Great Britain 7 was diesel hualed from Exeter to Truro the previous day but returned from Falmouth 27/4/2014 with No 5029 Nunney Castle and Rebuilt West Country No 34046 Braunton. They are pulling away from Teignmouth Station after a 1.5 minute stop.

Sir Nigel Gresley was back again 19/4/2014 with the Dartmouth Express from Guildford
 to Kingswear which was steam hualed from Taunton and back to Westbury. Here she is
passing through Torquay Station on her way to Paignton.

South Devon Railway's Easter Gala at Buckfastleigh had 1 guest engine the Ivatt Class 2MT
No 46521 from Great Central Railway which is expected to stay until June. She is leaving with
 the 10.00 to Totnes.

Cathedrals Express from Woking to Kingswear was steam hualed by A4 Class No 60007
Sir Nigel Gresley from Westbury to Kingwear and return and is seen passing Preston on
 her way into Paignton  10/4/2014.

West Country Pacific No 34007 Wadebridge from the Mid Hants Railway is arriving at Bishops Lydeard with the 11.35 ( Atlantic Coast Express ) from Minehead.

U Class No 31806 from the Mid Hants Railway is arriving at Bishops Lydeard with the
9.45 from Minehead.

West Somerset Railway Spring Gala 29/3/2014 at Bishops Lydeard. There were 3 guest engines working. 4300 Class No 5322 from Didcot is about to move from platform 1 to platform 2 to take
 out the 10.45 to Minehead.

I have decided to include steam loco's that visit the area and have backtracked to the beginning
of the year. Starting with South Devon Railway's Winter Branch Line Gala 22/2/2014 at Buckfastleigh where the guest engine was M7 class 30053 from the Swanage Railway.

                                                  
                                           

ELANDRA COUGAR

2014 / 29737gt owned by Elandra Shipping, Singapore. She entered service 1/1/2014
and this was her first time to N. Europe. Enroute from Brake to Paranagua, Brazil
landing a deep sea pilot at Brixham 27/4/2014.

                                   Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 27/4/2014.
                                                  Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

                  

NEVA LEADER 7

2013 / 5687gt 7150dwt owned by North Western Shipping, Russia. She is one of the RSD49
Project ships ( Volga Don Max Class ) ships. Enroute from Riga to Santander sheltering in
Babbacombe Bay, Torquay 26/4/2014. Sailed 27/4.

                                    Picture taken from Marine Drive, Torquay 26/4/2014
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

RMS TWISTEDEN

2002 / 1898gt owned by Rhein Maas und See, Germany. Enroute from Rotterdam to
Pasajes sheltering in Torbay 26/4/2014.

                                          Picture taken from Brixham 26/4/2014
                                                 Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

MOL QUALITY

2013 / 151200gt 13900 teu owned by APL and chartered to Mitsui OSK Line, Japan. She is
enroute from Rotterdam to Port Said and landed a deep sea pilot at Brixham 12/4/2014.

                                   Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 12/4/2014.
                                                  Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

ANTJE WULFF

She left Torbay on Saturday 12th April after awaiting orders for nearly 8 weeks and sailed to Rotterdam to operate for CMA CGM on the Maersk St Laurent 1 service from N.Europe to
Montreal and Halifax,Canada.

                                  Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 12/4/2014
                                               as the local pilot was disembarking.
                                                  Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

CABLE INNOVATOR

1995 / 14277gt managed by Global Marine Systems, UK. While carrying out subsea cable work in Lyme Bay she came to Brixham for a crew change 7/4/2014.

                                    Picture taken from Berry Head, Brixham 7/4/2014.
                                                     Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

ALLER

2005 / 2164gt  Ex Stadt Hemmoor 2013 managed by Stralhmann, Germany. Arriving at
 Sharpness with a cargo of 2000 tons of mineral from Gabes, Tunisia 5/4/2014.

                    Picture taken at Sharpness as she was about to enter the lock 5/4/2014
                                              Copyright Rodge Musselwhite

GLOVIS COUGAR

2012 / 60404gt  6000 cars owned by STX Pan Ocean,S.Korea and chartered to Glovis, S,Korea.
Ex STX Flamingo 2013. Leaving Portbury bound for Antwerp 5/4/2014.

                                  Picture taken from Battery Point, Portishead 5/4/2014
                                                    Copyright Rodge Musselwhite