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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 in 1999 and 2000 - 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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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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