Swanage Railway Media Centre

Here you will find the Swanage Railway's offical media and press bulletins in their original Microsoft Word format, suitable for direct inclusion into newspapers, magazines and television scripts.

You will also find links to high resolution photographs suitable for media reproduction to accompany the bulletins.

Additional information and specific photographs may also be available by direct application to our media centre by email to mediacentre@swanagerailway.co.uk

The items are listed below, with the most recent items at the top of the page together with background and context documents.

Permanent background documents for Media use

 Word Document - Swanage Railway history 1966 - 2009
 Word Document - Swanage Railway milestones timeline - 1885 to 2009
 Word Document - Swanage Railway restoration facts & figures

 Word Document
020 Wartime north of England steam loco makes double Swanage Railway history - 30 June 2011.doc

High resolution press photos:
 1 8F Corfe Castle Andrew P.M. Wright APMW_6608 EM.JPG
 2 8F Corfe Castle Andrew P.M. Wright APMW_6649 EM.JPG
 3 8F Swanage Andrew P.M. Wright APMW_6700 EM.JPG
 4 8F Swanage Andrew P.M. Wright APMW_6935 EM.JPG
 5 8F Swanage Andrew P.M. Wright APMW_7033 EM.JPG
 6 8F Swanage Andrew P.M. Wright APMW_7060 EM.JPG
 7 8F Swanage Andrew P.M. Wright APMW_7191 EM.JPG

 Word Document - 021 - First steam train runs from Swanage to London since 1966 - 29 November 2009 PIX.doc
 1 Tangmere Swanage Sat 28.11.2009 APMW_0132 EM.JPG
 2 Tangmere Corfe Castle Sat 28.11.2009 APMW_0239 C EM.JPG
 3 Mel Cox on Tangmere London Waterloo Sat 28.11.2009 APMW_0605 EM.JPG
 4 Jimmy Hunt with Tangmere London Waterloo Sat 28.11.2009 APMW_0657 EM.JPG
 5 Tangmere at London Waterloo Sat 28.11.2009 APMW_0559 EM.JPG
 6 Swanage signalman Jimmy Hunt 1966 (Chris Phillips) EM.JPG

 Word Document - 020 - First steam train from Swanage to London since 1966 - 24 November 2009.doc
 1 Last weekend of steam Swanage September 1966 (Tony Trood via Andrew P.M. Wright) EM.JPG
 2 Swanage first tracklaying 1977 (John Kellaway via Andrew PM Wright) EM.JPG
 3 Swanage Railway pioneers 1977 (Mick Stone via Andrew P.M. Wright) EM.JPG
 4 Swanage station September 1975 (George Moon via Andrew P.M. Wright) EM.JPG