5761 was built by the Southern Railway in 1947.  It is a composite compartment carriage with accommodation for 24 first and 24 third...

An evocative taste of a 1950s ‘Royal Wessex’ express steam train that carried excited holidaymakers from London to Corfe Castle and...

The body of a former London and South Western Railway coach dating from 1890 has arrived on the Swanage Railway. Starting around 1886,...

Covid regulations during March limited both volunteer numbers and activities with only essential maintenance activities permitted to...

The Purbeck Railway Circle is holding their second virtual meeting of 2021 on Thursday 11th February at 7:30pm where "Southern Coaches...

This update by Peter Short was originally written for summer edition of Swanage Railway News but did not appear because of the disruption...

This was the first coach to run on the Swanage Railway when volunteers started to rebuild the branch in the nineteen seventies - and was...

Currently undergoing restoration by the volunteer Heritage Coach team at Swanage, this coach last carried passengers almost 60 years ago...

Built for the Southern Railway in 1930, this coach pioneered the design of 'open' coach (without compartments) that we think of as normal...

The Swanage Railway Trust has a signed a 99 year lease on Maunsell Third Open S1346. This coach is similar to S1381 which is already...