Here are our illustrated news pages each devoted to a particular aspect of recent activity on the Swanage Railway.

The pages include Press Releases and photographs from Andrew P.M. Wright, the Swanage Railway Press Officer.

All photographs used on these pages are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright or the Swanage Railway unless otherwise acknowledged.

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Cast & stage set for Grand Diesel Gala & beer festival, 9-11 May (200 photos) - 02/05/08

Historic diesel arrives for gala & beer festival, 9-11 May 2008 (30 photos) - 02/05/08

Ex-GWR 0-6-2T No. 6695 at Williton workshops May 2008 (20 photos) - 05/05/08

Swanage Railway diesel gala & beer festival, 9-11 May 2008 (3 photos) - 02/05/08

Branch Line Weekend Sunday 13th April 2008 (160 photos) - 19/04/08

Branch Line Weekend Saturday 12th April 2008 (200 photos) - 19/04/08

Railway at Work Weekend Sunday 6th April 2008 (80 photos) - 19/04/08

Railway at Work Weekend Saturday 5th April 2008 (120 photos) - 19/04/08

Swanage Railway's youngest ever footplate crew 22nd March 2008 (70 photos) - 19/04/08

Swanage Railway Sygnets enjoy safe shunting 12 April 2008 (60 photos) - 16/04/08

Swanage Railway 1960s Branch Line event, 11-13 April 2008 (25 photos) - 09/04/08

See behind the scenes on the Swanage Railway 5th-6th April 2008 (5 photos) - 27/03/08

BR Standard Class 4 No 80078 at Ilford on 20th March 2008 (20 photos) - 25/03/08

Swanage Railway's Cracking Easter 21st-24th March with GWR No 5876 (55 photos) - 16/03/08

Details of the Swanage Railway's Easter services 21st-24th March - 16/03/08

Progress report on Devon Belle Pullman Observation Car Restoration (9 photos) - 03/03/08

Eddystone in service on 2nd day of steam at Swanage (55 photos) - 10/02/08

First day of steam train running at Swanage after the annual shutdown (20 photos) - 09/02/08

Class 47 in operation on spoil disposal work at Corfe Castle 6th Feb 2007 (65 photos) - 06/02/08

Swanage Railway annual shutdown boiler work on Eddystone & 80104 (40 photos) - 05/02/08

Permanent Way and S&T work during annual shutdown (140 photos) - 04/02/08

Swanage Railway's £10,000 Daily Lottery - Special £100,000 Draw - 04/02/08

Media coverage of Swanage's Family Fun Week February 16th - 24th (30 photos) - 02/02/08

Exciting Swanage Railway Family Fun Week replaces Thomas - Feb 16th - 24th - 30/01/08

Photo Report on ex-GWR 0-6-2T No. 6695 at Spa Valley September 2007 (11 photos) - 14/01/08

Vital restoration work on ex-GWR 0-6-2T No. 6695's axleboxes (13 photos) - 11/01/08

Swanage Railway volunteers win award for Corfe castle footbridge (5 photos) - 07/01/08

Swanage Railway in service during January 2008 engineering work (220 photos) - 05/01/08

Swanage Railway's £10,000 Daily Lottery is now on-line - 04/01/08

Swanage Railway's Mothering Sunday Lunch Service 2nd March 2008 - 31/12/07

Swanage Railway 2008 timetable brochure is now available to download - 31/12/07

Photo Report on Swanage Railway's 2007 Santa Specials (35 photos) -20/12/07

Photo Report on craning Manston's boiler at Herston Works (120 photos) - 20/12/07

Photo report on M7 No. 30053 overhaul at Swanage engine shed (40 photos) - 20/12/07

First main line freight working onto the Swanage Railway since 1965 (200 photos) - 19/12/07

Photo Report from Swanage Railway's Sixties Weekend (200 photos) - 10/12/07

Lineside & footplate photos of Swanage Railway's Santa Specials(150 photos) - 05/12/07

Swanage Railway Trust Super Prize Draw 2007 Winners announced - 25/11/07

Photos of Thomas the Tank Engine at Swanage October 2007 (230 photos) - 02/11/07

Swanage Railway volunteers appoint new General Manager (2 photos) - 31/10/07

Huge ballast train weighing 1,476 tonnes on the Swanage Railway (265 photos) - 14/10/07

Handover of Sir Winston Churchill's Funeral Van No. S2464S (150 photos) - 03/10/07

Obituary for Nona Noble by Andrew P.M. Wright (60 photos) - 30/09/07

Sir Winston Churchill's Funeral Van No. S2464S Repatriation (5 photos) - 28/09/07

Brake coach shunting during September 2007 Steam Gala (50 photos) - 21/09/07

Photo Report from Swanage Railway's September 2007 Steam Gala (150 photos) - 21/09/07

Classic vehicle display at Harman's Cross at Sept 2007 Steam Gala (40 photos) - 21/09/07

Crew of GWR 6695 cook a footplate breakfast at Sept 2007 Steam Gala (10 photos) - 21/09/07

Swanage Railway's first all-female driver and fireman train crew (50 photos) - 21/09/07

Class 47 No 47 635 to be in service on Friday evening 21st Sept, 2007 (50 photos) - 14/09/07

GWR pannier tank loco No 7714 in service at Swanage on 5th Sept 2007 (55 photos) - 05/09/07

GWR pannier tank loco No 7714 arrives for visit on 4th Sept 2007 (40 photos) - 05/09/07

Locomotive preparation for Steam Gala 7th to 9th Sept (10 photos) - 05/09/07

Bulleid locos 257 Squadron and Manston at Herston Works (25 photos) - 05/09/07

Swanage Railway and Fairmile Classic Cruises offer combined rail and boat trips - 15/08/07

Sir Winston Churchill's Funeral Van No. S2464S Repatriation (updated 50 photos) - 19/08/07

Progress on Devon Belle Pullman Car No 14 at Derby 6th Aug 2007 (5 photos) - 7/08/07

Chance meeting 40 years on at the Swanage Railway's event (4 photos) - 15/07/07

Unrebuilt 'Battle of Britain' Bulleid Pacific ends 40th Ann event (200 photos) - 15/07/07

Intensive 7 steam loco services on Saturday 7th July 2007 (350 photos) - 14/07/07

Class 5 4-6-0 No. 73129 on the Swanage Railway on 6th July 2007 (100 photos) - 15/07/07

Loco No. 76079 returns to main line via Motala link on 11th July 2007 (110 photos) - 14/07/07

Bulleid Battle of Britain 92 Squadron No 34081 arrives at Swanage (75 photos) - 05/07/07

Memories of the end of Southern Steam ahead of 40th Anniversary event - 05/07/07

Locomotives in place at Swanage Railway for 7-9th July 2007 event (95 photos) - 05/07/07

Drummond M7 0-4-4 tank No. 30053 runs at Swanage 4th July 2007 (40 photos) - 05/07/07

Loco No. 76079 arrives at Swanage Railway on 2nd July 2007 (updated 130 photos) - 02/07/07

Swanage Railway General Manager vacancy - application deadline 31st Aug 2007 - 12/08/07

Swanage Railway to feature in 100th edition of Heritage Railway July 2007 (1 photo) - 14/06/07

Press Release for 40th Anniversary event 7th-9th July 2007 (1 photo) - 14/06/07

Class 47 No 47 635 in service on Sunday 17th June, 2007 (50 photos) - 13/06/07

Photo report on return of locos via main line link on 14th May, 2007 (90 photos) - 23/05/07

Photo report on main line link in use on 10th May, 2007 (150 photos) - 23/05/07

Photo report on Diesel Gala and Beer Festival Weekend May, 2007 (230 photos) - 15/05/07

Swanage Railway's permanent main line link first use 10th May, 2007 (9 photos) - 11/05/07

New all-day railway experience service on the Purbeck Line for 2007 (140 photos) - 08/05/07

Beer Festival and Diesel Gala to make history 11-13th May, 2007 (5 photos) - 08/05/07

First Friday night 'Fish & Chips' special train on 4th May, 2007 (30 photos) - 06/05/07

Loco No. 6695's historic visit to the East Somerset Railway - April 2007 (165 photos) - 06/05/07

Evening photos of Corfe Castle and footbridge on 28th April 2007 (30 photos) - 03/05/07

Corfe Castle historic footbridge officially opened 28th April 2007 (85 photos) - 03/05/07

Corfe Castle historic footbridge to be officially opened 28th April 2007 (6 photos) - 20/04/07

Photo Report on M7 No 30053's 2nd return to Swanage 5th April 2007 (45 photos) - 10/04/07

Photo Report from Easter Weekend 6th to 9th April 2007 (265 photos) - 10/04/07

Photo Report from Branch Line Weekend 31st Mar &1st April 2007 (350 photos) - 10/04/07

Photo Report from Members' Weekend 24th & 25th March 2007 (140 photos) - 27/03/07

Branch Line Weekend on the Swanage Railway Sat/Sun, 31st Mar &1st April 2007 - 26/03/07

Progress report on Pullman Car No 14 at Derby on 17 Mar 2007 (5 photos) - 19/02/07

Civil Engineering work on embankment at Harman's Cross Mar 2007 (60 photos) - 19/02/07

Class 33 D6515 Stan Symes at Harman's Cross Mar 2007 (110 photos) - 19/02/07

Obituary for Swanage volunteer Denis Cook by Andrew P.M. Wright (10 photos) - 10/03/07

Devon Belle Pullman Car No 14 arrives from USA 26th Feb 2007 (180 photos) - 26/02/07

Pullman coach Bertha at the Swanage Railway Nov 2000 (updated - 40 photos)

Churchill's Pullman coaches Lydia & Isle of Thanet in UK Nov 2000 (updated - 50 photos)

Thomas's 2nd weekend & behind the scenes at Swanage 24th Feb 2007 (160 photos) - 24/02/07

Devon Belle Pullman Car No 14 on schedule from USA 26th Feb 2007 (10 photos) - 24/02/07

Photo report from the footplate of Taffy Tank No. 6695 17th Feb 2007 (120 photos) - 24/02/07

Photos of Thomas the Tank Engine at Swanage 17th to 25th Feb 2007 (85 photos) - 24/02/07

Harman's Cross Signal Box work during the annual shutdown (40 photos) - 20/02/07

Loco maintenance on the Swanage Railway during the annual shutdown (90 photos) - 19/02/07

Class 33 diesel loco D6515 Stan Symes after Swanage overhaul Feb 2007 (30 photos) - 19/02/07

Swanage Railway's Tidy Train in operation on 11th February 2007 (150 photos) - 18/02/07

Thomas the Tank Engine to visit Swanage 17th to 25th February 2007 (5 photos) - 11/02/07

Maintenance work on the Swanage Railway during the annual shutdown (5 photos) - 25/01/07

Swanage Railway announces record breaking figures for 2006 (1 photo) - 20/01/07

Devon Belle Pullman Observation Car No 14 begins journey from USA (45 photos) - 15/01/07

Photo Report on work on BR Standard class 4 80104 at Swanage shed (50 photos) - 14/01/07

Swanage Railway’s Wessex Belle dining train stars on TV 16th January (65 photos) - 09/01/07

Photo Report on the first services of 2007 on the Swanage Railway (60 photos) - 01/01/07

Photo Report on the last services of 2006 on the Swanage Railway (14 photos) - 01/01/07

Lineside photos of Swanage Railway's Santa Specials 3rd Weekend (50 photos) - 18/12/06

Flying Scotsman's run from Kings Cross to York in 1999 (updated - 80 photos) - 12/12/06

Lineside photos of Swanage Railway's Santa Specials 2nd Weekend (60 photos) - 12/12/06

Lineside & footplate photos of Swanage Railway's Santa Specials 1st W/E (50 photos) - 05/12/06

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