Tag: Swanage Railway Trust

Swanage Railway operates its first trial service to mainline Wareham station

The first service took place on Tuesday the 4th of April and…

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Swanage to Wareham: Last passenger becomes first conductor driver

A volunteer who rode on the last BR train from Swanage to…

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Adams T3 Class 4-4-0 No. 563 celebrates its 130th birthday

This month marks 130 years since T3 Class 4-4-0 steam locomotive No.…

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Trial train service from Wareham mainline into the heart of the Isle of Purbeck

Swanage Railway will operate the trial service using a heritage diesel train…

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Swanage Railway to hold a ‘behind the scenes’ community engagement weekend

Members of the public are encouraged to attend the heritage railways event…

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The 563 Locomotive Group reveals the achievement of a further milestone

Progress is well underway for T3 Class No.563 as the completion of…

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Swanage Railway volunteer Alan Greatbatch retires following 31 years of devoted service

Alan set up the first Swanage Railway Signalling School and also conducted…

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