The Swanage Railway has confirmed the list of locomotives which will be running at their Spring Gala 2018 in March.
34053 “Sir Keith Park”
The Spring Gala 2018 will see 34053 enter traffic on the Swanage Railway after spending five years at the Severn Valley Railway. 34053 is now apart of the home fleet at the Swanage Railway, being based at the line with other Southern Locomotives Ltd (SLL) engines.
Drummond T9 30120
30120 will be attending the gala. The T9 was withdrawn last year to undergo some extensive cylinder work, which has been successful and seen the engine back in steam at the end of 2017. Also in December saw the National Railway Museum confirm that 30120 will remain at Swanage until September 2020, when its boiler ticket expires.
U Class 31806
Recently returned from an overhaul to mainline standard, the Spring Gala 2018 will be 31806's first gala after overhaul. With Swanage Railway possibly running trains up to Wareham on the mainline (TBC), 31806 maybe at the front of these trains, or even mainline tours in the future.
BR Standard 4 Tank 80146 (Running as 80104)
Another engine owed by SLL, 80146 will be joining other home fleet engines in hauling trains in the Spring Gala 2018.
BR Type 3 (Class 33) D6515
D6515 will also be running at the steam-dominated gala. In the Swanage Branch lines' later years, the Class 33s were a common sight.
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