always reserved for our school going home, the best times of course, & remember well the semaphores & ground frame at Teignmouth as we got on the train there. Always waiting for the crossing lights to tell us our train was nearby 🙏🏻

[@imautuber]

Brings back so many memories. As a kid I would be led in bed in a caravan in the warren holiday centre listening to the distant whoosh noise of the coach stock passing by in the dead of night, even then at that age I knew it was the best times of my life.

[@johncourtneidge]

Been there, done that! Happy times!

[@simonpegler9942]

Thank you so very much ❤

[@iloveketo1]

Takes me back. £2:25p for the Devon explorer ticket. Happy memories. So many varieties of locomotive power. Summer Saturdays will never be like this again. Crying shame. Great video. 👍

[@TerryTheNewsGirl]

Loved this. Love the 50. Had a distinctive gurgling sound that I liked.

[@stephenpowell5912]

Pure Hoover power back in the day ❤️

[@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome]

I grew up in Cornwall and in the 70s I had an aunt who lived in Starcross. We used to go visit and go to the beach at Dawlish Warren. I'd love to go back to those times, the world is different now.

[@grahamchadwick5242]

Excellent footage Roy brought back many a memory it was also good to see all the old cars , cheers

[@fastacesus8499]

Who on earth voted down? Fantastic collection of shots here thank you. The 50s were really great...

[@royharrison4122]

Good question! there is always one.

[@stephenlittle7534]

A BIG THANKS ROY for all your hard work. I now live in Dawlish.

[@NedPooleD818]

Definitely one of my favourite videos- our family holidays were mostly spent sat on the wall at the Coastguard footbridge wondering what was going to emerge from behind Red Rock to the left or the tunnels to the right- I used to get a sore neck by the end of the week! The hoovers were amazing sounding just like screaming Lancaster bombers as they accelerated through the station- I remember seeing 37 different 50s in one day.... Loved the Allegro on Teignmouth forecourt but Bulwark’s incredible display to the topless trackside workers is Simply the Best (as Tina would say) To think we used to get all of this entertainment for free:-)) Thanks again for posting- even the rattling exhausts of the boggy leaving the Warren sent a shiver down my spine!!

[@orsoncart9441]

Excellent. 1985 it was the early days of the firts video cameras. Good job you had one. Thanks for posting.

[@martinsmith1538]

Great upload. Summer holidays. Fantastic memories.

[@eliottjeary1492]

I was born in 1992 and watching this is history and also preservation for this now well changed stretch of line.

[@garymcgregor7048]

Omg take me back. Let me start living from then. Amazing 👏

[@royharrison4122]

Yes Gary they were the good old days.

[@imautuber]

What a fantastic video, that took me back to my younger days watching the trains go by while sitting on the sea wall, simply brilliant. I don't get the same feeling from the new trains going down that line, no clanking, no deafening engine sound, it's all to perfect now.

[@cravensdmufan4449]

Another wonderful video from you Roy. Can almost smell that lovely salty air! I loved every moment of this one, particularly as I was working for the good old Western Region in '85. Loved seeing all the traction again, and the semaphore signals were superb. Thanks so much for posting your wonderful archive material.

[@joehoward993]

The turbos on the hsts sound amazing

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Instantly subbed! What an incredible video did I just watch. Not being from the UK, but boasting interest in it's railways especially in the pre-sectorisation BR period this video gave a good insight in the kind of traffic in the South West, didn't expect to see class 31 and 33 there. Also sheer numbers of parcel workings it seems. All those cars from back then as an added bonus.

[@kristinajendesen7111]

I loved that route on the way to Paignton. I drove the last SWT morning service down there before it was withdrawn. Wish I was at Salisbury when they had the 50's but I started at Bournemouth first in 1987. Still, we had the 33's, 47's & 73's.

[@royharrison4122]

You had some interesting turns there Kristina.

[@doctorjamie]

Thanks for all of these videos, they're a great insight into what the railway used to be like.

[@royharrison4122]

Glad you like them!

[@Simonwebberrailwaysvideography]

Great seeing how it was back them days to now and so much has changed

[@Transport-UK]

Wonderful video. Brought back many memories. Thank you for posting.

[@jamieevans9998]

what a superb video brought back a lot of memories from my holidays in dawlish

[@deanwhite6980]

wonderful footage.love the original scream of the power cars.thanks for sharing

[@BrianTuckerRailvideos]

Really enjoyed this video,thanks for sharing,and videoing the scenes in the first place.

[@westerleighwerek1493]

very well filmed, interesting view from down on the beach, the view i enjoyed as a kid in the late 70's early 80's!

[@albertpopwell]

Fantastic stuff, thanks for sharing.

[@JAMESDEMU-RailwayModeller]

Excellent video. Great to look at how things have (and in some cases haven't) changed over the years.

[@Myattmode]

Wonderful footage of a bygone era. I have many fond memories of the countless trips I made along there from 1985 onwards (in particular behind the Class 50). Thank you for sharing :-)

[@royharrison4122]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kitchenhamfarm]

you can hear those class 50's miles away ,happy days at west drayton station 40 years ago

[@martinsmith1538]

The days when railways were the best

[@davidwilkins4752]

Expertly filmed

[@darrenbrierley3482]

Many memories for me. Thanks' for posting.

[@PerthMRC]

Another great video, thanks for uploading.

[@nigelbevan8449]

Absolutely brilliant video.... Oh those were the days.... But you're lucky if you see a freight train once a week on that stretch of line....

[@michelprins]

great video thx for sharing.

[@R-Ws308]

A very refreshing film, !!

[@photography94]

34 years ago when it was all old boy them hsts sound how they should do & all them old cars make it more of a cracking shot great stuff mate

[@andrewackerley9985]

This is just fabulous, Roy. How long have you kept this treasure-trove of trains, buried away in your attic, remaining unpublished? It's a remarkable historical record for us all & in addition to that, the fine quality of your camerawork, really does shine through here. It's there to be seen in every scene that you've captured & now edited together. I'm guessing that you must have shot the majority of your clips, using a tripod, as firstly lens & then image stabilization, was still in it's infancy, back then, in 1985. As I recall, the pro-VHS camera that I remember using back at that time, was a rarity & a pretty heavy piece of equipment, as well! I'm not even sure, if the smaller, C-VHS cameras that were once marketed, were even available for sale, back at that time? Thus, please would it be possible for you to let me have some very general, top-of-your-head information, as to the equipment you might happen to still remember using, in capturing all these fabulous, railway scenes of yours? I'm a train fan, a Devon fan & a technology historian, as well! Thus, you can now imagine, why I'm so fascinated by all the trains & the wonderful South Devon locations as well as the outstanding production values, that you've also managed to achieve here, when shooting your scenes & whilst doing the VHS/Digital transfer & conversion. Finally, may I say a very big thank you, for posting your work for us all to watch & enjoy, here on You Tube. I know all too well myself, the amount of effort that goes into shooting all this work & then more recently, bringing all the original recordings together & then editing & coverting it all, into a digital format. Finally, might I say, that I've watched an heck of a lot of train videos in my time but even after all that experience of mine, I have to say that this video compilation of yours here, is perhaps the finest piece of work that I've ever seen, originating from, the pre-digital era. We are all very lucky indeed, that all your tapes survived & that you've now very kindly left us all, with a perfect historical record, of trains, places & life itself, during the 1980's. Cheers,. Andrew

[@royharrison4122]

Hi Andrew, Thank you for your kind comments on my Video, I have spent many hours editing to try to make these old VHS videos acceptable for the modern digital age. they were shot on a JVC VHS-C camera and separate recorder then transferred to a standard VHS tape, so straight away that's a loss of quality, then at some stage later transferred again to S -VHS then to DVD so thank goodness for Digital enhancement software, but you can't enhance detail if its not there in the first place. so its always a compromise, I used a tripod when possible but quite a few shots were handheld, as you say there was no image stabilization in those days, I have always tried to be professional when Filming and Editing. My photography started with my parents Box Camera in 1951, when we lived next to a Railway Line in rural Lincolnshire, that seems along time ago now. I have got more to come when I have time so keep watching Andrew. Cheers... Roy.

[@samstainer6322]

All those papers & parcels trains, before they were hived off to private road hauliers by Mrs T & her cronies. We had one turn on nights where you spent the whole 8 hour shift shunting parcels & paper vans, & attaching portions to overnight passenger trains, they had to get someone down to relieve you for your 40 minute p.n.b, you were so busy you couldn't stop.

[@royharrison4122]

It was like that Sam when I was Signalman at Spalding No.2 on the late shift, Busy days.

[@waynepc100digger2]

Brilliant video Roy .

[@royharrison4122]

Thank you Wayne

[@TheDaf95xf]

Evening Roy. Oh happy memories 🤣 I just remember the Western class 52s on that picturesque line 😆 Spent many hours sunbathing on the wall watching the train roll by. Called their on the way home from Cornwall in August to see the camera 😆 Cheers Stevie 😎

[@royharrison4122]

Glad you enjoyed it Stevie.

[@marvinnappermarvo]

Nice to see the mixture of locos. Presume the 44/45's were North bound towards the Midlands.

[@royharrison4122]

Yes the 44/45's would be on what today is known as "Cross Country", Glad you enjoyed it Marvin.

[@timothyparsons8327]

A Peak on jointed track...oh memories!

[@Pirate-Scorcher-1998]

Tremendous video :)

[@MrStax40]

I don't half miss the old trains

[@Georgeasaurus2001]

Just look at those cars on Marine parade, fantastic stuff il have the Rover SD1

[@OlafProt]

I lived in South Devon 1993-2001 and never once went and stood to just watch the trains. 🙄 4:46 that livery ❤ 9:01 a Peak?

[@jeffreyhodge5564]

Happy days all gone,

[@joehoward993]

Boomer Jk

[@PerthMRC]

Interesting to note that on the first coach at 1:32 the light grey band is slightly higher than the rest. Initially I thought it was a different mk but no they are all mk1. This kind of thing can result in pages of debate on model railway forums........

[@MalcolmCrabbe]

Excellent video Roy, and you may be pleased to know that three of the 50's features are still in service today. 50017 filmed at 6:27 was later named "Royal Oak" and is now in preservation. I'm not sure if current, but recently had main line running certification. Currently awaiting service on the Gt Central Railway preservation line, having arrived there last month. 33003 seen at 20:40 was scrapped in November 1990, unlike 50050 which was later named "Fearless" and has been in preservation although its future looked uncertain given financial issues at Boden Rail (who also owned Royal Oak before Gt Central Railways purchased it). However pleased to say it still has main line certification and was seen heading up an RHTT 3S71 from Shrewsbury Coleham to Shrewsbury Coleham in December last year. Finally 50049 "Defiance" still has mainline certification and has been seen heading up many a railtour, however it is to be repainted in GBRf livery and will haul selected GBRf contracts.

[@royharrison4122]

Thanks for all the Info Malcolm.

[@N07890]

And 30 Years later the same trains on the track :D

[@themightyzanoss8409]

very cool

[@chrismarshall3972]

at 6:13 pure hellfire music to the ears.

[@GreatBarrWolf]

No significant changes around Dawlish upto the present day.

[@andybyrne50]

Tremendous video of my hometown,not the golden age of diesels in the region,still a good time though. I only wished that someone would have an old film from the 60s \ 70s -it certainly was halcyon days with the hydraulics. I see you put a lot of these videos from different regions,do you make dvds by any chance ? Andy

[@royharrison4122]

Pleased you enjoyed the video Andy, Sorry I do not have any DVD's of them. just slowly sorting through my old tapes to share on here.

[@andybyrne50]

Roy Harrison Definitely enjoyed watching Roy,keep them coming Andy

[@adamw2911]

Those load 13 beasts hauled by a 47 or 50. Now....that's how you deal with a surge of demand in the summer.

[@basher5013]

Such a variety of locomotives, good memories. As they say"Thanks For The Memories".

[@JimbobsTransportVideos]

Fantastic

[@royharrison4122]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@world-of-railways]

Hi Roy, would you mind if we used parts of your footage in our video describing the build of the model in TT:120, please? Thanks

[@MrVirtube]

Some proper trains with locos.

[@imautuber]

I miss the sound of jointed track, the good old days !

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

that's such a long time ago Roy

[@davidsheriff8989]

You can turn this into ultra HD with programme called HITPAW

[@AndreiTupolev]

Ooh, nice late model Allegro outside Teignmouth station. A Mk 2, isn't it. Bulwark couldn't have been back in service long by then after its rebuild.

[@PeterTOrganist]

It is a series 3 Allegro, looks like the top of the range HLS trim too!

[@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf]

Proper trains.... locals of 3 car DMUs or a loco plus 5/6 stock, HST and 10,11,12,13 coach expresses. Where did it all go wrong? Oh yeah...privatisation!!!🤬🤬

[@SpoonyMcSpoonface]

I wish I could have those days back.

[@bobjerome5390]

hi them vhs gear was very heavy did you use a tripod at all . i sell a lot just doing all this with a phone how tec has come along way

[@MatthewRailways50033]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐video Big 👍😎

[@misteryreviewer1426]

semaphore signals with High Speed Trains?

[@cosmicmaniac1886]

Idyllic!

[@MrGriser]

Wonder when those semaphore signals go?

[@dahliagreen5919]

In 1987

[@chrisstocks7137]

13:39 nice mk3

[@chrismarshall3972]

ahhhhh yes , before the Peaks were banned in this part of the country.

[@AndreiTupolev]

5:24 that's a weedy horn

[@chrisstocks7137]

4:48 is he trespassing

[@royharrison4122]

No Chris, He was a BR track worker going to the rest of the gang working just beyond the bridge.

[@paul8161]

Is that when the trains worked properly?!!😏🙄

[@martynbritton6855]

o k

[@NickTheobald]

The cars date this video, not the trains!

[@batman51]

You obviously didn't spend much time paddling!

[@kylestrainspotting1997]

Now look what crap we have today and this coming from a 23 year old

[@wazowskimike9893]

I agree and im only 15, Were stuck with crappy IETs nowadays, even around 8 years ago we atleast had proper HSTs but I only wish I could see all the old 47s and 50s back in those days 😞