Swanage Carriage Shed Appeal Launched
The Swanage Railway Trust has launched an appeal to raise funds towards the building of a new shed for the storage and protection of its...
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Andrew P.M. Wright
Jan 29, 2020
Remarkable Book of Land Surveyor's Drawings Reveal the Building of the Swanage Railway
A unique and remarkable Victorian book of land surveyor’s drawings has revealed how the branch line from Wareham to Corfe Castle and...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Jan 6, 2020
Purbeck Railway Circle January Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 10th January, when Jim Boudreau will deliver a presentation entitled "Maids of All Work: The SR Moguls”....
Andy Vincent
Jan 1, 2020
Bulleid Semi-Open Brake Third - S4365S
This was the first coach to run on the Swanage Railway when volunteers started to rebuild the branch in the nineteen seventies - and was...
Andy Vincent
Jan 1, 2020
Maunsell Third Open - S1346S
Currently undergoing restoration by the volunteer Heritage Coach team at Swanage, this coach last carried passengers almost 60 years ago...
Andy Vincent
Jan 1, 2020
Maunsell Third Open - S1381S
Built for the Southern Railway in 1930, this coach pioneered the design of 'open' coach (without compartments) that we think of as normal...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Dec 25, 2019
National Railway Heritage Award for an Innovative Signalling Scheme
An innovative signalling system enabling trains to run from Swanage to the national railway network has won a national award
Andrew P.M. Wright
Nov 13, 2019
Purbeck Railway Circle November Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 15th November, when Martyn Pring will deliver a presentation entitled "Luxury Railway Travel: A Social and...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Oct 12, 2019
Purbeck Railway Circle / Purbeck Film Festival Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 18th November and held in conjunction with the Purbeck Film Festival. The evening will feature two railway...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Oct 8, 2019
Swanage Railway Trust AGM
The 2019 Swanage Railway Trust Annual General Meeting takes place on Saturday 19th October in the Mowlem Theatre, Swanage
Andrew P.M. Wright
Oct 8, 2019
Ambitious £350,000 Appeal Launched to Return Unique Victorian Steam Locomotive to Working Order
An ambitious appeal has been launched to raise £350,000 to return a unique Victorian steam locomotive – that escaped the scrapman's torch...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Sep 8, 2019
Purbeck Railway Circle September Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 13th September, when Mike Walshaw will deliver a presentation entitled "The Swanage Railway's Project...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Jun 16, 2019
Purbeck Railway Circle June Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 21st June, when John Baxter of the Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust will give his presentation...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Mar 31, 2019
Purbeck Railway Circle April Meeting
On Friday April 12th, Colin Stone will take us on “A Wander round the West Country”. His Imaginary Visual Rail Tour takes us from Poole...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Feb 1, 2019
Purbeck Railway Circle February Meeting
On Friday 8th February 2019 Kevin Patience will give his presentation “Building the Lunatic Line”. The “Lunatic Line” was the political...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Jan 18, 2019
Record-Breaking ‘Flying Scotsman’ to Visit Swanage and Run With Rare Pullman Carriage for First Time
Record-breaking ‘Flying Scotsman’ – the most famous steam locomotive in the world – is to visit the Swanage Railway and be reunited with...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Nov 2, 2018
Purbeck Railway Circle November Meeting
On Friday 16th November, Michael Baker will deliver his presentation entitled “The Southern Region since 1954” Michael has been taking...
Andy Vincent
Oct 31, 2018
Trust Signs 99 Year Lease on Maunsell Third Open 1346
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...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Sep 1, 2018
Purbeck Railway Circle September Meeting
On Friday 14th September Nick Thompson will deliver his presentation entitled “Southern Locomotives Ltd, past, present and future”. Nick...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Jun 11, 2018
Royal Recognition for More Than 40 Years of Volunteer Endeavour that Returned Trains to Wareham
More than 40 years of determined endeavour by several generations of dedicated volunteers has been officially recognised with the Duke of...
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