A morning and early afternoon filming at Dawlish Warren station on Tuesday 10th July 1990. The 33 year old footage is beginning to show its age, Filmed on a Panasonic Ms1 consumer SVHS Camcorder and upscaled in Topaz Video AI
I was living in South Devon 1993-2001 and I still cannot for the life of me figure out why I didn't spend the odd sunny summer day here. I was in my 20s and at that point was more interested in work, music and women than trains. 🤷♂️
The current year is 2024. This must have happened is nearly 35 previous years ago when it comes to 2025. By 2030, it will be aged 40 years old. I was aged 14 years old at the time 🕰️. This is the 3 car class 101 perhaps 🤔. The DMU - Diesel ⛽️ Multiple Unit is the first generation unit. Back then, it’s called BR - British 🇬🇧 Rail 🚃. Dawlish Warren is a small railway 🚃 station 🚉 is always unstaffed because it’s a village. There are four 4️⃣ railway 🚃 tracks 🛤️ 🛤️ 🛤️ 🛤️ at Dawlish Warren railway 🚃 station 🚉. The old trains 🚂 🚆 🚊 have open windows 🪟 are very dangerous, probably comfortable seats 💺, luggage 🧳 rack, slam door 🚪 passenger trains 🚂 🚊 🚆 , a toilet 🚻 🚾 🚽 , probably smoking 🚬 accommodation and run 🏃 its services everyday and bank 🏦 holidays except Christmas 🎄🎅 🧑🎄 🤶 Day and Boxing 🥊 Day. There is no train 🚊 🚆 🚂 ticket 🎫 🎟️ office 🏢 at Dawlish Warren. There are signals at Dawlish Warren. Also there are trees 🌳 🌳 🌲 🌲 🌴 🌴 at Dawlish Warren. On the westbound of Dawlish Warren, it’s called Dawlish. Only GWR - Great Western Railway 🚃 provincial trains 🚂 🚊 🚆 stop at Dawlish Warren and limited GWR - Great Western Railway 🚃 intercity express trains 🚂 🚆 🚊 class 800s and 802 stop at Dawlish Warren at certain times ✖️ on certain journeys. At present 💝 in May 2024, there are second generation DMU - Diesel ⛽️ Multiple Unit and EMU - Electric ⚡️ Multiple Unit trains 🚂 🚆 🚊 run 🏃♂️ via Dawlish Warren daily except the 25th and 26th of December. 👍 🤛 🤜