Corfe Castle
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Swanage Railway launches £350,000 ‘T3’ restoration appeal
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Dorset’s Swanage Railway has launched a £350,000 appeal to return London & South Western Railway (LSWR) ‘T3’ 4-4-0 No. 563 to full working order. The 563 Locomotive Group, under the umbrella of the Swanage Railway Trust, hopes to raise the money in a suitable time window to allow the 1893-built former National Railway Museum loco to…
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Your Gallery | 60103 Flying Scotsman
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Keith Halse has sent in some impressive photography of No. 60103 Flying Scotsman passing Corfe Castle on a visit to Swanage Railway.
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Battle of Britain Class 4-6-2 No.34070 ‘Manston’
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Manston, seen here hauling a dining tour at Corfe Castle Station on the Swanage Railway.
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‘Scotsman’ to reunite with ‘Devon Belle’ car at Swanage
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CELEBRITY ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman will pair up with one of the carriages that travelled with it across the Atlantic during its ill-fated tour of North America when it visits the Swanage Railway this spring. The National Railway Museum’s Gresley Pacific will spend 20 days on the Dorset line from March 22 to April 10,…
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Heritage Explorer: Four lines in four days
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Last summer Robert Drysdale embarked on an 800-mile round trip to visit four heritage railways in four days using the national rail network and occasionally a local bus. His personal account provides some interesting observations and food for thought. On the morning of Friday, July 3, 2018, I arrived at Newark North Gate station to…
