Bullied Battle of Britain Class Pacific, 34070, Manston at Swanage Station

 

 Early morning at Swanage with two Standard Tanks nose to nose and Eddystone on the left just beyond the Signal Box

 Drummond M7, 30053, arriving at Corfe Castle from Norden

 

 Drummond M7, 30053 at Corfe Castle awaiting departure for Norden

 My favourite Swanage Railway picture.  GWR 6695 approaching Corfe Castle from Norden

 Bullied rebuilt West Country Class Pacific 34028, Eddystone, leaving Corfe Castle

 GWR 6695 leaving Harmans Cross station bound for Swanage

 

 BR Standard Class 4 and GWR 6695 double heading a train from Norden bound for Corfe Castle

 

BR Standard Class 4, 80078 arriving at Corfe Castle station. Not mid-summer but early March!

 

Drummond M7 30053 passing through Corfe Castle station with a 2008 Santa Special 

 

BR Standard Class 5 No. 73129 passing Swange signal box. 

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BR Standard Class 4, No. 76079 at Harmans Cross 

 

Bullied Battle of Britain Pacific, 34081, 92 Squadron at Corfe Castle.

 

BR Standard Class 4, 80078 and Drummond M7, 30053 at Corfe Castle .

 

Drummond M7, now in Southern livery and numbered  53 , leaving Corfe Castle on a lovely July afternoon 2009

 

 34028, Eddystone, on a test run at Corfe Castle with the Pullman Observation coach in the down platform at the rear of the Swanage Train.


 

BR Standard Class 4, 80078 arriving at Corfe with Eddystone awaiting departure for Norden. The new Signal Box is under construction in the background.


34067, Tangmere, being prepared at Swanage for the return "Royal Wessex"working to Waterloo in May 2009.


 

34070, Manston, waiting at Corfe for 34067, Tangmere, to pass through on the return to Wateloo. 

 

Not typical Swanage Railway.  DB Schenker Class 66, 66152, at the buffer stops in Swanage after bringing in the first through train from London for over 40 years.  April 2009.

 

Drummond M7, 30053, crossing the viaduct at Corfe.


The M7 passing Harmans Cross signal box.

 

Tornado at Swanage, September 2010 

Another view of Tornado 


SR 30777, Sir Lamiel, at Wareham Station on the way to Swanage  Railway in the summer of 2010.

Sir Lamiel approaching Furzebrook a little later the same day. 

34067 "Tangmere" on the London to Swanage Royal Wessex at East Holme bridge.

GWR 7802, Bradley Manor at Norden during the 2010 Steam Gala 

 4492, Dominion of New Zealand, at Norden during the 2011 Steam Gala.

GNR N2 No. 1744 at Corfe during the 2011 Steam Gala 

80104 on a freight working from Norden. 

Dominiion of New Zealand leaving Corfe bound for Norden. 

Dominion of New Zealand arriving at Harmans Cross during the 2011 steam gala.

GNER N2 ,1744 , working hard up the bank towards Harmans Cross during the 2011 steam gala.

A deserted Swanage station on a November morning with a rainbow still visible after a recent shower.

Drummond M7, 53, passing Corfe signal box with a Santa Special in 2011.  The signalman is waiting to exchange the token.

Standard Class 4, 80104, passing through Corfe with a Wessex Belle Christmas Lunch train in 2011. The DMU is waiting to depart for Norden. 

80104 on the 40th. Anniversary Special on New Years Day 2012 marking 40 years since the branch was closed on New Years Day 1972.

Another shot of 80104 taken on the same day as the previous picture. 

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