Swanage Railway has announced the return of the evocative Steam and Lights Christmas trains after last year’s success.
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Roads to Rail event set for August Bank Holiday at Corfe Castle
Swanage Railway volunteers are staging a steam rally next to Norden station near Corfe Castle to raise funds
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Railways returning to action!
It’s been a long time coming, but the main 2020 season for a number of Britain’s heritage railways and attractions is springing into action following
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Swanage Railway to reopen with social-distancing measures
The Swanage Railway is to re-open with a special fundraising service protecting the health of passengers and staff.
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Four centuries on… Mayflower to honour the Mayflower
DAVID Buck’s Thompson ‘B1’ 4-6-0 No. 61306 Mayflower will pay homage to the ship of the same name next September when it heads a commemorative railtour
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Roving Repton on autumn gala circuit
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYMR) Southern ‘Schools’ 4-4-0 No. 926 Repton took part in no fewer than three autumn steam galas during September and October,
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Painstaking restoration for Wickham trolley at Midsomer Norton
A TYPE 27A MkIII gangers’ trolley (Wickham 7504) has had a thorough restoration at the Somerset & Dorset Railway, Midsomer Norton. When acquired it had
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GBRf has 91 Class 66s after Swedish purchase
Former Cargonet Class 66 No. T66.403 – already with its GBRf number of 66790 – is hauled from Immingham to Longport EMD past North Stafford Junction
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Swanage Railway launches £350,000 ‘T3’ restoration appeal
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
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Your Gallery | 60103 Flying Scotsman
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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