Recent content by South Western

If Britain had 200 mph wind speed the whole country would be at a standstill. Britain is just not organised well enough to cope. Not only would the railways cease to function but also most of the road system would be blocked, there would be no electricity consequently water supply and sewage...

Dawlish was bad on the night of 17th March 1965. My young wife of a few hours and I arrived at Dawlish Station from Reading after many delays at around 21.00 hours. Seas were washing over the train and we arrived at our hotel soaked through to our underclothes. It was horrendous. Wot a...

As hardly a year goes by without this stretch having to be rebuilt and relaid it would seem not to be worthwhile persisting with the battle against the elements. It is unfortunate that the line from Exeter St Thomas, via Ide and Bovey Tracey to Newton Abbot was lifted instead of being...

Southeastern didn't provide a normal service, did they? Trees fell and blocked lines throughout the region. Why? In days of steam locos, sparks from these engines used to burn the edges of the formation. Saplings were destroyed before they became big trees and so there were NO LEAVES deposited...