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Swanage Railway Special Class 47 Service
Sunday 17th June 2007

The Swanage Railway is pleased to announce a rare opportunity of Class 47 diesel haulage on The Purbeck Line on Sunday 17th June 2007. (Normal steam-hauled services will also be in operation.)

Full details are now available - please scroll down the page to view and print them.

For an illustrated news item on Class 47 No 47 635, please click here.


Swanage Railway's Diesel Gala and Beer Festival May 2007 - Photograph copyright Andrew P.M. Wright

Approaching Corfe Castle, BR Class 47 diesel locomotive No. 47 635 heads a 5-coach passenger service from Norden to Swanage via Corfe Castle and Harman's Cross on 12th May 2007

On Sunday 17th June 2007 the Swanage Railway’s normal Green Timetable will be in operation, with a mix of steam and diesel haulage. On this date, by special arrangement, the diesel trains (marked as D on the timetable) will be hauled by Class 47 locomotive, 47 635.

See below for the timetable details

2007 Timetable only

Click here or on the image above to download a copy of the timetable section only of the 2007 Timetable brochure in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

This file is in PDF format. You will need the free Acrobat Reader to view it.

All trains will stop at Herston on request.

All photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright


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This page was last updated on 14th June 2007 by Keith Morgan.
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