£40,000 appeal launched to help complete restoration of steam loco 563
A group of Swanage Railway volunteers has launched an appeal to raise £40,000 to help towards completing the restoration of T3 class locomotive No. …
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Swanage Railway to hold ‘Roads to Rail’ event next weekend
Next weekend, Swanage Railway volunteers are holding a nostalgic fund-raising steam rally next to Norden station near the village of Corfe Castle.
Paintwork and progress for Swanage Railway’s T3 steam locomotive 563
The Swanage Railway Trust has issued an update on its overhaul of Adams T3 Class 4-4-0 No. 563, with news of a "particularly exciting stage" of the wo…
Work continues on 130-year-old steam locomotive No. 563’s tender tank
The Swanage Railway Trust's 563 Locomotive Group has given an update from Herston Works following the arrival of locomotive LSWR T3 No. 563's tender t…
Steam locomotive Adams T3 Class 4-4-0 No. 563 passes its hydraulic test
The next stage in overhauling T3 Class 4-4-0 No. 563 has been reached when the boiler was filled with water and pressurised to check its integrity.
Swanage Railway operates its first trial service to mainline Wareham station
The first service took place on Tuesday the 4th of April and marks the first time since 1972 that a service has operated via the mainline from Wareham…
Swanage to Wareham: Last passenger becomes first conductor driver
A volunteer who rode on the last BR train from Swanage to Wareham is to be the conductor driver on the first Swanage Railway passenger train into Ware…
Historic locomotive that hauled King George VI funeral train to star at Swanage Railway Spring Steam Gala
The star of next weekend’s Swanage Railway Spring Steam Gala will be the historic locomotive that hauled the funeral train of King George VI.
Adams T3 Class 4-4-0 No. 563 celebrates its 130th birthday
This month marks 130 years since T3 Class 4-4-0 steam locomotive No. 563 was built by the London & South Western Railway.
Trial train service from Wareham mainline into the heart of the Isle of Purbeck
Swanage Railway will operate the trial service using a heritage diesel train and is sharing a message to leave the car at home and travel by train!