PHOTO REPORT FROM SWANAGE RAILWAY’S 2006 STEAM GALA
9th & 10th SEPTEMBER 2006
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Photo Report from Andrew P.M. Wright - dated 13th Sept 2006.
Photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright unless otherwise noted
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Footplate view from No 47493 of No 6412 approaching Swanage
during the Swanage Railway 2006 Steam Gala

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The Swanage Railway's annual feast of steam took to the rails of the relaid Purbeck Line in Dorset on Saturday and Sunday, September 9th and 10th, 2006, with an intensive train service between Swanage, Harman’s Cross, Corfe Castle and Norden park & ride. This year's gala was very well attended, with good passenger numbers on both days of the event and vistors also able to attend the Vintage Transport Rally site at Harman's Cross.

In addition to the scheduled passenger services, a range of other movements were arranged as part of the special event. These included a variety of mixed goods train workings plus the associated shunting manoeuvres. The weather for the gala and vintage transport rally this year was perfect, and Andrew P.M. Wright's selection of photographs capture the essence of a working branch railway in the steam era.

Jinty No. 47493 visited the Swanage Railway from the Spa Valley Railway for the Gala weekend. The engine starred alongside BR Standard 4 tank No. 80078, GWR 'Taffy' Tank No. 6695 and GWR Pannier Tank No. 6412. Over the weekend, No 47493 operated trains over the full length of line between Swanage and Norden as well as the Norden to Corfe Castle shuttle.

Swanage Railway's General Manager, Nick Brown, said: "Many thanks to all involved in this very successful event. I thank the staff who have operated the service so reliably along the length of the line. I also thank the staff in all other departments who have made the event successful in other ways. Special thanks to those whose work goes largely unseen but without which events such as the Steam Gala could not take place".

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