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A short walk up the famous Teignmouth sea wall, Parsons Tunnel is on the South Devon Mainline between Dawlish and Teignmouth. The track is cambered, so some great shots are to be had of trains ‘tilting’. You can also get surprisingly close to the tunnel portal, enabling dramatic shots of trains bursting out of the tunnel. However, the sea wall Read more…

This public footpath is situated some 1/2 mile south of Cooksbridge Station. Its a 10 min. walk from the railway station via a public footpath. Directions are walk along the A275 towards Lewes and in 1/4 follow the public footpath situated on the south side of the road. Generally the location only sees services from the coast to London Victoria(four Read more…

A great all day location for photography. A four platform unmanned station. Excellent views of both northbound and southbound workings. Platform 1&2 are the up and down fast lines while 3&4 are the slows with stoppers and freight. The southern end of Platform 1 provides an exceptional location foe images of northbound traffic on the slows. Avanti, London Northwestern and Read more…

Clysthayes Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge on a lane linking Killerton House, near Exeter and Hele, a small settlement next to the M5 motorway. The bridge crosses the Great Western Main Line just west of Tiverton Loops and east / north of Stoke Canon. A small, free National Trust car park is available at Ellerhayes Bridge about a Read more…

Toton Bank offers great shots of the working yard and rows of class 60s now out of use. Parking in the residential areas of Bessell Lane, one can head to the roundabout and follow a footpath up to the viewing point. Shots of the 60s are gradually becoming limited by the foliage. Read more…

Frinkley Lane Level Crossing goes across the East Coast Main Line immediately north of Grantham Station, just to the east of Marston village. The lane and crossing form part of a public bridleway. This section of line is incredibly fast. Trains can travel upwards of 100 mph and caution should be exercised for both those crossing and spotting / photographing. Read more…

Seaton Junction Railway Station sits on the West of England Line from London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids, midway between Axminster and Honiton Stations. It closed to passengers in 1966 and to goods a year later. Prior to this it was the alighting point for the Seaton Branch Line via Colyton and Colyford, part of which has since become the Read more…

An excellent photographic location, situated approximately 1/2 mile south of Plumpton station. Accessed from a public footpath which runs parallel to the track from alongside from the level crossing. There are two foot crossings, the second 1/4 mile past the first, just keep walking. Superb on sunny days for southbound traffic, but northbound can be washed out by a bright Read more…