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Bullied Light Pacific 34070 Manston on the Swanage Railway
Southern Locomotive Ltd's unrebuilt
Bulleid Pacific locomotive Manston sweeps round the gentle curve over the viaduct at
Corfe Castle heading north for Norden park
and ride on 26th September 2008.
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Manston 's first unaided passenger train ran on 26 September 2008.
The nine-coach test train left Swanage at 6.33pm. The 401 tonne weight
of the train included Standard 4 80078 to haul the return leg to Swanage
as the length of the train did not allow Manston to run round at Norden.
The painting and lining of the locomotive and tender had been completed in
the nick of time and it appeared to be straight out of the box.
The train left Norden at 7.10pm for the return leg to Swanage, arriving at 7.47pm.
It had been a five-year break since an unrebuilt Battle of Britain
Bullied Pacific had hauled a train on the Swanage line.
34072 257 Squadron had been pulling passenger trains since the early
1990s but had been withdrawn in 2003 for a heavy engineering overhaul
by Southern Locomotives in Herston Works.
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