THE FIRST steam train tour this year comes to Dawlish today.
The locomotive will be travelling through Dawlish twice this afternoon as part of its trip from Paddington to Plymouth.
The locomotive will be the Black 5 number 44952, the same class as shown in the photo from Dawlish Beach Cams.
The tour is the Great Britain XV on the first day of a nine day tour around mainland Britain.
It is traveling from Paddington to Bristol via the Berks and Hants line to Taunton and then down to Plymouth for a three hour break before running up to Bristol.
Times through Dawlish are 1.38pm and 6.25pm on the return.
Information can be found at https://www.railwaytouring.net/the-great-britain-xv---april-2023