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The Swanage Railway is keeping steam alive in south Dorset - with an extensive service linking Swanage, Corfe Castle and Norden.
These pages host a collection of images acquired from 1999 to 2006 - showing the railway at work from the cold of February to the warmth of summer. Swanage is very much a community railway - serving the whole community of the Purbeck region throughout the year. |
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 - Late summer 2006
Late summer service - August Bank Holiday Monday and the Steam Festival weekend (9th September) - visiting Pannier Tank 6412 and Jinty 47493 |
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- Easter weekend 2006
The Easter weekend (14-17 April) - first weekend of service for visiting S160 No 5197 |
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- April 2006
Swanage Railway Branch Line weekend - and the last weekend working for 34028 'Eddystone' before she departed to the North York Moors Railway. |
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February 2006
Ex GWR 0-6-2T No. 6695 in revenue service for the half term week. |
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September 2005 Swanage Steam Gala
5 locomotives in steam for the annual Swanage Steam Gala - September 10th/11th. |
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July 2005 - Swanage - a summer miscellany!
Intensive summer services carried passengers for the Swanage Carnival weekend in late July. |
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May 2005 - Swanage 120 weekend
Intensive services ran throughout the 120 weekend |
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May 2005 - Swanage 120 weekend |
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May 2005 - Purbeck weekend working
A spring weekend for the Purbeck railway. |
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March 2005 - Members weekend
March 2005 - major improvements at Corfe Castle, 2 platforms in use, new signal box and trains able to pass allowing more intensive service. |
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March 2004
March 2004 - Members weekend and 34028 'Eddystone' in service |
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September 2002
September festival of steam weekend - Steaming to Swanage! |
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August 2003
Standard Class 4 services in latet August |
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August 2002
An August evening at Swanage |
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March 2002
March 24th 2002 - Members weekend. 80104 was heading the service trains - with 257 Squadron and Class 33 'Stan Symes' |
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September 2001
September 9th 2001 - Steam festival. 6 locomotives in steam - and all coupled together at the end of the day! |
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March 2001
March 24th 2001 - Members Weekend. 80078 was in steam and working the last return service of the day. |
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July 18th 2000
MPEG video with sound - hear and see the action! - 1.3Mb download
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Easter 2000
Easter came late in 2000 - and the May Day holiday weekend immediately followed Easter. Here Standard Class 4 locomotive 80078 provides the duty motive power for a holiday service. |
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May Bank Holiday weekend - 2nd May 1999
Warmer days at the beginning of May saw the first full summer timetable in operation. Standard 4 80104 and LNER 7999 were in operation..... |
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Easter - 9th April 1999
On an Easter Friday, S15 Harry A Frith worked the driving experience turns |
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February half-term - 19th February 1999
In the cold of a February afternoon, Standard tank 80104 provides the power for the late afternoon round trip |
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Visit the Swanage Railway web-site at: http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
All images © Copyright Peter J. Milford - no reproduction without permission
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